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Oberlin Kansas Map

Explore Oberlin, 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 Oberlin, Kansas

How to Use This Oberlin, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.818338
Longitude	-100.528201
Population	1,644
Density	332.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67749
Area Code	785
County Seat	Oberlin
School District	Oberlin Unified School District 294

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About Oberlin, Kansas

Oberlin is a locality in Decatur County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,644. The population density is 332.3 people per km². Oberlin is located at 39.8183°N, 100.5282°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oberlin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67749.

Oberlin emerges from the vast Kansas plains as a quiet intersection of horizon and earth, where the sky claims more space than the land itself. It lies 91.3 miles northwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 316°T), and is situated 27.0 miles south of McCook. Sappa Creek carves a shallow, wandering path through the landscape, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered trunks of cottonwoods that lean against the persistent wind. A few miles away, the rugged depression of Rock Draw breaks the flatness, suggesting a deeper, hidden architecture beneath the topsoil. The light here is particularly unforgiving at dusk, bleaching the color from the dry grasses until the entire world turns a uniform, dusty gold, and the long shadows of the prairie stretch out to touch the edges of the town.

Oberlin carries the weight of its history in the limestone face of its county courthouse, a sturdy structure that anchors the center of local life. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the cycles of the wheat fields, though the influence of the Great Plains persists in the deliberate, measured pace of the people who walk its streets. Residents often find their way to Sappa Park, a local expanse that offers a brief respite from the open expanse of the surrounding farmland. Even when the heat rises, the memory of the land’s harsher turns remains, yet life continues with a steady, pragmatic grace, much like the water that occasionally gathers in the distant Vanvleet Reservoir, waiting for the rain to dictate the season’s fortune.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sappa Park (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 051° NE
Norton Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.1 mi, 096° E
Barnett Park (Local Park) — 25.9 mi, 349° N
Museum of the High Plains (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 349° N
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 27.2 mi, 269° W
Metal Garden (Public Artwork) — 27.4 mi, 268° W
Kelley Park (Local Park) — 27.5 mi, 350° N
Bartley Diversion Dam Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.9 mi, 015° N
Keith Sebelius Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 29.3 mi, 093° E
Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 29.4 mi, 091° E
Norton Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 33.6 mi, 087° E
Sheridan State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 34.6 mi, 153° SE
McCook Army Air Base Historical Marker (Monument) — 34.9 mi, 345° N
Hitchcock County Museum (Museum) — 35.5 mi, 314° NW
Swanson Lake (Resource Management Area) — 36.3 mi, 308° NW
Cambridge Museum (Museum) — 37.3 mi, 031° NE
Prairie Museum of Art and History (Museum) — 41.5 mi, 222° SW
Little House Museum (Museum) — 43.8 mi, 302° NW
Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 58.5 mi, 069° E
Webster State Park (State Park) — 63.2 mi, 116° SE
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 64.1 mi, 093° E
Castle Rock (Attraction) — 68.9 mi, 164° S
World's Largest Easel (Attraction) — 70.9 mi, 242° SW
Land and Sky (Attraction) — 75.6 mi, 280° W
School Number 65 (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 76.8 mi, 262° W
Pleasant Hill School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 77.3 mi, 278° W
Sherman State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 78.8 mi, 237° SW

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