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McCracken Kansas Map

Explore McCracken, 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 McCracken, Kansas

How to Use This McCracken, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	38.580569
Longitude	-99.571225
Population	152
Density	58.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67556
Area Code	785
County Seat	La Crosse
School District	LaCrosse Unified School District 395

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About McCracken, Kansas

McCracken is a locality in Rush County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 152. The population density is 58.9 people per km². McCracken is located at 38.5806°N, 99.5712°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. McCracken is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67556.

McCracken occupies a vast, open expanse where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 24.5 miles south-southwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 213°T), and is situated 24.7 miles south of Ellis. The landscape around McCracken unfolds as a rhythmic succession of wheat-horizon plains, broken only by the occasional silhouette of a cottonwood tracing the path of Big Timber Creek a mile to the east. At dusk, the light loses its harshness, turning the fields into a muted palette of amber and dusty violet, while the distant, singular rise of Round House Rock serves as a solitary anchor against the immense, shifting clouds. The air here holds a crisp, dry weight, carrying the scent of parched soil and the persistent, restless movement of the wind that defines the character of the horizon.

Economic life in McCracken remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the enduring resilience of those who cultivate the heavy, dark soil. The town persists as a quiet node of industry and history, shaped by the memory of seasons that tested the endurance of early settlers against the elements. While the pace of daily affairs moves with the deliberate caution of a place that understands its own isolation, residents find a common geography in the nearby Cedar Bluff Wildlife Area, a sanctuary of wild space that stands in stark contrast to the structured geometry of the surrounding farms. Life here is measured not by the velocity of change, but by the steady, predictable turning of the seasons and the quiet pride of maintaining a foothold in the wide, unwavering plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Historic Marker: Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Trail (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 175° S
Christ Pilot Me Hill (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 203° SW
Cedar Bluff Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.1 mi, 330° NW
Cedar Bluff State Park (State Park) — 16.0 mi, 320° NW
Cedar Bluff Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 16.1 mi, 330° NW
Goodman State Lake and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.0 mi, 229° SW
Hereford Bull (Public Artwork) — 23.1 mi, 033° NE
Frontier Historical Park (Local Park) — 23.1 mi, 032° NE
Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 23.4 mi, 028° NE
Dr. Howard Reynolds Nature Trails (Local Recreation) — 25.5 mi, 034° NE
Kansas Historical Marker: Homestead of a Genius (Attraction) — 35.1 mi, 255° W
Castle Rock (Attraction) — 37.6 mi, 301° NW
Haun Museum (Museum) — 38.5 mi, 207° SW
Hodgeman State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 38.7 mi, 201° S
Expo Center (Attraction) — 41.2 mi, 112° E
Kansas Oil and Gas Museum (Museum) — 43.5 mi, 110° E
Great Bend Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 45.8 mi, 108° E
Finney State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 48.7 mi, 237° SW
Ford Lake (Viewpoint) — 55.8 mi, 200° S
Webster State Park (State Park) — 55.8 mi, 007° N
B&B Dodge City Village 8 (Cinema) — 60.5 mi, 204° SW
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.7 mi, 116° SE · 44k acres
Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 61.5 mi, 074° E
Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame and Gunfighters Wax Museum (Museum) — 62.2 mi, 203° SW
Boot Hill Museum (Museum) — 62.2 mi, 203° SW
World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 64.7 mi, 059° NE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 66.3 mi, 123° SE · 232 acres
Greensburg Big Well Country (Monument) — 68.7 mi, 169° S
Meades Ranch Triangulation Station (Monument) — 70.6 mi, 051° NE
Culbertson Auditorium (Theatre) — 78.0 mi, 108° E

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