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Strong City Kansas Map

Explore Strong City, 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 Strong City, Kansas

How to Use This Strong City, Kansas Map

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

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	Strong City
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Chase County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.397236
Longitude	-96.536951
Population	386
Density	272.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66869
Area Code	913
County Seat	Cottonwood Falls
School District	Chase County Unified School District 284

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About Strong City, Kansas

Strong City is a locality in Chase County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 386. The population density is 272.0 people per km². Strong City is located at 38.3972°N, 96.5370°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Strong City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66869.

Strong City rests upon the expansive, wind-swept expanse of the tallgrass prairie where the horizon seems to pull the very sky down to meet the earth. It lies 19.2 miles west of Emporia, KS (from Emporia, KS: bearing 269°T), and is situated 18.4 miles south of Council Grove. The landscape around Strong City is defined by the undulations of the Flint Hills, a terrain characterized by exposed limestone outcrops that glow with a pale, bone-like luminescence under the afternoon sun. Vegetation here is dominated by hardy native grasses that sway in a rhythmic, golden-green tide, occasionally interrupted by the deep, verdant shadows of cottonwoods bordering the banks of Fox Creek. To the west, the land stretches out in a vast, silent geometry of pasture and sky, and though the terrain remains mostly level, the distant silhouette of Texaco Hill provides a singular, earthen anchor against the endless blue.

History in Strong City is written in the heavy, hand-cut stone of its architecture and the enduring memory of the cattle drives that once shaped the local economy. The town maintains a quiet connection to the land through the Greater Flint Hills Fee, which preserves the ecological integrity of the surrounding range and invites a slower, more deliberate pace of life. Residents often look toward the quiet waters of Chase County State Lake for a moment of reflection, as the town itself functions as a gatekeeper to the vast, protected grasslands. The air carries a scent of dry earth and cured hay, and as dusk settles, the light turns a bruised, singular violet, casting long, stark shadows across the limestone facades that have witnessed the slow turning of the seasons for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Strong City Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Depot (Attraction) — 0.3 mi, 226° SW
Greater Flint Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 320° NW
Chase County Historical Society Library and Museum (Museum) — 1.8 mi, 189° S
Kansas Historical Marker: Chase County & The Bluestem Pasture Region of Kansas (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 082° E
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 335° NW · 33 acres
Chase State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 231° SW
Chase State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 3.0 mi, 230° SW
Barbara's Knoll (Viewpoint) — 4.8 mi, 328° NW
Rockne Memorial (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 194° S
Charles P. Coughlin Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.1 mi, 117° SE
Matfield Station Prairy Art Path (Public Artwork) — 16.2 mi, 185° S
Agency Building (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 020° N
Kaw Tribal Seal (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 020° N
Ke La Lah Heo's Hut (Historic Ruins) — 17.1 mi, 019° N
Dryer Park (Local Park) — 17.2 mi, 083° E
Kick A Poo's Hut (Historic Ruins) — 17.2 mi, 019° N
Flint Hills 8 Theater (Cinema) — 17.5 mi, 085° E
Jones Youth Recreation Park (Local Park) — 18.0 mi, 084° E
Covered Wagon (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 008° N
Post Office Oak (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 008° N
National Teacher’s Hall of Fame (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 086° E
Emporia Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 19.3 mi, 088° E
Lyon County Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 088° E
Council Grove Lake (Recreation Area) — 19.5 mi, 004° N
Cassoday Museum (Museum) — 25.2 mi, 193° S
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.4 mi, 096° E · 37k acres
Herington Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.7 mi, 310° NW
Melvern Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 32.3 mi, 073° E
El Dorado State Park (State Park) — 36.7 mi, 203° SW
Toronto State Park (State Park) — 52.5 mi, 143° SE

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