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Selden Kansas Map

Explore Selden, 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 Selden, Kansas

How to Use This Selden, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.540837
Longitude	-100.567644
Population	184
Density	234.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67757
Area Code	785
County Seat	Hoxie
School District	Golden Plains Unified School District 316

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About Selden, Kansas

Selden is a locality in Sheridan County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 184. The population density is 234.5 people per km². Selden is located at 39.5408°N, 100.5676°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Selden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67757.

Selden occupies a vast, level expanse of the high plains where the sky holds more weight than the earth itself. It lies 80.6 miles northwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 305°T), and is situated 27.7 miles east-northeast of Colby. The horizon stretches thin and taut, a straight line drawn across the world that emphasizes the quiet, persistent movement of the wind through dry stalks of wheat. Two miles away, the modest channel of Prairie Dog Creek cuts a shallow path through the soil, marked by the occasional, stubborn resilience of cottonwood trees that lean against the constant breeze. In the hours before dusk, the light here grows heavy and gold, catching the dust motes in the air and casting long, sharp shadows that transform the flat fields into a theater of deepening indigo and bruised orange.

Selden grew from the steady labor of those who arrived to break the sod and carve a living from the stubborn, fertile soil. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the harvest and the patient management of grain, a cycle that has defined the character of the people for generations. While the silence of the prairie suggests isolation, the life in Selden is defined by a deep, unspoken familiarity between neighbors who understand the demands of a life tied to the weather and the crop. A short drive away, Sheridan County State Lake provides a rare point of stillness in the landscape, a place where the water mirrors the immense, open dome of the Kansas sky and offers a brief reprieve from the relentless reach of the surrounding plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sappa Park (Local Recreation) — 20.2 mi, 010° N
Sheridan State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 21.2 mi, 124° SE
Young Park (Local Park) — 26.2 mi, 249° W
Prairie Museum of Art and History (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 245° SW
Wheat Jesus (Public Artwork) — 28.9 mi, 245° SW
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 31.2 mi, 306° NW
Norton Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 31.3 mi, 060° NE
Logan County World War Memorial (Monument) — 32.4 mi, 208° SW
Fick Fossil and History Museum (Museum) — 32.6 mi, 209° SW
Sheridan Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 33.5 mi, 144° SE
Keith Sebelius Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 35.9 mi, 061° NE
Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 36.2 mi, 061° NE
Norton Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 41.3 mi, 060° NE
Museum of the High Plains (Museum) — 45.7 mi, 356° N
Jerusalem Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 47.0 mi, 206° SW
Swanson Lake (Resource Management Area) — 49.2 mi, 327° NW
Hitchcock County Museum (Museum) — 49.8 mi, 332° NW
Castle Rock (Attraction) — 51.6 mi, 155° SE
Butterfield Trail Museum (Museum) — 54.4 mi, 217° SW
Webster State Park (State Park) — 59.3 mi, 099° E
World's Largest Easel (Attraction) — 62.3 mi, 257° W
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 67.9 mi, 077° E
Sherman State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 68.3 mi, 250° W
Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 69.4 mi, 055° NE
School Number 65 (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 74.3 mi, 276° W
Kansas Historical Marker: Homestead of a Genius (Attraction) — 77.9 mi, 165° S
Land and Sky (Attraction) — 79.3 mi, 294° NW
Blue Ridge School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 79.3 mi, 285° W
South Republican Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 79.9 mi, 276° W

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