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Lorraine Kansas Map

Explore Lorraine, 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 Lorraine, Kansas

How to Use This Lorraine, Kansas Map

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

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	Lorraine
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Ellsworth County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.568899
Longitude	-98.316729
Population	137
Density	209.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67459
Area Code	785
County Seat	Ellsworth
School District	Central Plains Unified School District 112

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About Lorraine, Kansas

Lorraine is a locality in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 137. The population density is 209.1 people per km². Lorraine is located at 38.5689°N, 98.3167°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lorraine is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67459.

Lorraine anchors itself to the vast, flat expanse of the Kansas plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky that occupies more space than the earth itself. It lies 28.1 miles east-northeast of Great Bend, KS (from Great Bend, KS: bearing 60°T), and is situated 16.7 miles north-northwest of Lyons. The Lost Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the local topography, its banks lined with the persistent, silver-leafed cottonwoods that offer the only vertical relief against the relentless winds. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Smoky Hills marks the edge of the world, a reminder of the geologic shifts that shaped these plains long before the first plows turned the soil. During the late afternoon, the light here grows heavy and gold, catching the dust motes in the air until the very atmosphere feels as thick and amber-hued as the wheat fields ripening under the heat.

Lorraine sustains a quiet, deliberate existence built upon the cycles of the harvest, where the economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the grain elevator. The town carries the quiet weight of a lineage deeply invested in the land, a history punctuated by the persistent struggle against the dry, scouring winds that defined earlier, harder generations. Life here moves in concert with the landscape, far removed from the bustle of the urban centers, though residents occasionally venture toward the Kanopolis Recreation Area to find a reprieve in the open spaces near the water. Even when the pace slows to a stillness that seems absolute, Lorraine remains a place of constant, subtle motion, defined by the turning of the seasons and the enduring, quiet resilience of those who call these plains their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kanopolis Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.7 mi, 050° NE
Ellsworth County 4-H Fairgrounds (Local Park) — 11.5 mi, 021° N
Kanopolis Lake (Recreation Area) — 14.3 mi, 066° NE
Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.8 mi, 249° W
Coronado-Quivira Museum (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 158° S
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 16.7 mi, 160° S
Cheyenne Bottoms Fee (Conservation Area) — 17.2 mi, 258° W
Kanopolis State Park (State Park) — 17.6 mi, 072° E
World's Largest Czech Egg (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 335° NW
Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 19.6 mi, 334° NW
Binger Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.7 mi, 197° S
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.5 mi, 198° S · 44k acres
Divine Servant Statue (Public Artwork) — 24.7 mi, 166° S
Culbertson Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.0 mi, 166° S
Wilson State Park (State Park) — 25.1 mi, 338° N
Great Bend Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 27.8 mi, 241° SW
Kansas Oil and Gas Museum (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 242° SW
Expo Center (Attraction) — 32.9 mi, 244° SW
Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 33.8 mi, 016° N
Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 33.8 mi, 015° N
Post Rock Scout Museum (Museum) — 33.8 mi, 016° N
Crispin’s Drug Store Museum (Museum) — 33.8 mi, 016° N
Frontier in Lincoln County (Monument) — 34.0 mi, 020° N
White-tailed Deer (Attraction) — 35.6 mi, 056° NE
Mule Deer (Attraction) — 35.6 mi, 056° NE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.4 mi, 199° S · 232 acres
Wesley Black Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 38.0 mi, 112° E
Steve Fossett Plaza (Monument) — 39.6 mi, 067° NE
Carey Dome (Cinema) — 40.9 mi, 148° SE
Cheney Wildlife Area (National Conservation Area) — 54.8 mi, 157° SE · 16k acres

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