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Ransom Kansas Map

Explore Ransom, 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 Ransom, Kansas

How to Use This Ransom, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	38.636125
Longitude	-99.933734
Population	260
Density	286.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67572
Area Code	785
County Seat	Ness City
School District	Western Plains Unified School District 106

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About Ransom, Kansas

Ransom is a locality in Ness County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 260. The population density is 286.0 people per km². Ransom is located at 38.6361°N, 99.9337°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ransom is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67572.

Ransom occupies a stretch of high, open prairie where the horizon pulls the sky downward until the two seem to touch in a seamless line of pale, shifting blue. It lies 36.8 miles west-southwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 243°T), and is situated 29.0 miles southwest of Ellis. Bazine Dry Creek carves a shallow, intermittent path through the earth a mile away, its banks lined with the silhouettes of cottonwoods that shiver whenever the wind moves across the plains. The land here holds a quiet, austere beauty, especially at dusk when the light turns thin and amber, casting long shadows from the fence posts that mark the edges of vast, cultivated fields. Eleven miles out, the landscape finds a different texture near the Cedar Bluff Reservoir and the rugged, broken ground of Goat Canyon, which interrupt the flatness with sudden, weathered depressions and ridges. To the north, the distant rise of Round House Rock anchors the vista, a solitary marker in a country defined by its sheer, unobstructed breadth.

History in Ransom remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the persistent, unyielding nature of the soil. The local economy persists through the rhythm of grain production, reflecting a legacy of hard-won resilience that defines the identity of those who call these plains home. Life here moves at the steady pace of the seasons, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger centers, sustained instead by the proximity of the Cedar Bluff Wildlife Area where the natural grasses remain undisturbed by the plow. Residents often look toward the weather with a practiced gaze, knowing that the wind is the primary architect of the local experience, shaping the way the dust settles and how the summer heat hums against the siding of the buildings. Every structure in Ransom bears the mark of this environment, standing as a plain, functional response to a landscape that demands both patience and a deep, quiet endurance from its inhabitants.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cedar Bluff Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 013° N
Cedar Bluff State Park (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 040° NE
Cedar Bluff Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 13.0 mi, 038° NE
Goodman State Lake and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.4 mi, 167° S
Kansas Historical Marker: Homestead of a Genius (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 228° SW
Castle Rock (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 321° NW
Christ Pilot Me Hill (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 129° SE
Historic Marker: Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Trail (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 120° SE
Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 34.9 mi, 061° NE
Monarch of the Plains (Public Artwork) — 35.5 mi, 064° NE
Frontier Historical Park (Local Park) — 35.6 mi, 064° NE
Finney State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 37.0 mi, 215° SW
Haun Museum (Museum) — 38.1 mi, 177° S
Hodgeman State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 40.3 mi, 172° S
Chalk Bluffs (Conservation Area) — 48.9 mi, 288° W
Scott State Park (State Park) — 52.6 mi, 272° W
Battle of Punished Woman's Fork (Monument) — 53.7 mi, 271° W
El Quartelejo Museum (Museum) — 54.2 mi, 259° W
Jerusalem Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 55.2 mi, 284° W
Ford Lake (Viewpoint) — 56.3 mi, 179° S
B&B Dodge City Village 8 (Cinema) — 59.5 mi, 184° S
Logan County World War Memorial (Monument) — 59.9 mi, 305° NW
Santa Fe Trail Remains Lookout (Attraction) — 60.2 mi, 194° S
Fick Fossil and History Museum (Museum) — 60.4 mi, 305° NW
Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame and Gunfighters Wax Museum (Museum) — 61.1 mi, 185° S
Boot Hill Museum (Museum) — 61.2 mi, 185° S
Great Bend Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 65.7 mi, 106° E
Wilson Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 68.1 mi, 069° E
Lee Richardson Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 69.1 mi, 228° SW
Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 79.8 mi, 080° E

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