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Rolla Kansas Map

Explore Rolla, 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 Rolla, Kansas

How to Use This Rolla, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	37.120025
Longitude	-101.632106
Population	384
Density	397.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67954
Area Code	785
County Seat	Elkhart
School District	Rolla Unified School District 217

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About Rolla, Kansas

Rolla is a locality in Morton County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 384. The population density is 397.5 people per km². Rolla is located at 37.1200°N, 101.6321°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rolla is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67954.

Rolla emerges from the vast, treeless expanse of the high plains as a persistent assertion of order against the infinite reach of the horizon. It lies 39.6 miles west of Liberal, KS (from Liberal, KS: bearing 278°T), and is situated 16.0 miles west-southwest of Hugoton. The land surrounding Rolla is defined by a rigorous, geometric flatness, broken only by the subtle depressions of the South East Rollo Pasture just two miles away and the distant, thin vein of the Cimarron River six miles from the center. Light here possesses a peculiar, unfiltered clarity, turning the sky into a pressurized dome of pale azure that forces the eyes to focus on the textures of dry earth and the swaying, resilient grasses of the Cimarron National Grassland, which begins its reach a mere two miles from the perimeter. In the late afternoon, the sun drains the color from the wheat stubble, leaving behind a monochromatic landscape where the wind acts as the primary architect, constantly rearranging the fine, silken dust of the plains.

Rolla carries the quiet weight of a regional history rooted in the hard-won cultivation of marginal soils, a legacy that continues to dictate the rhythm of its modern economy. Agriculture remains the lifeblood of Rolla, where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the pace of the day far more effectively than any mechanical clock. Beyond the immediate fields, the proximity of the Cimarron National Grassland offers a sanctuary of native prairie that serves as a reminder of the terrain before the plow arrived, while the occasional traveler might seek out the stillness of Wilburton Pond, eight miles distant, to escape the relentless openness of the plains. Life in Rolla is marked by a deliberate, steady endurance, where the local character is forged by the necessity of self-reliance and an intimacy with the changing seasons that outsiders rarely grasp.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cimarron National Grassland (National Grassland) — 1.5 mi, 171° S · 109k acres
Cimarron Grassland and Santa Fe Trail overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.8 mi, 273° W
Everett Rowden Park (Local Park) — 15.6 mi, 077° E
Unknown Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 16.3 mi, 079° E
Raydene Park (Local Park) — 16.5 mi, 075° E
Eight Mile Corner (Monument) — 24.3 mi, 249° W
Optima Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 35.6 mi, 143° SE
Optima Lake (Recreation Area) — 37.7 mi, 141° SE
Comanche National Grassland (National Grassland) — 37.7 mi, 276° W · 444k acres
Lesser-Prairie Chicken Habitat Zoological Area (National Conservation Area) — 38.3 mi, 266° W · 9,303 acres
CRIP Depot (Attraction) — 39.6 mi, 098° E
Old Hardesty 1886-1906 (Monument) — 42.3 mi, 145° SE
Arkalon Park (State Recreation Area) — 46.6 mi, 089° E
The Oslo Community (Monument) — 47.9 mi, 173° S
Beaver River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 49.1 mi, 112° E
Cimmaronosaurus (Public Artwork) — 55.3 mi, 242° SW
Balko School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 58.4 mi, 126° SE
Sherman County Depot Museum (Museum) — 59.5 mi, 204° SW
Kearny County Rodeo Grounds (Attraction) — 59.8 mi, 018° N
Hamilton County Museum (Museum) — 59.8 mi, 354° N
Public Shooting Range (Attraction) — 62.1 mi, 281° W
Meade State Park (State Park) — 65.3 mi, 087° E
Museum of the Plains (Museum) — 67.2 mi, 137° SE
Stationmasters House Museum (Museum) — 68.1 mi, 159° S
ATSF Holley Depot (Attraction) — 69.7 mi, 337° NW
Black Mesa State Park & Nature Preserve (State Park) — 70.4 mi, 255° W
Lee Richardson Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 71.4 mi, 035° NE
Finney County Historical Museum (Museum) — 71.5 mi, 035° NE
Meyer's Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze (Theme Park) — 79.6 mi, 204° SW

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