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The Highlands Kansas Map

Explore The Highlands, 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 The Highlands, Kansas

How to Use This The Highlands, Kansas Map

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

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	The Highlands
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Reno County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.1659
Longitude	-97.9497
Population	349
Density	131.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67502
Area Code	785
County Seat	Hutchinson
School District	Nickerson Unified School District 309

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About The Highlands, Kansas

The Highlands is a locality in Reno County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 349. The population density is 131.5 people per km². The Highlands is located at 38.1659°N, 97.9497°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. The Highlands is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67502.

The Highlands occupies a vast, level expanse where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 7.3 miles north of Hutchinson, KS (from Hutchinson, KS: bearing 352°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north of South Hutchinson. The horizon remains a sharp, unwavering line, interrupted only by the rhythmic sway of wheat fields and the occasional silhouette of a cottonwood tree leaning toward the banks of Cow Creek. During the long, violet hour of dusk, the light stretches thin and pale across the soil, revealing a landscape that possesses a stark, quiet honesty. This terrain resists adornment, favoring the steady, repetitive motion of the wind as it combs through the tallgrass, pressing the prairie into a stillness that feels both ancient and immediate.

Economic life in The Highlands finds its pulse in the seasonal gravity of the harvest, a cycle that has defined the labor of the region for generations. Residents look toward the distant waters of Cheney Reservoir for respite, though the daily rhythm remains tethered to the slow turn of the land and the quiet maintenance of local homesteads. Visitors often find their way toward the expanse of Farmington Park, a place where the wilder edges of the plains remain largely undisturbed by the reach of modern industry. The character of The Highlands persists in this deliberate pace, holding fast to a legacy of agrarian resilience that requires little from the world beyond its own borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sandhills State Park (State Park) — 5.5 mi, 121° SE
Rivers Banks Orchard Park (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 140° SE
Rice Park (Local Park) — 6.1 mi, 182° S
Fairgrounds Park (State Park) — 6.3 mi, 163° S
The Wind (Public Artwork) — 6.3 mi, 162° S
Dillon Nature Center (Local Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 142° SE
Carey Dome (Cinema) — 7.1 mi, 168° S
Gowans Stadium (Stadium) — 7.1 mi, 167° S
Hutchinson Art Center (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 173° S
Family Community Theatre (Theatre) — 7.6 mi, 173° S
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 172° S
McPherson Valley Wetlands (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 078° E
Inman Rock Island Depot (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 064° NE
Culbertson Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.5 mi, 284° W
Ferris Demonstration Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.2 mi, 005° N
Coronado-Quivira Museum (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 312° NW
Wesley Black Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 20.3 mi, 049° NE
McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 049° NE
Cheney Wildlife Area (National Conservation Area) — 22.6 mi, 176° S · 16k acres
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.7 mi, 263° W · 44k acres
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 095° E
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.8 mi, 257° W · 232 acres
Mennonite Settler statue (Monument) — 33.3 mi, 104° E
Kauffman Museum (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 101° E
Chisholm Trail 8 (Cinema) — 35.4 mi, 109° E
Harvey County Homeless & Indigent Persons Memorial (Monument) — 40.3 mi, 099° E
Reticulated Giraffe (Attraction) — 42.8 mi, 136° SE
Slawson Family Asian Big Cat Trek (Attraction) — 42.9 mi, 137° SE

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