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Little River Kansas Map

Explore Little River, 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 Little River, Kansas

How to Use This Little River, Kansas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Little River, 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 Little River.

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	Little River
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Rice County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.398065
Longitude	-98.011997
Population	472
Density	467.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67457
Area Code	785
County Seat	Lyons
School District	Little River Unified School District 444

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About Little River, Kansas

Little River is a locality in Rice County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 472. The population density is 467.3 people per km². Little River is located at 38.3981°N, 98.0120°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Little River is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67457.

Little River emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of Kansas as a quiet grid of streets defined by the relentless play of light across the open prairie. It lies 18.9 miles west of McPherson, KS (from McPherson, KS: bearing 276°T), and is situated 10.9 miles east-northeast of Lyons. The land here holds a stillness that suggests the deep, rhythmic breathing of the plains, where the vast sky shifts from pale morning blue to the bruised oranges of dusk. Only a mile away, the Little Arkansas River carves a narrow, winding path through the silt, its banks lined with the steady, silver-leafed presence of cottonwoods that lean against the prevailing wind. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Smoky Hills blur into the haze, serving as a permanent, jagged reminder of the earth’s ancient geological shifting. A few miles further, the waters of Spriggs Rock Lake catch the sun like a fallen mirror, providing a singular, quiet point of reflection in a landscape dominated by the horizontal lines of wheat and sky.

Little River carries the weight of a history built on the resilience of those who first broke the sod and established the rhythms of agriculture that persist today. The local economy remains anchored to the soil, with grain elevators rising above the rooftops like sentinels of the harvest, marking the town’s enduring commitment to the life of the fields. Beyond the immediate reach of the silos, the Ferris Demonstration Wildlife Area offers a preserved corridor of native grasses and quiet cover, protecting the local ecology from the encroachment of development. Life here follows the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, where the sound of a passing train or the rustle of dry stalks in the autumn air serves as the primary measure of time. Residents walk streets that have seen generations labor under the same high, cloud-swept expanse, finding a grounded satisfaction in the simple, repetitive work of maintaining a life in the middle of the continent.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ferris Demonstration Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 095° E
Workman Park (Local Park) — 10.7 mi, 251° W
Coronado-Quivira Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 251° W
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 11.3 mi, 249° W
Kanopolis Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.2 mi, 007° N
McPherson Valley Wetlands (State Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 092° E
Kanopolis State Park (State Park) — 14.0 mi, 008° N
Kanopolis Lake (Recreation Area) — 14.3 mi, 003° N
Divine Servant Statue (Public Artwork) — 16.2 mi, 221° SW
Culbertson Auditorium (Theatre) — 16.4 mi, 220° SW
Inman Rock Island Depot (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 132° SE
Wesley Black Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 18.9 mi, 098° E
McPherson High School Theatre (Theatre) — 19.4 mi, 094° E
McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 096° E
Sandhills State Park (State Park) — 20.3 mi, 156° SE
Carey Dome (Cinema) — 23.5 mi, 168° S
Gowans Stadium (Stadium) — 23.5 mi, 168° S
Hutchinson Art Center (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 170° S
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 169° S
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.6 mi, 244° SW · 44k acres
Mcpherson State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 29.5 mi, 081° E
Steve Fossett Plaza (Monument) — 33.9 mi, 036° NE
White-tailed Deer (Attraction) — 34.1 mi, 023° NE
Mule Deer (Attraction) — 34.2 mi, 023° NE
Pronghorn (Attraction) — 34.2 mi, 023° NE
Giant Anteater (Attraction) — 34.3 mi, 023° NE
AMC Salina 10 (Cinema) — 35.3 mi, 038° NE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.0 mi, 231° SW · 232 acres
Original Salina Airport (Historic Ruins) — 37.6 mi, 037° NE
Cheney Wildlife Area (National Conservation Area) — 38.9 mi, 173° S · 16k acres

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