Stockton Kansas Map
Explore Stockton, 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 Stockton, Kansas
How to Use This Stockton, Kansas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Stockton, 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 Stockton.
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 | Stockton |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Rooks County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.425124 |
| Longitude | -99.276399 |
| Population | 1,480 |
| Density | 345.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 67669 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Stockton |
| School District | Stockton Unified School District 271 |
About Stockton, Kansas
Stockton is a locality in Rooks County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,480. The population density is 345.3 people per km². Stockton is located at 39.4251°N, 99.2764°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Stockton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67669.Stockton sits upon a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the sky claims more territory than the earth, offering a landscape defined by the relentless horizontal pull of the prairie. It lies 38.8 miles north of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 5°T), and is situated 22.2 miles south of Phillipsburg. The South Fork Solomon River cuts a narrow, verdant vein through the soil just a mile away, its banks lined with cottonwoods that shiver in the constant, restless wind. To the north, the horizon is broken only by the distant, modest silhouette of Twin Mound, while the Rooks State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area offers a quiet refuge of tallgrass and stillness four miles out. The light here at dusk does not merely fade; it bruises the clouds in shades of ochre and violet, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the wheat stubble until the land seems to dissolve into the dark.
Stockton holds the gravity of a place built on the hard-won persistence of those who turned the sod, its limestone courthouse standing as a heavy, gray anchor for the surrounding Rooks County. The local economy persists in the patient rhythms of agriculture, where the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of commerce along the quiet storefronts. Beyond the immediate reach of the streets, the water of Kirwin Reservoir gathers in the distance, serving as a reminder of the quiet dependencies of this inland plains life. Everyday existence in Stockton is marked by an understated resolve, a steady adherence to the work at hand that leaves little room for pretense, even as the seasons turn the fields from a vibrant, aching green to the brittle, muted tones of late autumn.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Rooks State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 2.5 mi, 235° SW
- Woodson Diversion Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 084° E
- Webster State Park (State Park) — 8.0 mi, 257° W
- Kirwin Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 16.7 mi, 018° N
- Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 23.0 mi, 354° N
- Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 354° N
- Statue of Liberty Replica (Monument) — 29.6 mi, 062° NE
- Geodetic Center of North America (Monument) — 31.2 mi, 086° E
- Watching the Wagons Come In (Public Artwork) — 36.5 mi, 184° S
- Glen Elder Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 38.1 mi, 083° E
- Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 43.9 mi, 307° NW
- World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 45.3 mi, 082° E
- Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 46.4 mi, 053° NE
- World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 47.0 mi, 122° SE
- Roy and Clara Miller's Park (Attraction) — 47.1 mi, 122° SE
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About This Stockton Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stockton, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.425124, -99.276399. 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 Stockton includes the ZIP code (67669), telephone area code (785), county seat of Rooks County (Stockton), and school district assignment (Stockton Unified School District 271).
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. |
