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Menlo Kansas Map

Explore Menlo, 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 Menlo, Kansas

How to Use This Menlo, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.35695
Longitude	-100.722647
Population	33
Density	108.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67753
Area Code	785
County Seat	Colby
School District	Golden Plains Unified School District 316

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About Menlo, Kansas

Menlo is a locality in Thomas County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 33. The population density is 108.9 people per km². Menlo is located at 39.3569°N, 100.7226°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Menlo is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67753.

Menlo rests upon the high, open expanse of the plains where the sky claims more territory than the earth. It lies 81.8 miles west-northwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 294°T), and is situated 17.8 miles east of Colby. Sand Creek carves a shallow, intermittent vein through the terrain, its banks lined with the gnarled, silver-barked cottonwoods that offer the only vertical relief against the relentless horizon. The wind moves across the grasses with a persistent, dry friction, shaping the soil and dictating the lives of those who inhabit these long, sun-bleached stretches. In the late afternoon, the light turns a brittle, pale gold, illuminating the dust that hangs suspended in the air like fine, suspended amber above the quiet, unpaved tracks.

Menlo maintains a stoic tether to the legacy of the agrarian frontier, where the economy remains bound to the cycles of the wheat harvest and the slow, heavy turning of the seasons. The local character is defined by a deep-seated resilience, a quiet acknowledgment of the distance between neighbors and the vastness of the surrounding prairie. While the pace of existence is measured by the requirements of the land, those seeking a wider perspective might travel the seventeen miles toward Young Park to find a rare change in the topography. Life in Menlo continues with a spare, functional grace, reflecting a history of endurance in a landscape that demands much from those who call it home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Young Park (Local Park) — 16.5 mi, 281° W
Prairie Museum of Art and History (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 273° W
Logan County World War Memorial (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 204° SW
Fike Park (Local Park) — 17.4 mi, 280° W
Fick Fossil and History Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 205° SW
Buffalo Bill (Public Artwork) — 17.7 mi, 206° SW
Sheridan State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 25.8 mi, 088° E
Sheridan Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 31.5 mi, 117° SE
Jerusalem Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 32.0 mi, 203° SW
Sappa Park (Local Recreation) — 34.7 mi, 020° N
Smoky Valley Ranch (Conservation Area) — 35.1 mi, 203° SW
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 35.4 mi, 332° NW
Butterfield Trail Museum (Museum) — 39.3 mi, 219° SW
Logan State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 39.5 mi, 224° SW
Castle Rock (Attraction) — 45.3 mi, 139° SE
Norton Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 45.4 mi, 051° NE
Scott State Park (State Park) — 47.1 mi, 193° S
Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 50.1 mi, 053° NE
Battle of Punished Woman's Fork (Monument) — 50.5 mi, 193° S
World's Largest Easel (Attraction) — 52.5 mi, 269° W
Swanson Lake (Resource Management Area) — 57.1 mi, 341° N
Museum of the High Plains (Museum) — 58.6 mi, 005° N
Hitchcock County Museum (Museum) — 58.6 mi, 345° N
Kansas Historical Marker: Homestead of a Genius (Attraction) — 68.6 mi, 156° SE
School Number 65 (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 68.8 mi, 287° W
Mount Sunflower (Attraction) — 74.1 mi, 252° W
South Republican Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 74.2 mi, 286° W
Blue Ridge School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 76.0 mi, 296° NW
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 79.5 mi, 069° E

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