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Muscotah Kansas Map

Explore Muscotah, 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 Muscotah, Kansas

How to Use This Muscotah, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.552777
Longitude	-95.521645
Population	155
Density	179.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66058
Area Code	913
County Seat	Atchison
School District	Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377

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About Muscotah, Kansas

Muscotah is a locality in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 155. The population density is 179.7 people per km². Muscotah is located at 39.5528°N, 95.5216°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Muscotah is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66058.

Muscotah occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the earth stretches wide under a sky that seems to possess more depth than the land itself. It lies 21.3 miles west of Atchison, KS (from Atchison, KS: bearing 268°T), and is situated 12.9 miles east-northeast of Holton. The Little Grasshopper Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the local terrain, its banks lined with the gnarled, silver-barked trunks of cottonwoods that shiver in the constant prairie breeze. Five miles to the west, the subtle rise of the Glacier Uplands breaks the horizon, a reminder of the ancient forces that shaped these fields, while the stillness of Figge Lake lies only four miles away, reflecting the heavy, golden light of late afternoon.

Muscotah emerged from the ambitions of early pioneers who saw promise in the fertile soil and the reliable flow of the creek, establishing an economy long anchored to the rhythms of wheat and livestock. While the bustling rail activity that once defined the local character has faded into a quieter, more solitary pace, the town retains a sturdy, weathered dignity in its architecture and the resilience of its people. Life here turns on the slow rotation of the seasons, occasionally punctuated by trips toward the Nebo State Lake Wildlife Area, where the tallgrass ecosystem offers a glimpse of the landscape as it existed long before the first plow cut the sod.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Worlds Largest Baseball (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 182° S
Crucifix (Public Artwork) — 8.1 mi, 012° N
Nebo State Lake Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 209° SW
Historic Caretakers Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 8.9 mi, 000° N
Perry Lake (Recreation Area) — 9.2 mi, 178° S
Prairie Lake Park (Local Park) — 9.6 mi, 244° SW
Perry Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.2 mi, 178° S
Holton Community Theatre (Theatre) — 12.8 mi, 241° SW
Jackson County Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 242° SW
Atchison State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.6 mi, 073° E
Warnock Lake (Local Recreation) — 19.4 mi, 094° E
International Forest of Friendship (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 094° E
HCC Art at the Barn (Arts Centre) — 20.2 mi, 007° N
Windmill Lane (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 360° N
Brown County Ag Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 360° N
Maple Grove Memorial (Monument) — 20.4 mi, 358° N
Hiawatha Area Arts and Theater Society (Theatre) — 20.6 mi, 358° N
Brown County Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 358° N
Historic Brown County Jail (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 358° N
Brown State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 21.4 mi, 021° N
Muchnic Gallery (Gallery) — 21.6 mi, 087° E
The Lookout (Viewpoint) — 22.0 mi, 086° E
Lewis And Clark State Park (State Park) — 24.3 mi, 095° E
Perry State Park (State Park) — 27.3 mi, 178° S
Nelson Rogers Residence (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 055° NE
Bluffwoods Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 29.5 mi, 081° E
Kansas Historical Marker - Troy (Attraction) — 30.0 mi, 056° NE
Leary Site (Historic Ruins) — 31.7 mi, 012° N
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.0 mi, 022° N · 15k acres
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.7 mi, 049° NE · 3,906 acres

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