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McFarland Kansas Map

Explore McFarland, 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 McFarland, Kansas

How to Use This McFarland, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.052776
Longitude	-96.237773
Population	272
Density	590.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66501
Area Code	913
County Seat	Alma
School District	Wabaunsee Unified School District 329

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About McFarland, Kansas

McFarland is a locality in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 272. The population density is 590.0 people per km². McFarland is located at 39.0528°N, 96.2378°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. McFarland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66501.

McFarland occupies a quiet expanse of the Flint Hills, where the horizon stretches thin and taut over the tallgrass prairie. It lies 20.1 miles east-southeast of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 117°T), and is situated 10.9 miles south-southeast of Wamego. Mill Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the landscape, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that lean against the persistent Kansas wind. To the west, the rugged silhouette of Grant Ridge marks the distant edge of the world, while the nearby terrain dips into the shadowed recesses of Clapboard Canyon. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised clarity, turning the limestone outcrops to the color of old bone as the heat of the day bleeds slowly from the earth.

McFarland emerged from the expansion of the railroad, a byproduct of steel rails threading through the tallgrass to serve the needs of a growing agricultural frontier. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the cycle of the fields, reflecting a stoic endurance forged in the memory of the Dust Bowl. Beyond the town limits, the Bolton Wildlife Area provides a sanctuary for the native grasses and fauna that once defined this entire region. Life in McFarland moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, defined by the maintenance of family homesteads and the quiet persistence of people who find a deep, elemental satisfaction in the wide, open sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bolton Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 012° N
Greater Flint Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 172° S
Guard of the Plains (Public Artwork) — 6.1 mi, 086° E
William Mitchell Monument (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 333° NW
George T. Fielding, III Monument (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 333° NW
Shamrock Cafe (Viewpoint) — 8.0 mi, 295° NW
Wamego Area Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 342° N
Wamego Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 11.1 mi, 344° N
Missile Silo Home (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 335° NW
Jeffery Energy Center Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 013° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 13.3 mi, 042° NE
Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 19.4 mi, 308° NW
Tuttle Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 22.3 mi, 307° NW
West Lawn Memorial Gardens (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 090° E
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 22.8 mi, 308° NW
Tuttle Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 23.4 mi, 308° NW
Kansas State Historical Society - Center for Historical Research (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 089° E
Trail (Historic Ruins) — 24.8 mi, 089° E
Shawnee State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 25.0 mi, 066° NE
Kaw River State Park (State Park) — 25.6 mi, 088° E
Topeka Art Guild Gallery (Arts Centre) — 26.4 mi, 094° E
Discovery Center of Kansas (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 090° E
Collective Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 28.0 mi, 091° E
Kansas First Territorial Capitol (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 275° W
Locomotive 6072 (Attraction) — 28.7 mi, 273° W
Old Mkt Depot (Attraction) — 30.0 mi, 206° SW
Post Office Oak Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 206° SW
The Jayhawk State Theatre of Kansas (Theatre) — 30.2 mi, 090° E
Topeka Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 30.3 mi, 090° E
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.3 mi, 166° S · 37k acres

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