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Schoenchen Kansas Map

Explore Schoenchen, 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 Schoenchen, Kansas

How to Use This Schoenchen, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	38.713346
Longitude	-99.332326
Population	170
Density	529.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67667
Area Code	785
County Seat	Hays
School District	Hays Unified School District 489

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About Schoenchen, Kansas

Schoenchen is a locality in Ellis County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 170. The population density is 529.3 people per km². Schoenchen is located at 38.7133°N, 99.3323°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Schoenchen is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67667.

Schoenchen reveals itself as a quiet assembly of rooftops upon the vast, open plains of Kansas. It lies 11.5 miles south of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 181°T), and is situated 19.8 miles southeast of Ellis. The Smoky Hill River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its presence marked by the rhythmic sway of cottonwoods that lean toward the water from the banks of Lookout Hollow. Here, the horizon is a wide, unblinking eye, measuring the passage of the sun across a sky that often feels close enough to touch. When the wind moves across the tallgrass, it creates a silvered ripple that suggests a constant, restless motion beneath the stillness of the day.

Schoenchen retains the distinct character of its origins, defined by the persistent labor of those who first broke the sod to cultivate the wheat-horizon plains. Life maintains a steady, cyclical pace, tethered to the harvest and the changing color of the fields as they transition from dormant brown to a brilliant, sun-drenched gold. While the modern economy remains anchored to the soil, the local identity is quietly preserved in the architecture of the region, where the influence of early settlers persists in the sturdy lines of the buildings. Travelers passing through might glimpse the distant silhouette of Round House Rock on the horizon, or find a moment of solitude in the natural expanse of Custer Island Park, yet the true essence of Schoenchen lingers in the way the twilight deepens against the limestone, turning the world a soft, dusty violet before the stars claim the dark.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Custer Island Park (Local Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 008° N
Frank Stramel Baseball Fields (Local Recreation) — 10.0 mi, 007° N
Hereford Bull (Public Artwork) — 10.1 mi, 359° N
Frontier Historical Park (Local Park) — 10.3 mi, 359° N
Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 11.5 mi, 353° N
Vineyard Park (Local Park) — 12.5 mi, 007° N
Cedar Bluff Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.7 mi, 282° W
Historic Marker: Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Trail (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 216° SW
Cedar Bluff Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 21.6 mi, 283° W
Cedar Bluff State Park (State Park) — 22.3 mi, 287° W
Christ Pilot Me Hill (Monument) — 24.6 mi, 223° SW
Expo Center (Attraction) — 35.2 mi, 134° SE
Wilson Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 36.5 mi, 059° NE
Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 36.7 mi, 119° SE
Kansas Oil and Gas Museum (Museum) — 36.9 mi, 131° SE
Great Bend Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 38.6 mi, 127° SE
Castle Rock (Attraction) — 46.2 mi, 283° W
Webster State Park (State Park) — 46.4 mi, 354° N
Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 46.9 mi, 080° E
World's Largest Czech Egg (Attraction) — 46.9 mi, 080° E
World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 48.9 mi, 061° NE
Haun Museum (Museum) — 53.0 mi, 215° SW
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.5 mi, 129° SE · 44k acres
Meades Ranch Triangulation Station (Monument) — 54.9 mi, 050° NE
Geodetic Center of North America (Monument) — 61.5 mi, 034° NE
Coronado-Quivira Museum (Museum) — 66.1 mi, 112° E
Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 67.5 mi, 070° E
Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 67.6 mi, 070° E
Ford Lake (Viewpoint) — 69.4 mi, 207° SW
Culbertson Auditorium (Theatre) — 69.8 mi, 119° SE

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