Rantoul Kansas Map
Explore Rantoul, 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 Rantoul, Kansas
How to Use This Rantoul, Kansas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rantoul, 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 Rantoul.
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 | Rantoul |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Franklin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.548625 |
| Longitude | -95.100247 |
| Population | 165 |
| Density | 433.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 66079 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| County Seat | Ottawa |
| School District | Central Heights Unified School District 288 |
About Rantoul, Kansas
Rantoul is a locality in Franklin County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 165. The population density is 433.4 people per km². Rantoul is located at 38.5486°N, 95.1002°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rantoul is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66079.Rantoul emerges from the flat, exacting geometry of the plains where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 10.2 miles east-southeast of Ottawa, KS (from Ottawa, KS: bearing 117°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-northwest of Osawatomie. The horizon remains wide and unyielding, broken only by the thin, vertical signatures of grain elevators and the occasional stand of cottonwood trees that mark the path of the Marais des Cygnes River. Light here possesses a stark clarity, bleaching the color from the dry grasses by midday and casting long, indigo shadows that seem to stretch across the fields until they dissolve into the dusk. To the west, the subtle rise of the Sand Hills creates a faint, jagged ripple against the clouds, a reminder of the shifting land that lies just beyond the immediate sightlines of the local fields.
Rantoul maintains a quiet adherence to the rhythms of agriculture that have defined the surrounding acreage since the early days of settlement. The economy remains tethered to the yield of the soil and the seasonal migration of heavy machinery across the county roads. Residents might look toward the nearby John Brown Memorial Park or the quiet waters of Osawatomie Lake for a reprieve from the labor of the harvest, yet the pace of life remains dictated by the wind and the cycles of the grain. There is a profound stillness in the way the local streets hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has dipped low, a lingering warmth that speaks to the endurance of those who have built their lives upon this expanse of Kansas earth.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Pottawatomie Massacre Memorial (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 173° S
- John Brown Memorial Park (Local Park) — 8.1 mi, 112° E
- Karl E Cole Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 118° SE
- Soldiers' Monument (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 114° SE
- Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 9.2 mi, 110° E
- Fmr. location of Missouri Pacific Depot (Historic Ruins) — 10.1 mi, 298° NW
- William H. Howe Butterfly Mural (Public Artwork) — 10.1 mi, 296° NW
- Hillsdale Lake (Recreation Area) — 11.3 mi, 046° NE
- Hillsdale Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 11.4 mi, 025° NE
- Hillsdale State Park (State Park) — 11.7 mi, 052° NE
- Baptiste Bust (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 082° E
- Fmr. site of HU tower (Interlocking) (Historic Ruins) — 13.0 mi, 294° NW
- Lake Miola Park (Local Park) — 13.6 mi, 079° E
- Black Jack Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 14.8 mi, 353° N
- Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 341° N
- Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 16.6 mi, 343° N
- Douglas State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.7 mi, 350° N
- Douglas State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.1 mi, 349° N
- Louisburg Cider Mill (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 075° E
- ATSF Caboose (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 202° S
- Gardner Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 027° NE
- Ensor Park and Museum (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 043° NE
- Prairie Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 26.4 mi, 015° N
- Pomona State Park (State Park) — 26.7 mi, 286° W
- Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 28.2 mi, 052° NE
- Melvern Railroad Park (Attraction) — 29.2 mi, 264° W
- Cider Gallery (Arts Centre) — 29.6 mi, 347° N
- Art Emergency (Arts Centre) — 29.7 mi, 347° N
- Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.6 mi, 133° SE · 15k acres
- Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.4 mi, 244° SW · 37k acres
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About This Rantoul Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rantoul, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.548625, -95.100247. 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 Rantoul includes the ZIP code (66079), telephone area code (913), county seat of Franklin County (Ottawa), and school district assignment (Central Heights Unified School District 288).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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 | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
