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Waldo Kansas Map

Explore Waldo, 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 Waldo, Kansas

How to Use This Waldo, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.118344
Longitude	-98.798135
Population	30
Density	30.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67673
Area Code	785
County Seat	Russell
School District	Paradise Unified School District 399

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About Waldo, Kansas

Waldo is a locality in Russell County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 30. The population density is 30.8 people per km². Waldo is located at 39.1183°N, 98.7981°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Waldo is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67673.

Waldo occupies a quiet expanse of high plains where the land stretches toward the horizon in a seamless, amber-hued rhythm of wheat and dry grass. It lies 32.8 miles east-northeast of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 60°T), and is situated 15.8 miles north-northeast of Russell. The West Fork Wolf Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered trunks of cottonwoods that shiver in the constant, restless breeze. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Blue Hills marks the edge of the world, a subtle interruption in an otherwise infinite sky. During the late hours of the day, the light turns a deep, bruised gold, casting long shadows that emphasize the subtle, rhythmic swells of the prairie floor.

Waldo remains tethered to the agricultural legacy of the plains, where the economy is measured in seasons, harvests, and the steady labor of the soil. While the pace of life here is defined by the cycles of grain and the demands of the weather, residents often find their recreation further afield at the Wilson Recreation Area or along the shores of Wilson Lake. The history of the region is etched into the very grain of the local limestone, a material that has provided both the foundation and the shelter for those who settled this open country. In the quiet intensity of a prairie afternoon, Waldo feels like a place where time has slowed to match the deliberate, unhurried growth of the wheat, holding fast to the endurance required by the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wilson Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.4 mi, 165° S
Kansas Wildlife and Parks Area #1 (Local Recreation) — 13.0 mi, 153° SE
Wilson Lake (Recreation Area) — 13.3 mi, 146° SE
World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 107° E
Garden of Eden (Public Artwork) — 14.7 mi, 106° E
Roy and Clara Miller's Park (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 106° E
Meades Ranch Triangulation Station (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 061° NE
Memorial Park (Local Park) — 15.9 mi, 188° S
Wilson State Park (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 131° SE
Geodetic Center of North America (Monument) — 23.8 mi, 014° N
Glen Elder Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.9 mi, 037° NE
Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 26.8 mi, 139° SE
World's Largest Czech Egg (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 139° SE
Woodson Diversion Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.2 mi, 322° NW
Glen Elder Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 28.5 mi, 037° NE
Walronds Stockade (Monument) — 30.1 mi, 011° N
Rooks State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 33.3 mi, 304° NW
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 33.3 mi, 036° NE
Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 35.2 mi, 099° E
Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 35.3 mi, 099° E
Crispin’s Drug Store Museum (Museum) — 35.4 mi, 099° E
Post Rock Scout Museum (Museum) — 35.4 mi, 099° E
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 35.5 mi, 040° NE
Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 36.5 mi, 042° NE
Great Bend Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 51.5 mi, 178° S
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 52.2 mi, 328° NW
Kansas Oil and Gas Museum (Museum) — 52.3 mi, 181° S
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.5 mi, 165° S · 44k acres
AMC Salina 10 (Cinema) — 67.5 mi, 109° E
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 74.6 mi, 169° S · 232 acres

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