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Thayer Kansas Map

Explore Thayer, 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 Thayer, Kansas

How to Use This Thayer, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	37.483495
Longitude	-95.495828
Population	432
Density	221.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66776
Area Code	913
County Seat	Erie
School District	Cherryvale Unified School District 447

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About Thayer, Kansas

Thayer is a locality in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 432. The population density is 221.8 people per km². Thayer is located at 37.4835°N, 95.4958°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Thayer is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66776.

Thayer occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches wide and unburdened under a pale, expansive sky. It lies 42.4 miles west of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 278°T), and is situated 15.6 miles northwest of Parsons. The Elk River carves a deliberate path through the landscape nearby, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that lean toward the water as if listening to the low, steady hum of the current. To the west, the form of Three Mounds rises five miles away, a steady presence that marks the transition of the earth into gentle, rising swells. Just a mile from the center, City Lake holds the reflection of the clouds in a flat, still mirror, offering a momentary pause in the relentless movement of the prairie wind.

Thayer grew from the steady, rhythmic labor of those who broke the sod and laid the tracks, finding a foothold in an economy rooted deep in the soil and the cycles of the harvest. The influence of the nineteenth-century rail expansion remains a ghost in the layout of the streets, guiding the way the houses face the old iron lines. While the pace of life maintains a deliberate, measured quality, the memory of the land persists in the limestone foundations of older buildings and the way the golden light of late afternoon catches the dust motes in the air. For those seeking the quietude of the open country, Santa Fe Park lies eleven miles away, preserving a fragment of the tallgrass landscape that once defined this entire region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Skate Park (Local Recreation) — 11.0 mi, 247° SW
Santa Fe Park (Local Park) — 11.4 mi, 009° N
Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 010° N
Big Hill Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.2 mi, 169° S
ATSF Cheryvale Depot (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 192° S
Tolen Creek Park (Local Park) — 15.4 mi, 121° SE
Parsons Theater (Cinema) — 16.1 mi, 127° SE
Iron Horse Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 128° SE
Neosho State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 16.3 mi, 104° E
Antietam Circle (Monument) — 17.3 mi, 126° SE
Wilson State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.3 mi, 328° NW
Neosho Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.4 mi, 086° E
MP Fredonia Depot (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 281° W
Le Hunt Cement Plant (Historic Ruins) — 20.7 mi, 225° SW
Elk City State Park (State Park) — 21.0 mi, 227° SW
Elk City Lake (Recreation Area) — 21.3 mi, 226° SW
Toronto State Park (State Park) — 28.8 mi, 308° NW
Spider Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 29.7 mi, 011° N
Republic F-86 "Thunderstreak" (Attraction) — 30.0 mi, 195° S
Dalton Defenders Museum (Museum) — 31.6 mi, 192° S
Spencer/Rounds Performing Arts Theatre (Theatre) — 31.9 mi, 193° S
Page Dragline (Attraction) — 33.9 mi, 115° SE
Columbus Telephone Company 100 Year Memorial (Monument) — 41.9 mi, 121° SE
Miners Hall Museum (Museum) — 43.4 mi, 086° E
Franklin Community Center & Heritage Museum (Museum) — 43.4 mi, 086° E
Kansas Rocks (Theme Park) — 47.6 mi, 046° NE
Treece, Kansas Historical Marker (Monument) — 49.6 mi, 132° SE
Brush Creek Bridge (Viewpoint) — 50.3 mi, 124° SE
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.9 mi, 341° N · 37k acres
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 66.2 mi, 041° NE · 15k acres

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