Protection Kansas Map
Explore Protection, Kansas, with this interactive street and satellite map.
Interactive Map of Protection, Kansas
| City | Protection |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Comanche County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.201414 |
| Longitude | -99.484008 |
| Population | 498 |
| Density | 207.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 67127 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Coldwater |
| School District | Comanche County Unified School District 300 |
About Protection, Kansas
Protection is a locality in Comanche County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 498. The population density is 207.4 people per km². Protection is located at 37.2014°N, 99.4840°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Protection is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67127.Protection rises from the expanse of the plains like a quiet anchor held fast against the vast, shifting sky. It lies 48.0 miles southeast of Dodge City, KS (from Dodge City, KS: bearing 142°T), and is situated 53.3 miles north of Woodward.
Kiowa Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path just a mile away, its banks marked by the silvered silhouettes of cottonwoods that shiver when the prairie wind gains force. To the west, the horizon holds the faint, bruised suggestion of the Red Hills, their reddish slopes providing a stark contrast to the golden, wheat-heavy fields that define the local topography. The light here possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, especially in the late afternoon when the sun stretches the shadows of grain elevators and fence posts until they seem to touch the edge of the world. For those seeking a respite in the wilder reaches, the Cimarron Bluff Wildlife Management Area sits eighteen miles distant, offering a rugged sanctuary of native grasses and broken terrain.
Protection grew from the hard-won persistence of settlers who understood that the soil and the seasons were their only true masters. The local economy remains tethered to the pulse of the harvest, a cycle of planting and reaping that dictates the pace of every street and storefront. While Lake Coldwater lies eight miles away as a rare pocket of stillness in the arid landscape, the people of Protection find their daily rhythm in the steady, industrial hum of agriculture and the maintenance of their own quiet infrastructure. It is a place where history is not merely recounted but lived in the way the architecture clings to the earth, a testament to a resilience that has outlasted the dust and the dry years that once tested the very marrow of the Great Plains.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Comanche County Museum (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 061° NE
- Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 061° NE
- Cimarron Bluff Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.6 mi, 163° S
- Clark Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.3 mi, 313° NW
- Clark State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.5 mi, 308° NW
- Red Hills (Conservation Area) — 21.8 mi, 082° E
- CRIP Depot (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 340° N
- Greensburg Big Well Country (Monument) — 29.3 mi, 018° N
- Kiowa State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 29.9 mi, 019° N
- Alabaster Caverns State Park (State Park) — 39.0 mi, 152° SE
- Southern Plains Experimental Range (Recreation Easement) — 39.2 mi, 187° S
- Black Smith (Public Artwork) — 39.7 mi, 233° SW
- Military Road Crossing (Monument) — 43.4 mi, 188° S
- Fort Supply Lake (Recreation Area) — 45.0 mi, 186° S
- Santa Fe Caboose (Attraction) — 47.9 mi, 323° NW
- ATSF Dodge City Depot (Attraction) — 48.0 mi, 323° NW
- Santa Fe 1139 Steam Locomotive (Attraction) — 48.1 mi, 322° NW
- Boot Hill Museum (Museum) — 48.2 mi, 322° NW
- Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame and Gunfighters Wax Museum (Museum) — 48.3 mi, 322° NW
- Ford Lake (Viewpoint) — 49.0 mi, 331° NW
- B&B Dodge City Village 8 (Cinema) — 49.4 mi, 324° NW
- Pageant Amphitheater at Memorial Peace Park (Theatre) — 51.5 mi, 084° E
- Little Sahara State Park (State Park) — 54.4 mi, 144° SE
- Stauth Memorial Museum (Museum) — 59.3 mi, 298° NW
- Haun Museum (Museum) — 65.0 mi, 340° N
- Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 72.4 mi, 115° SE · 42k acres
- Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 77.9 mi, 041° NE · 232 acres
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About This Protection Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Protection, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.201414, -99.484008. 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 Protection includes the ZIP code (67127), telephone area code (785), county seat of Comanche County (Coldwater), and school district assignment (Comanche County Unified School District 300).
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 | August 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
