Explore Mentor, 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 Mentor, 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 Mentor.
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 | Mentor |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Saline County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.74056 |
| Longitude | -97.603091 |
| Population | 101 |
| Density | 100.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 67416, 67401 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Salina |
| School District | Southeast of Saline Unified School District 306 |
Mentor emerges from the vast, golden expanse of the Kansas plains as a quiet intersection of sky and soil, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun whole. It lies 6.9 miles south of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 176°T), and is situated 12.2 miles north-northeast of Lindsborg. The landscape surrounding Mentor is defined by the steady, rhythmic persistence of the wheat fields, which ripple under the constant push of the wind like a sea of amber stalks. A mile away, the thin, winding ribbon of Dry Creek cuts through the earth, its banks shaded by the silver-green leaves of cottonwoods that lean toward the water’s edge. Seven miles to the west, the Smoky Hills rise in soft, hazy silhouettes against the dusk, grounding the sky and providing a permanent, jagged anchor to the otherwise leveling view.
Mentor carries the weight of a long agricultural history, its character forged by the stubborn resilience of those who first broke the prairie sod. The local economy remains tethered to the health of the harvest, with the daily pulse of the place dictated by the turning seasons and the quiet hum of grain elevators. For those seeking a moment of respite, the grounds of Jerry Ivey Park offer a localized sanctuary four miles away, while those traveling further afield might find the distant waters of Gas Lake catching the afternoon light. Life in Mentor unfolds with an unforced gravity, where the clarity of the air and the immense, open dome of the heavens make the small, daily labors of its people feel like part of a larger, enduring cycle.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mentor, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.74056, -97.603091. 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 Mentor includes the ZIP code (67416, 67401), telephone area code (785), county seat of Saline County (Salina), and school district assignment (Southeast of Saline Unified School District 306).
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. |