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Palmer Kansas Map

Explore Palmer, 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 Palmer, Kansas

How to Use This Palmer, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.631945
Longitude	-97.140304
Population	125
Density	156.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66962
Area Code	913
County Seat	Washington
School District	Barnes Unified School District 223

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About Palmer, Kansas

Palmer is a locality in Washington County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 125. The population density is 156.2 people per km². Palmer is located at 39.6319°N, 97.1403°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Palmer is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66962.

Palmer stretches across the high, flat expanse of the Kansas plains, where the horizon pulls the sky taut over fields of wheat and dormant soil. It lies 43.4 miles northwest of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 316°T), and is situated 17.6 miles north of Clay Center. Peats Creek carves a shallow, winding path through the landscape, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered trunks of cottonwoods that shiver in the constant, restless movement of the air. The light at dusk here possesses a peculiar clarity, turning the dry grasses to a pale, brittle gold before the shadows lengthen into a deep, bruised violet. Far to the south, the distant silhouette of Twin Mounds interrupts the otherwise level line of the earth, providing a solitary anchor for the eye in a world dominated by the vast, open theater of the sky.

Palmer serves as a quiet node in an agricultural network, its economy deeply rooted in the heavy, dark grain harvested from the surrounding acreage. The rhythm of daily life follows the slow, seasonal pulse of planting and reaping, a tradition that has persisted since the rail lines first brought settlement to these prairies. While the quiet of the fields dominates, the proximity of Reed Park offers a preserve of stillness for those seeking a respite from the machinery of the harvest. Whether the wind is whipping across the stubble or the air hangs heavy and humid in the heat of July, Palmer keeps a steady, unadorned pace, reflecting a history written in the endurance of those who have long tended this stubborn, productive dirt.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Strawberry (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 312° NW
Utility Park (Local Park) — 17.8 mi, 179° S
Fairgrounds Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 18.2 mi, 175° S
Washington State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.8 mi, 003° N
Washington State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.1 mi, 003° N
Milford Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 21.5 mi, 173° S
Tuttle Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 21.6 mi, 123° SE
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 24.9 mi, 122° SE
Monument to the Ice Age (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 082° E
Alcove Spring (Viewpoint) — 25.8 mi, 071° E
Cloud County Historical Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 261° W
Union Pacific Depot (Museum) — 28.0 mi, 262° W
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 28.0 mi, 261° W
Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 28.2 mi, 262° W
Oregon Trail Marker (Monument) — 28.2 mi, 025° NE
Arts & Memories Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 144° SE
Immanuel Lutheran School Museum (Museum) — 28.7 mi, 043° NE
Republic County Historical Society (Museum) — 29.1 mi, 296° NW
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 29.5 mi, 298° NW
Pony Express Rider (Public Artwork) — 29.9 mi, 061° NE
Rose Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 30.3 mi, 352° N
Rock Glen Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 31.7 mi, 006° N
Magic School (Historic Ruins) — 32.9 mi, 150° SE
Locomotive 6072 (Attraction) — 43.1 mi, 153° SE
Site of Old Up Turntable and Roundhouse (Attraction) — 44.2 mi, 157° SE
Site of old Union Pacific Engine Shops (Attraction) — 44.2 mi, 157° SE
C.L. Hoover Opera House (Theatre) — 44.8 mi, 158° S
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 50.8 mi, 291° W
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.1 mi, 359° N · 124 acres

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