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Monument Kansas Map

Explore Monument, 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 Monument, Kansas

How to Use This Monument, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.104452
Longitude	-101.007096
Population	56
Density	40.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	67747
Area Code	785
County Seat	Oakley
School District	Oakley Unified School District 274

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About Monument, Kansas

Monument is a locality in Logan County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 56. The population density is 40.3 people per km². Monument is located at 39.1045°N, 101.0071°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67747.

Monument manifests as a solitary point of stillness amidst a vast, relentless expanse of high plains where the horizon exerts a gravitational pull on the eye. It lies 78.6 miles north of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 355°T), and is situated 7.9 miles west-southwest of Oakley. The earth here is a muted palette of tawny grasses and pale soil, defined by an openness that allows the sky to occupy more than its share of the visual field. Only a mile away, the North Branch Hackberry Creek traces a thin, verdant vein through the arid landscape, its banks flanked by the silver-leafed cottonwoods that shiver in the constant, restless currents of air. On the clearest days, the distant silhouette of Devils Backbone provides a jagged, serrated promise of elevation far to the west, though for those standing on the local streets, the terrain remains committed to the horizontal, honoring the quiet, geometric austerity of the Kansas prairie.

Monument carries the weight of a legacy tied to the iron rail and the stubborn, seasonal cycles of the wheat harvest. The local economy persists as a rhythmic negotiation with the soil, where the machinery of agriculture dictates the tempo of the calendar and the collective pulse of the neighborhood. Those seeking a respite from the intensity of the plains often travel toward the Jerusalem Hills Fee, a dozen miles away, where the land offers a more deliberate, protected topography. Life in Monument is characterized by an unadorned resilience, a quality reflected in the weathered facades and the way the light at dusk turns the grain elevators into monolithic sentinels guarding the town. It is a place where the history of the region—marked by the endurance of those who first broke the sod—remains legible in the simple, honest architecture and the slow, focused pace of a day’s labor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Buffalo Bill (Public Artwork) — 7.6 mi, 078° E
Fick Fossil and History Museum (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 078° E
Logan County World War Memorial (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 079° E
Jerusalem Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 171° S
Smoky Valley Ranch (Conservation Area) — 15.1 mi, 174° S
Butterfield Trail Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 215° SW
Logan State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.4 mi, 228° SW
Logan State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.0 mi, 226° SW
Prairie Museum of Art and History (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 354° N
Villa High Park (Local Park) — 19.3 mi, 353° N
Young Park (Local Park) — 20.6 mi, 357° N
Scott State Park (State Park) — 28.8 mi, 172° S
Scott Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.9 mi, 173° S
Battle of Punished Woman's Fork (Monument) — 32.1 mi, 172° S
World's Largest Easel (Attraction) — 40.7 mi, 294° NW
El Quartelejo Museum (Museum) — 43.2 mi, 174° S
Sheridan Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 43.2 mi, 087° E
Castle Rock (Attraction) — 48.0 mi, 110° E
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 48.6 mi, 358° N
Mount Sunflower (Attraction) — 55.6 mi, 264° W
Sappa Park (Local Recreation) — 56.9 mi, 028° NE
Horace Greeley Museum (Museum) — 59.3 mi, 223° SW
Kansas Historical Marker: Homestead of a Genius (Attraction) — 62.7 mi, 136° SE
School Number 65 (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 63.1 mi, 307° NW
South Republican Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 67.7 mi, 304° NW
Midway Theater (Cinema) — 68.9 mi, 282° W
Bonny Lake State Park/South Republican State Wildlife Area (State Park) — 71.3 mi, 300° NW
Blue Ridge School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 73.3 mi, 313° NW
Lee Richardson Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 79.4 mi, 175° S

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