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Moran Kansas Map

Explore Moran, 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 Moran, Kansas

How to Use This Moran, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	37.916147
Longitude	-95.170255
Population	466
Density	429.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66755
Area Code	913
County Seat	Iola
School District	Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256

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About Moran, Kansas

Moran is a locality in Allen County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 466. The population density is 429.4 people per km². Moran is located at 37.9161°N, 95.1703°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Moran is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66755.

Moran occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pulled straight by the persistent, unyielding wind. It lies 43.2 miles northwest of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 324°T), and is situated 12.5 miles east of Iola. Big Creek meanders just a mile from the center of the grid, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that lean toward the water as if listening for a sound lost to the prairie. To the west, the subtle rise of Guthrie Mountain marks the edge of the sky, a distant, hazy silhouette that barely interrupts the flat, golden sweep of the earth. The air here holds a clarity that sharpens the edges of the barns and silos, and at dusk, the light turns a bruised, heavy purple, illuminating the way the tallgrass shivers in the cooling evening.

Moran emerged from the expansion of the rail lines, serving as a steady anchor for the surrounding agricultural life that defines the local economy. Farmers still track the cycles of the seasons with the same gravity their predecessors held, hauling grain across roads that cut through the landscape like seams in a quilt. While the pace of life maintains a deliberate, measured cadence, the influence of the wider region remains palpable, from the limestone foundations of older buildings to the quiet solitude found at the distant Bourbon State Fishing Lake. Residents might occasionally seek a change of scenery at Dawson Lake or wander through the gentle slopes of Spring Valley, yet the character of Moran remains tied to the soil and the simple, enduring labor of those who call these plains their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bourbon State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 9.9 mi, 146° SE
Bourbon Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 145° SE
East Iola Park (Local Park) — 11.5 mi, 273° W
Spider Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 12.1 mi, 267° W
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 13.1 mi, 271° W
Kansas Rocks (Theme Park) — 16.8 mi, 079° E
Anderson County Prairies Fee (Conservation Area) — 17.9 mi, 347° N
Anderson County (Conservation Area) — 18.8 mi, 343° N
Hollister Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.2 mi, 117° SE
Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 224° SW
ATSF Caboose (Attraction) — 25.3 mi, 351° N
Ware Monument (Monument) — 26.8 mi, 104° E
Crawford State Park (State Park) — 26.9 mi, 134° SE
Crawford State Park Lake (State Park) — 27.2 mi, 134° SE
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.6 mi, 052° NE · 15k acres
Pottawatomie Massacre Memorial (Monument) — 36.5 mi, 007° N
Woodson State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 36.9 mi, 257° W
World War 2 Memorial (Monument) — 37.1 mi, 037° NE
Miners Hall Museum (Museum) — 37.3 mi, 137° SE
Franklin Community Center & Heritage Museum (Museum) — 37.3 mi, 137° SE
Parsons Theater (Cinema) — 40.0 mi, 187° S
Iron Horse Museum (Museum) — 40.3 mi, 187° S
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.3 mi, 306° NW · 37k acres
Prairie State Park (Viewpoint) — 42.5 mi, 129° SE
Railroad Depot (Attraction) — 43.3 mi, 144° SE
MP Fredonia Depot (Attraction) — 44.8 mi, 234° SW
Fort Africa (Toothman Farm) (Historic Castle / Fort) — 45.4 mi, 061° NE
Page Dragline (Attraction) — 46.1 mi, 164° S
Fmr. location of Missouri Pacific Depot (Historic Ruins) — 48.7 mi, 354° N
Fmr. site of HU tower (Interlocking) (Historic Ruins) — 49.7 mi, 351° N

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