Explore Madison, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Madison, 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 Madison.
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 | Madison |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Greenwood County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.135577 |
| Longitude | -96.135829 |
| Population | 689 |
| Density | 455.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 66860 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| County Seat | Eureka |
| School District | Madison-Virgil Unified School District 386 |
Madison rests upon a landscape defined by the expansive, rhythmic reach of the Flint Hills, where the tallgrass prairie stretches toward a horizon that seems to inhale the sky. It lies 18.7 miles south of Emporia, KS (from Emporia, KS: bearing 172°T), and is situated 21.7 miles west of Burlington. The Verdigris River carves a quiet, meandering path only a mile from the center, its banks lined with cottonwoods that catch the golden, heavy light of late afternoon. To the west, the subtle elevation of Texaco Hill breaks the otherwise level plains, standing as a solitary sentinel over the expanse. The air here carries the scent of dry earth and sun-warmed stems, a stillness that is only ever broken by the persistent, restless movement of the wind across the grasses.
Madison grew from the ambition of those who sought to cultivate the stubborn, fertile soil, and today the local economy remains tethered to the cycles of agriculture and the rhythms of the land. The heritage of the region is preserved in the nearby Hamilton Fossil Quarry, a site that offers a glimpse into the ancient, silent epochs that preceded the current prairie. Residents often look toward Olpe City Lake for respite, a modest expanse of water that reflects the shifting clouds of the Kansas sky. Life in Madison moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, honoring a history built on endurance and the quiet, steady labor of those who call these plains their own.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Madison, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.135577, -96.135829. 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 Madison includes the ZIP code (66860), telephone area code (913), county seat of Greenwood County (Eureka), and school district assignment (Madison-Virgil Unified School District 386).
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. |