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Lost Springs Kansas Map

Explore Lost Springs, 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 Lost Springs, Kansas

How to Use This Lost Springs, Kansas Map

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

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	Lost Springs
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Marion County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.566122
Longitude	-96.966404
Population	55
Density	95.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66859
Area Code	913
County Seat	Marion
School District	Centre Unified School District 397

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About Lost Springs, Kansas

Lost Springs is a locality in Marion County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 55. The population density is 95.7 people per km². Lost Springs is located at 38.5661°N, 96.9664°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lost Springs is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66859.

Lost Springs occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut as a wire pulled against the sky. It lies 32.8 miles south-southwest of Junction City, KS (from Junction City, KS: bearing 193°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south of Herington. The land here is defined by a rhythmic, undulating openness, dominated by the tallgrass that shivers in the perpetual wind and the occasional, stubborn cottonwood marking the path of Kohls Creek. Far to the west, the distant silhouette of Grant Ridge haunts the skyline like a forgotten memory of geologic upheaval, while the local terrain remains defined by the patient, sedimentary patience of the prairie floor. At dusk, the light here does not simply fade; it bruises the sky into shades of deep violet and bruised amber, casting long, skeletal shadows that make the very earth seem to exhale the heat of the long afternoon.

Lost Springs bears the quiet weight of a history rooted in the iron veins of the railroad, serving as a silent witness to the ebb and flow of agricultural ambition. While the economy remains anchored to the surrounding wheat fields and the stoic endurance of modern farming, the pace of life maintains a deliberate, unhurried cadence that ignores the frantic acceleration of the outside world. Residents might seek respite at Lake Herington to the north or find a different sort of stillness wandering the grounds of Terrace Lane Farm, but the soul of the place resides in the way the wind carries the scent of dry soil and curing grain across the empty lots. There is a profound, austere beauty in this isolation, where the architecture of the past persists in weathered wood and limestone, standing firm against the seasons as Lost Springs continues its measured existence in the vast, unblinking eye of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Historical Marker (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 013° N
Herington Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 010° N
Terrace Lane Farm (Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 284° W
Marion Lake (Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 213° SW
Centenial Plaza (Public Artwork) — 19.6 mi, 220° SW
Hillsboro Memorial Park (Local Park) — 19.9 mi, 221° SW
Liberty Monument (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 221° SW
Greater Flint Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 20.5 mi, 103° E
Santa Fe Trail Ruts (Viewpoint) — 20.6 mi, 075° E
ATSF Florence Depot (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 175° S
Geary State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.3 mi, 013° N
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 23.7 mi, 112° E · 33 acres
Chase State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 24.1 mi, 124° SE
Council Grove Lake (Recreation Area) — 24.4 mi, 066° NE
Maxwell Wildlife Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 25.6 mi, 256° W
Strong City Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Depot (Attraction) — 25.9 mi, 117° SE
Kaw House Reconstructed (Monument) — 26.4 mi, 075° E
Chase County Historical Society Library and Museum (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 120° SE
Covered Wagon (Attraction) — 26.6 mi, 075° E
Post Office Oak (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 076° E
Great Plains Theatre (Cinema) — 27.5 mi, 332° NW
Ke La Lah Heo's Hut (Historic Ruins) — 29.2 mi, 081° E
Kick A Poo's Hut (Historic Ruins) — 29.2 mi, 081° E
Geary County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 32.7 mi, 013° N
C.L. Hoover Opera House (Theatre) — 32.8 mi, 013° N
Junction City Arts Council Gallery (Arts Centre) — 32.8 mi, 013° N
Kansas First Territorial Capitol (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 017° N
El Dorado State Park (State Park) — 46.3 mi, 169° S
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 51.1 mi, 023° NE
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.5 mi, 106° E · 37k acres

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