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Seneca Kansas Map

Explore Seneca, 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 Seneca, Kansas

How to Use This Seneca, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.834165
Longitude	-96.064168
Population	2,139
Density	461.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66538
Area Code	913
County Seat	Seneca
School District	Nemaha Unified School District 115

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About Seneca, Kansas

Seneca is a locality in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,139. The population density is 461.9 people per km². Seneca is located at 39.8342°N, 96.0642°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Seneca is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66538.

Seneca emerges from the vast, open expanse of the prairie as a collection of sturdy brick facades and wide, sky-reflecting streets that pull the horizon inward. It lies 52.5 miles north-northeast of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 31°T), and is situated 14.7 miles west-southwest of Sabetha. The landscape surrounding Seneca is defined by the persistent, rhythmic undulations of the plains, where the South Fork Big Nemaha River carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth just a mile from the center. Beyond the town limits, the terrain softens into the quietude of the Nemaha Wildlife Area, where the tall grasses sway in a perennial conversation with the wind, and the light at dusk turns the dusty gold of the fields into a bruised, violet stillness. On days when the air is particularly thin, the distant silhouette of Albany Hill marks the edge of the world, a faint, jagged punctuation against the endless Kansas sky.

Agriculture remains the pulse of the local economy, with the legacy of the nineteenth-century pioneers still visible in the weathered limestone of the county courthouse that anchors the town square. Seneca balances a pragmatic, hard-working character with the quiet grace of a place that understands the weight of seasons, where the local rhythm is dictated by the planting and the harvest rather than the frantic ticking of a clock. Residents might find relief from the summer heat by traveling to Sabetha City Lake, yet the true identity of the place remains firmly rooted in the soil of the surrounding plains. It is a locality that demands a certain patience, rewarding those who notice the way the light catches the grain elevators at dawn or the persistent, low-frequency hum of a world where the land is always the primary architect.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Nemaha Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 160° S
Iron Horse Trail Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 014° N
Windmill (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 029° NE
Totem Pole (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 027° NE
Ray of Sunshine (Public Artwork) — 14.6 mi, 071° E
Sommerset Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 14.9 mi, 069° E
Pawnee City Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 348° N
Pawnee County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 346° N
Phillips 66 (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 345° N
Table Rock Argus (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 356° N
Table Rock Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 356° N
Historic Brown County Jail (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 087° E
Hiawatha Area Arts and Theater Society (Theatre) — 28.0 mi, 087° E
Tuttle Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 28.2 mi, 239° SW
Historic Caretakers Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 30.7 mi, 110° E
Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 31.0 mi, 216° SW
Holton Community Theatre (Theatre) — 31.1 mi, 145° SE
HCC Art at the Barn (Arts Centre) — 31.2 mi, 089° E
Alcove Spring (Viewpoint) — 33.2 mi, 260° W
Monument to the Ice Age (Attraction) — 33.3 mi, 252° W
Leary Site (Historic Ruins) — 37.3 mi, 072° E
Rockford Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 37.6 mi, 314° NW
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 38.7 mi, 042° NE
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 43.7 mi, 231° SW
Brownville Historical Marker (Attraction) — 44.5 mi, 029° NE
Muir House Historical Marker (Attraction) — 44.5 mi, 029° NE
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.3 mi, 065° NE · 15k acres
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 67.5 mi, 078° E · 3,906 acres

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