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Lecompton Kansas Map

Explore Lecompton, Kansas, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Lecompton, Kansas

How to Use This Lecompton, Kansas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lecompton, Kansas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Kansas or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Lecompton.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Lecompton
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Douglas County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.025851
Longitude	-95.395034
Population	588
Density	129.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66050
Area Code	913
County Seat	Lawrence
School District	Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343

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About Lecompton, Kansas

Lecompton is a locality in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 588. The population density is 129.3 people per km². Lecompton is located at 39.0259°N, 95.3950°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lecompton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66050.

Lecompton commands a quiet authority over the landscape, where the wide, silt-heavy Kansas River carves a slow arc through the valley floor. It lies 9.9 miles west-northwest of Lawrence, KS (from Lawrence, KS: bearing 300°T), and is situated 15.2 miles east of Topeka. The earth here is a patchwork of deep, alluvial soil and limestone outcrops, rising into gentle swells that catch the amber light of late afternoon. Beyond the riverbanks, the terrain gives way to undulating prairie grasses and groves of cottonwood, their leaves shivering in the constant, restless wind that sweeps across the plains. To the north, the water of Perry Lake glints in the sun, a vast, calm expanse that mirrors the shifting Kansas sky, while the far-off horizon is broken only by the faint, jagged silhouette of the Sand Hills, visible when the air is sharp and clear.

Lecompton endures as a place where the weight of nineteenth-century political fervor lingers in the quietude of its streets. Once the center of a fierce struggle for the identity of the frontier, the town now maintains a measured pace, its economy rooted in the steady rhythms of local agriculture and the preservation of its storied architecture. The limestone structures remain as sturdy witnesses to a time when the state’s future hung in the balance, a contrast to the modern tranquility found nearby at the Perry Recreation Area. Life here moves with the seasons, from the planting of crops in the fertile bottomlands to the harvest, while the community keeps a steady watch over the legacy of its founding, ensuring the history of the struggle for statehood remains as present as the river flowing past the town’s edge.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Clinton Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 180° S
Clinton Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 4.2 mi, 198° S
Perry Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 4.7 mi, 350° N
Future Park (Undeveloped) (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 132° SE
Indoor Aquatic Center (Local Recreation) — 5.9 mi, 125° SE
Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 090° E
Relay Race (Public Artwork) — 6.0 mi, 125° SE
Sanders Mound (Viewpoint) — 7.0 mi, 155° SE
Youth Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 7.5 mi, 146° SE
U.S. Navy Polaris Missile (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 119° SE
Perry State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 332° NW
Unknown Park (Local Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 154° SE
Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 121° SE
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 121° SE
Locomotive #1073 (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 114° SE
The Jayhawker at The Eldridge (Theatre) — 9.3 mi, 114° SE
Liberty Hall (Cinema) — 9.3 mi, 114° SE
Prairie Hills Art Gallery (Gallery) — 9.4 mi, 115° SE
Downtown Upstairs (Arts Centre) — 9.4 mi, 115° SE
The Granada (Theatre) — 9.5 mi, 116° SE
The Percolator (Arts Centre) — 9.6 mi, 115° SE
Leavenworth State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 14.3 mi, 063° NE
Leavenworth Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 059° NE
Discovery Center of Kansas (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 276° W
Douglas State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.6 mi, 141° SE
Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 149° SE
Trail (Historic Ruins) — 20.5 mi, 276° W
Kansas State Historical Society - Center for Historical Research (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 276° W
West Lawn Memorial Gardens (Attraction) — 22.6 mi, 275° W
Black Jack Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 23.1 mi, 142° SE

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