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Washington Kansas Map

Explore Washington, 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 Washington, Kansas

How to Use This Washington, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.818059
Longitude	-97.050861
Population	1,071
Density	425.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66968
Area Code	913
County Seat	Washington
School District	Washington Co. Schools Unified School District 108

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About Washington, Kansas

Washington is a locality in Washington County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,071. The population density is 425.4 people per km². Washington is located at 39.8181°N, 97.0509°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Washington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66968.

Washington stretches across the high, open plains where the horizon hums with the steady, insistent breath of the wind. It lies 50.7 miles north-northwest of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 330°T), and is situated 30.7 miles north of Clay Center. Plum Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the earth, its banks lined with the pale, shivering leaves of cottonwoods that catch the golden, slant light of late afternoon. These plains, vast and unyielding in their reach, offer a landscape of quiet endurance where the soil holds the memory of deep-rooted grasses, and the sky seems to press down with a weight that defines the very stillness of the air. Eight miles away, the Washington County State Lake waits in the silence, its surface a flat mirror reflecting the drift of clouds above the prairie, while the Washington State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area provides a sanctuary for the creatures that move through the tallgrass, undisturbed by the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons.

Washington emerged from the prairie as a center for those who looked to the land for their sustenance, organizing its life around the cycles of the harvest and the firm, enduring presence of the county-seat limestone courthouse. The economy remains anchored in the stubborn resilience of agriculture, where the geometry of the fields changes with the shifting colors of the crops, a pattern of labor that has persisted through generations of dust and rain. Life here maintains a cadence dictated by the requirements of the soil and the local commerce that keeps the streets vital, moving with an internal clock that values the weight of a handshake and the constancy of a neighbor. Visitors find that Washington carries its history not as a burden, but as a quiet grounding, a place where the work of the day is measured by the length of the shadows and the clarity of the stars that bloom in the dark expanse over the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Washington State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.7 mi, 334° NW
Washington State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.0 mi, 334° NW
Strawberry (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 236° SW
Oregon Trail Marker (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 029° NE
Immanuel Lutheran School Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 062° NE
Diamond Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.7 mi, 031° NE
Rock Glen Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.7 mi, 359° N
Alcove Spring (Viewpoint) — 20.3 mi, 103° E
Sixth Principal Meridian (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 307° NW
Professional Surveyors Of The United States (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 307° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 21.4 mi, 085° E
Pony Express Rider (Public Artwork) — 21.4 mi, 085° E
Tuttle Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 21.8 mi, 114° SE
Feldhausen Field (Local Recreation) — 22.1 mi, 085° E
Jefferson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 343° N
Monument to the Ice Age (Attraction) — 22.8 mi, 114° SE
Fiarbury City Park (Local Park) — 23.0 mi, 341° N
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 30.5 mi, 147° SE
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 30.7 mi, 272° W
Republic County Historical Society (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 270° W
Train caboose (Museum) — 31.1 mi, 270° W
High Banks Racing Museum (Museum) — 31.1 mi, 272° W
Milford Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 34.2 mi, 181° S
Where Did Homesteaders Get Groceries? (Viewpoint) — 34.2 mi, 019° N
Underbridge Mario (Public Artwork) — 34.3 mi, 028° NE
Homestead National Monument Heritage Center (Museum) — 34.4 mi, 020° N
The Carnegie Building (Gallery) — 35.0 mi, 027° NE
Union Pacific Depot (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 243° SW
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.7 mi, 351° N · 124 acres
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 52.4 mi, 276° W

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