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Sylvan Grove Kansas Map

Explore Sylvan Grove, 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 Sylvan Grove, Kansas

How to Use This Sylvan Grove, Kansas Map

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

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	Sylvan Grove
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Lincoln County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.009454
Longitude	-98.394228
Population	291
Density	291.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67481
Area Code	785
County Seat	Lincoln Center
School District	Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299

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About Sylvan Grove, Kansas

Sylvan Grove is a locality in Lincoln County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 291. The population density is 291.8 people per km². Sylvan Grove is located at 39.0095°N, 98.3942°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sylvan Grove is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67481.

Sylvan Grove occupies a quiet expanse of the high plains, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of immense, shifting sky. It lies 43.7 miles west-northwest of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 286°T), and is situated 26.2 miles east-northeast of Russell. The Saline River carves a deliberate path through the earth less than a mile from the surveyed riverbed, its presence marked by the silver-green shivering of cottonwoods that break the monotony of the open prairie. To the west, the land rises in subtle, rhythmic swells, while the distant silhouette of Williams Butte anchors the view, a solitary reminder of the geological endurance that defines this region. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar clarity, bleaching the tallgrass to a pale straw color and casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the tectonic patience of the Kansas landscape.

Sylvan Grove maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, rooted in a history of agrarian resilience that favors the slow accumulation of harvest cycles over the haste of modern commerce. The local economy persists as a quiet partnership with the soil, sustained by the surrounding wheat fields that ripple in the wind like a golden, terrestrial tide. Residents often look toward the Wilson Recreation Area, just five miles away, or the nearby waters of Wilson Lake, finding in these spaces a necessary pause from the labor of the plains. Despite the changing pressures of the century, a persistent sense of stillness remains, as if the town itself were a deliberate anchor against the vast, restless motion of the prairie wind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wilson Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 4.8 mi, 248° W
Wilson Lake (Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 238° SW
Wilson State Park (State Park) — 8.0 mi, 219° SW
Roy and Clara Miller's Park (Attraction) — 8.2 mi, 294° NW
Garden of Eden (Public Artwork) — 8.3 mi, 294° NW
World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 293° NW
Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 081° E
Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 13.4 mi, 081° E
Crispin’s Drug Store Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 081° E
Post Rock Scout Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 081° E
World's Largest Czech Egg (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 198° S
Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 13.5 mi, 198° S
Kansas Wildlife and Parks Area #1 (Local Recreation) — 15.2 mi, 250° W
Frontier in Lincoln County (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 085° E
Meades Ranch Triangulation Station (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 331° NW
Glen Elder Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.8 mi, 349° N
Glen Elder Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 30.4 mi, 353° N
Kanopolis State Park (State Park) — 30.6 mi, 138° SE
Geodetic Center of North America (Monument) — 34.5 mi, 332° NW
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 34.6 mi, 357° N
Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 34.7 mi, 005° N
Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 36.2 mi, 199° S
Saline State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 40.2 mi, 100° E
Ottawa State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 44.4 mi, 081° E
AMC Salina 10 (Cinema) — 44.6 mi, 109° E
Original Salina Airport (Historic Ruins) — 45.1 mi, 106° E
Coronado-Quivira Museum (Museum) — 47.0 mi, 167° S
Whiteford (Price) Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 47.5 mi, 102° E
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.9 mi, 183° S · 44k acres
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 66.3 mi, 187° S · 232 acres

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