Norton Kansas Map
Explore Norton, 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 Norton, Kansas
How to Use This Norton, Kansas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Norton, 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 Norton.
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 | Norton |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Norton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.833895 |
| Longitude | -99.891511 |
| Population | 2,747 |
| Density | 555.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 67654 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Norton |
| School District | Norton Community Schools Unified School District 211 |
About Norton, Kansas
Norton is a locality in Norton County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,747. The population density is 555.9 people per km². Norton is located at 39.8339°N, 99.8915°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Norton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67654.Norton emerges from the expansive horizon as a vast sweep of high plains, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 72.5 miles north-northwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 336°T), and is situated 30.6 miles west of Phillipsburg. The landscape is defined by a rigorous, horizontal geometry, broken only by the intermittent shade of cottonwoods leaning over the banks of Robinson Creek and the subtle, earthen rise of Horseshoe Hill standing watch in the distance. Light here possesses a singular clarity, bleaching the grasses to a pale straw color by mid-summer and casting long, bruised shadows across the fields as the sun dips toward the edge of the world. Residents often gather at Roadside Park to watch the weather move in, observing the shift in air pressure that signals a coming storm or the quiet, persistent breeze that defines the rhythm of the day.
Norton serves as the administrative anchor of its region, a place where the architecture of the limestone courthouse remains a sturdy artifact of a time when the town first took root in the prairie soil. The local economy is tethered to the cycles of the earth, with the heavy, golden productivity of wheat harvests dictating the tempo of the calendar year. Beyond the working fields, the presence of Keith Sebelius Lake offers a rare expanse of stillness, a blue mirror reflecting the vastness of the Kansas heavens and providing a necessary reprieve from the relentless labor of the plains. Life in Norton moves with an intentional, deliberate pace, grounded in a heritage of endurance that persists despite the changing demands of the modern world.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Tweed Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 058° NE
- Norton Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 330° NW
- Pool Park (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 269° W
- Elmwood Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 166° S
- Norton Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 227° SW
- Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 2.8 mi, 241° SW
- Keith Sebelius Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 3.0 mi, 228° SW
- Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 28.6 mi, 047° NE
- Harlan County Lake (Recreation Area) — 29.2 mi, 046° NE
- Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 30.6 mi, 100° E
- Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 30.7 mi, 100° E
- Sappa Park (Local Recreation) — 31.4 mi, 271° W
- Cambridge Museum (Museum) — 34.3 mi, 335° NW
- Sheridan State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 36.9 mi, 209° SW
- Webster State Park (State Park) — 37.1 mi, 143° SE
- Rooks State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 42.4 mi, 134° SE
- Museum of the High Plains (Museum) — 46.4 mi, 303° NW
- Phelps County Historical Museum (Museum) — 51.1 mi, 032° NE
- Franklin County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 53.0 mi, 069° E
- Metal Garden (Public Artwork) — 61.2 mi, 268° W
- Hitchcock County Museum (Museum) — 63.8 mi, 292° W
- Dawson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 66.0 mi, 007° N
- Castle Rock (Attraction) — 68.8 mi, 193° S
- Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 69.6 mi, 034° NE
- Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 69.6 mi, 090° E
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About This Norton Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Norton, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.833895, -99.891511. 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 Norton includes the ZIP code (67654), telephone area code (785), county seat of Norton County (Norton), and school district assignment (Norton Community Schools Unified School District 211).
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. |
