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Wakefield Kansas Map

Explore Wakefield, 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 Wakefield, Kansas

How to Use This Wakefield, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.21639
Longitude	-97.018779
Population	858
Density	666.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67487
Area Code	785
County Seat	Clay Center
School District	Clay Center Unified School District 379

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About Wakefield, Kansas

Wakefield is a locality in Clay County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 858. The population density is 666.6 people per km². Wakefield is located at 39.2164°N, 97.0188°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wakefield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67487.

Wakefield commands a quiet expanse where the Republican River carves a deliberate path through the tawny, sun-bleached prairie. It lies 15.8 miles northwest of Junction City, KS (from Junction City, KS: bearing 324°T), and is situated 12.7 miles northwest of Fort Riley. The land stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Arnold Divide, grounding the horizon in a stillness that feels both ancient and immediate. Here, the earth is composed of tallgrass and deep, fertile soil that catches the amber light of late afternoon, casting long shadows across the fields. Because Wakefield resides within the boundaries of the Milford Recreation Area, the landscape is defined by the expansive waters of Milford Lake, which mirror the shifting Kansas sky and provide a vast, open expanse that hums with the movement of migratory birds and the persistent, restless wind.

Wakefield maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasonal cycles of agriculture and the steady, quiet stewardship of its inhabitants. Established as a center for those drawn to the promise of the plains, the economy remains rooted in the productivity of the surrounding farms and the recreational draw of the nearby waters. The legacy of early settlement persists in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that defines the local character, a testament to a life lived in harmony with the temperamental weather and the endurance required by the prairie. In the quiet hours of the morning, the air holds a crisp, clean clarity that sharpens the edges of the grain silos and the limestone outcrops, reminding any traveler that Wakefield is a place where the scale of the world is measured by the width of the sky and the tenacity of the roots beneath the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Milford Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.2 mi, 180° S
Milford Lake (Recreation Area) — 0.4 mi, 016° N
Magic School (Historic Ruins) — 10.0 mi, 089° E
Fairgrounds Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 11.4 mi, 335° NW
Arts & Memories Museum (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 062° NE
Utility Park (Local Park) — 12.2 mi, 332° NW
Buffalo Soldier Memorial (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 140° SE
Site of Old Up Turntable and Roundhouse (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 139° SE
Site of old Union Pacific Engine Shops (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 139° SE
Geary County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 143° SE
Locomotive 6072 (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 126° SE
C.L. Hoover Opera House (Theatre) — 16.4 mi, 142° SE
Junction City Arts Council Gallery (Arts Centre) — 16.4 mi, 142° SE
Kansas First Territorial Capitol (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 123° SE
Junction City and Geary County Law Enforcement Memorial (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 142° SE
State of Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 142° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 17.2 mi, 137° SE
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 21.1 mi, 044° NE
Tuttle Creek Dam and Reservoir Monument (Viewpoint) — 22.4 mi, 083° E
Bill Snyder (Public Artwork) — 22.7 mi, 092° E
Greater Flint Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 22.8 mi, 108° E
Geary State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 22.8 mi, 160° S
Great Plains Theatre (Cinema) — 23.1 mi, 206° SW
Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 207° SW
Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 26.0 mi, 088° E
Whiteford (Price) Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 36.8 mi, 228° SW
Herington Historical Museum (Museum) — 38.4 mi, 174° S
Jeffery Energy Center Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 43.8 mi, 084° E
Kanopolis State Park (State Park) — 63.9 mi, 235° SW

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