Lenora Kansas Map
Explore Lenora, 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 Lenora, Kansas
How to Use This Lenora, Kansas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lenora, 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 Lenora.
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 | Lenora |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Norton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.61056 |
| Longitude | -100.002627 |
| Population | 207 |
| Density | 165.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 67645 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Norton |
| School District | Norton Community Schools Unified School District 211 |
About Lenora, Kansas
Lenora is a locality in Norton County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 207. The population density is 165.8 people per km². Lenora is located at 39.6106°N, 100.0026°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lenora is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67645.Lenora rests upon the vast, open expanse of the high plains, where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the earth in a persistent, shimmering line. It lies 62.1 miles northwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 325°T), and is situated 16.5 miles south-southwest of Norton. The North Fork Solomon River carves a quiet, meandering path through the landscape, its banks lined with cottonwoods that lean against the constant push of the wind. To the west, the subtle rise of Horseshoe Hill marks the distant edge of the prairie, a faint silhouette against the bruised purple of a fading afternoon. Just two miles away, the waters of Norton County Lake gather in the lowlands, reflecting the heavy, golden light that settles over the wheat fields at dusk. The soil here is deep and dark, holding the memory of long, dry seasons and the resilient, stubborn growth of wild prairie grasses.
Lenora grew from the ambition of settlers who saw promise in the flat, fertile ground, establishing a rhythm of life dictated by the harvest and the seasons. Agriculture remains the quiet engine of the region, with the economy turning on the cycles of grain and the maintenance of the land, while the people look toward the Norton Wildlife Area for a reprieve from the daily labor of the fields. The pace of life is deliberate, marked by the steady hum of machinery and the long, quiet intervals between the passing of trains or the arrival of a storm. Even now, one feels the legacy of those who first broke the sod, their endurance etched into the very character of the place. Life in Lenora follows the sun, moving with a steady, unadorned grace that ignores the frantic speed of the world beyond the plains.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Norton Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 001° N
- Keith Sebelius Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 12.4 mi, 008° N
- Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 12.6 mi, 008° N
- Elmwood Park (Local Park) — 15.9 mi, 022° N
- Pool Park (Local Recreation) — 16.3 mi, 019° N
- Norton Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 020° N
- Sheridan State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.7 mi, 215° SW
- Sappa Park (Local Recreation) — 30.0 mi, 301° NW
- Webster State Park (State Park) — 31.8 mi, 116° SE
- Sheridan Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 33.5 mi, 197° S
- Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 37.5 mi, 074° E
- Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 37.5 mi, 074° E
- Rooks State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 38.9 mi, 111° E
- Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 44.1 mi, 038° NE
- Harlan County Lake (Recreation Area) — 44.1 mi, 039° NE
- Cambridge Museum (Museum) — 47.2 mi, 349° N
- Museum of the High Plains (Museum) — 52.5 mi, 321° NW
- Castle Rock (Attraction) — 52.5 mi, 190° S
- Logan County World War Memorial (Monument) — 56.4 mi, 234° SW
- Fick Fossil and History Museum (Museum) — 56.7 mi, 234° SW
- Metal Garden (Public Artwork) — 56.9 mi, 284° W
- Prairie Museum of Art and History (Museum) — 58.0 mi, 254° W
- Franklin County Museum (Museum) — 65.3 mi, 058° NE
- Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 77.1 mi, 078° E
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About This Lenora Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lenora, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.61056, -100.002627. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Lenora includes the ZIP code (67645), telephone area code (785), county seat of Norton County (Norton), and school district assignment (Norton Community Schools Unified School District 211).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
