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Preston Kansas Map

Explore Preston, 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 Preston, Kansas

How to Use This Preston, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	37.758906
Longitude	-98.553138
Population	115
Density	102.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67583
Area Code	785
County Seat	Pratt
School District	Pratt Unified School District 382

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About Preston, Kansas

Preston is a locality in Pratt County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 115. The population density is 102.1 people per km². Preston is located at 37.7589°N, 98.5531°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Preston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67583.

Preston emerges from the vast expanse of the Kansas plains as a quiet study in persistence, defined by the relentless, wide-open sky that dictates the rhythm of the day. It lies 39.9 miles west-southwest of Hutchinson, KS (from Hutchinson, KS: bearing 239°T), and is situated 12.8 miles northeast of Pratt. The land here is marked by a subtle, deliberate flatness that stretches toward the horizon, punctuated only by the occasional line of cottonwoods signaling the path of Silver Creek, which wanders through the landscape just a mile away. Light in the late afternoon possesses a peculiar, honeyed weight, casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch across the fields until they dissolve into the deepening gray of the dusk. While the distant silhouette of Pilot Knob rises nine miles away to break the monotony of the prairie, the primary character of Preston remains tied to the earth, a place where the wind acts as a constant, restless companion to the soil.

Agriculture remains the singular pulse of the local economy, with the legacy of the homesteaders still visible in the orderly geometry of the surrounding wheat fields. Life in Preston follows the slow, seasonal turn of the harvest, a tradition that has weathered the cycles of drought and abundance with a stoic, unassuming grace. Residents often look toward the wider region for recreation, occasionally traveling to the Green Sports Complex twelve miles away or visiting the banks of Rosacker Lake when the demands of the season permit a moment of stillness. There is an enduring modesty here, a sense that the history of the place is not kept in grand monuments, but in the collective memory of families who have worked this stubborn, fertile ground for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Green Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 11.9 mi, 227° SW
Sixth Street Park (Local Park) — 12.7 mi, 230° SW
Lemon Park (Local Park) — 12.8 mi, 229° SW
Byron Walker Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 120° SE
Kingman State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.1 mi, 115° SE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.1 mi, 001° N · 232 acres
Pratt Sandhills Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.2 mi, 269° W
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.7 mi, 006° N · 44k acres
Barber State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 31.1 mi, 183° S
Pageant Amphitheater at Memorial Peace Park (Theatre) — 33.6 mi, 180° S
Cheney Wildlife Area (National Conservation Area) — 34.8 mi, 081° E · 16k acres
Culbertson Auditorium (Theatre) — 36.9 mi, 031° NE
Divine Servant Statue (Public Artwork) — 37.1 mi, 030° NE
Cheney State Park (State Park) — 37.7 mi, 090° E
Hutchinson Art Center (Museum) — 39.6 mi, 058° NE
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial (Monument) — 39.6 mi, 059° NE
Carey Dome (Cinema) — 40.4 mi, 058° NE
Gowans Stadium (Stadium) — 40.5 mi, 058° NE
Greensburg Big Well Country (Monument) — 43.3 mi, 256° W
Great Bend Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 44.0 mi, 345° N
Kansas Oil and Gas Museum (Museum) — 44.1 mi, 341° N
Expo Center (Attraction) — 44.8 mi, 338° N
Coronado-Quivira Museum (Museum) — 44.8 mi, 025° NE
Sandhills State Park (State Park) — 44.9 mi, 057° NE
Inman Rock Island Depot (Museum) — 53.5 mi, 052° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 54.2 mi, 232° SW
Comanche County Museum (Museum) — 54.3 mi, 232° SW
CRIP Depot (Attraction) — 61.2 mi, 257° W
Slawson Family Asian Big Cat Trek (Attraction) — 62.5 mi, 092° E
Reticulated Giraffe (Attraction) — 62.5 mi, 092° E

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