Explore Utica, 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 Utica, 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 Utica.
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 | Utica |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Ness County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.643903 |
| Longitude | -100.169852 |
| Population | 99 |
| Density | 156.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 67584 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Ness City |
| School District | Western Plains Unified School District 106 |
Utica occupies a quiet expanse of the High Plains where the sky exerts a heavy, blue influence over the flat horizon. It lies 48.2 miles west-southwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 251°T), and is situated 41.4 miles east-northeast of Scott City. North Fork Forrester Creek traces a thin, intermittent line through the soil only a mile away, its banks lined with the brittle, silver-leafed cottonwoods that offer the only vertical relief against the relentless wind. The light here at dusk is thin and golden, turning the harvested wheat fields into a vast, amber floor that seems to stretch indefinitely until it meets the deepening gray of the evening. It is a landscape that demands a certain patience, defined by the way the wind scours the earth and the way the shadows lengthen across the dry, open ground.
Utica persists as a marker of the agricultural endurance that defined the development of the western plains, keeping a steady pace set by the rhythms of the grain harvest. The local economy remains tethered to the health of the fields, reflecting a history of resilience in the face of the unforgiving weather cycles that once shaped the region's collective memory. While the daily life of the residents is focused on the immediate demands of the land, the area maintains a connection to the broader natural environment through the proximity of the Lane Wildlife Area and the quiet waters of Lane County State Lake, both located fourteen miles away. These spaces provide a necessary stillness, grounding the people of Utica in a geography that is sparse, honest, and deeply connected to the cycle of the seasons.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Utica, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.643903, -100.169852. 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 Utica includes the ZIP code (67584), telephone area code (785), county seat of Ness County (Ness City), and school district assignment (Western Plains Unified School District 106).
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. |