Explore Sycamore, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sycamore, 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 Sycamore.
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 | Sycamore |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Montgomery County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.327008 |
| Longitude | -95.715536 |
| Population | 70 |
| Density | 13.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 67363 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Independence |
| School District | Independence Unified School District 446 |
Sycamore emerges from the vast, open expanse of the prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to possess its own immense, unyielding weight. It lies 55.8 miles west of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 264°T), and is situated 7.1 miles north of Independence. The land here is defined by the persistent, restless wind that pushes against the tallgrass and ripples across the fields, carrying the scent of dry earth and sun-warmed limestone. Only a mile away, the Verdigris River carves a slow, meditative path through the landscape, its banks lined with the gnarled, silver-barked cottonwoods that thrive in the rich silt. To the west, the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Chautauqua Hills anchor the view, while the proximity of Elk City Lake provides a subtle, expansive stillness to the surrounding basin.
Sycamore carries the quiet gravity of a place that has long measured time by the cycles of the harvest and the slow turning of the seasons. The local economy remains anchored to the soil, reflecting a history of endurance that persists in the austere, functional architecture of the region. Residents often find their way toward the recreational reprieve offered by Elk City State Park, where the transition from farmland to protected woodland marks the boundary between industry and the wilder, scrub-oak terrain. Life in Sycamore moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, defined by the small, necessary labors of a community that understands its place within the singular, immense geography of the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sycamore, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.327008, -95.715536. 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 Sycamore includes the ZIP code (67363), telephone area code (785), county seat of Montgomery County (Independence), and school district assignment (Independence Unified School District 446).
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. |