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Osborne Kansas Map

Explore Osborne, 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 Osborne, Kansas

How to Use This Osborne, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.438899
Longitude	-98.694795
Population	1,335
Density	334.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67473
Area Code	785
County Seat	Osborne
School District	Osborne County Unified School District 392

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About Osborne, Kansas

Osborne is a locality in Osborne County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,335. The population density is 334.9 people per km². Osborne is located at 39.4389°N, 98.6948°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Osborne is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67473.

Osborne emerges from the vast, golden expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a pulled thread. It lies 51.4 miles northeast of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 41°T), and is situated 31.4 miles west of Beloit. The South Fork Solomon River carves a quiet, meandering path only a mile away, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that shiver in the constant, restless breath of the prairie. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouettes of the Blue Hills press against the sky, grounding the landscape in a stillness that feels both ancient and immediate. Here, the light of late afternoon pours over the wheat fields with a heavy, honeyed intensity, illuminating the dust motes that dance in the air until the sun dips low and turns the earth a bruised, somber purple.

Osborne anchors itself in a history of rugged cultivation, serving as a steadfast center for the agricultural life that defines the surrounding reaches. The local economy persists in a rhythmic harmony with the seasons, tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of every passing day. Residents often look toward the nearby Glen Elder Wildlife Area for a reprieve from the labor of the fields, or find a different sort of solitude near the expansive, quiet waters of Waconda Lake. A limestone courthouse stands as a sturdy witness to the years, its heavy blocks absorbing the heat of the day and radiating a cool, solid endurance into the night. It is a place where the gravity of the land commands respect, and the people move with the deliberate, unforced grace of those who have long learned to listen to the wind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Geodetic Center of North America (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 004° N
Walronds Stockade (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 001° N
Glen Elder Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 063° NE
Sod and Stubble (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 059° NE
Glen Elder Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 11.7 mi, 087° E
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 071° E
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 18.0 mi, 071° E
Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 075° E
Bison Statue (Public Artwork) — 20.4 mi, 076° E
Woodson Diversion Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.0 mi, 270° W
Kirwin Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 27.4 mi, 303° NW
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 27.6 mi, 013° N
World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 162° S
Roy and Clara Miller's Park (Attraction) — 27.7 mi, 162° S
Wilson Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 30.2 mi, 181° S
Rooks State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 33.2 mi, 266° W
Wilson Lake (Recreation Area) — 33.2 mi, 177° S
Kansas Wildlife and Parks Area #1 (Local Recreation) — 33.7 mi, 179° S
Wilson State Park (State Park) — 36.8 mi, 164° S
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 40.0 mi, 303° NW
Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 40.1 mi, 133° SE
Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 40.2 mi, 133° SE
Crispin’s Drug Store Museum (Museum) — 40.3 mi, 133° SE
Post Rock Scout Museum (Museum) — 40.3 mi, 133° SE
Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 44.1 mi, 164° S
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 45.6 mi, 021° N
Franklin County Museum (Museum) — 47.8 mi, 344° N
Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 55.7 mi, 080° E
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 62.9 mi, 064° NE

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