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Virgil Kansas Map

Explore Virgil, 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 Virgil, Kansas

How to Use This Virgil, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	37.980862
Longitude	-96.01027
Population	48
Density	33.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66870
Area Code	913
County Seat	Eureka
School District	Madison-Virgil Unified School District 386

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About Virgil, Kansas

Virgil is a locality in Greenwood County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 48. The population density is 33.1 people per km². Virgil is located at 37.9809°N, 96.0103°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Virgil is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66870.

Virgil emerges from the tallgrass prairie as a singular point of permanence amidst the vast, shifting horizon of the Kansas plains. It lies 30.7 miles south-southeast of Emporia, KS (from Emporia, KS: bearing 162°T), and is situated 18.7 miles northeast of Eureka. The landscape surrounding Virgil is defined by the subtle, persistent push of the wind against the swaying stalks of native grasses, a rhythm that dictates the slow expansion of the sky. To the east, the Verdigris River cuts a wandering path through the earth, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that stand as the only vertical interruptions in an otherwise flat, expansive basin. Nine miles to the north, the rounded profile of Tipperary Hill catches the fleeting, amber light of sunset, casting a long, soft shadow that stretches across the pastures and farmland until the stars begin to claim the dark.

Virgil maintains a quiet existence tethered to the cycles of the soil and the legacy of the surrounding plains. The local economy remains deeply rooted in the stewardship of these acres, where the memory of the land is preserved in the nearby Hamiliton Fossil Quarry, a site that offers a window into the ancient, prehistoric life buried beneath the topsoil. While Birk Lake lies thirteen miles away, the daily pulse of Virgil is calibrated more by the seasonal demands of the harvest and the maintenance of the quiet roads that link the scattered homesteads. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, where the silence is not an absence of sound but a presence of space, allowing the shifting colors of the prairie to serve as the town’s primary clock.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hamiliton Fossil Quarry (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 270° W
Woodson State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 13.0 mi, 140° SE
Toronto Lake (Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 169° S
Toronto State Park (State Park) — 13.1 mi, 164° S
Woodson State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 14.9 mi, 144° SE
Woodson Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.6 mi, 152° SE
ATSF Eureka Depot (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 235° SW
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.6 mi, 008° N · 37k acres
John Redmond Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 19.7 mi, 033° NE
Olpe Lions Club (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 336° NW
Fall River State Park (State Park) — 21.7 mi, 186° S
Teeter Rock (Monument) — 22.8 mi, 279° W
Greater Flint Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 26.1 mi, 277° W
Peter Pan (Monument) — 30.2 mi, 341° N
Lyon County Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.7 mi, 343° N
Emporia Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 30.9 mi, 343° N
National Teacher’s Hall of Fame (Museum) — 31.6 mi, 343° N
Flint Hills 8 Theater (Cinema) — 32.1 mi, 340° N
MP Fredonia Depot (Attraction) — 32.3 mi, 162° S
Abstract Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 32.3 mi, 341° N
Pioneer Bluffs Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 33.3 mi, 287° W
Cassoday Museum (Museum) — 34.5 mi, 277° W
Historic Frisco Water Tower (Attraction) — 36.3 mi, 232° SW
Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 124° SE
Kansas Historical Marker: Chase County & The Bluestem Pasture Region of Kansas (Attraction) — 39.5 mi, 318° NW
Chase County Historical Society Library and Museum (Museum) — 39.5 mi, 313° NW
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 43.0 mi, 317° NW · 33 acres
E.B. White Gallery (Gallery) — 49.1 mi, 256° W
Butler Community College Theater (Theatre) — 49.1 mi, 256° W

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