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Waterville Kansas Map

Explore Waterville, 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 Waterville, Kansas

How to Use This Waterville, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.691112
Longitude	-96.747519
Population	658
Density	516.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66548
Area Code	913
County Seat	Marysville
School District	Valley Heights Unified School District 498

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About Waterville, Kansas

Waterville is a locality in Marshall County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 658. The population density is 516.4 people per km². Waterville is located at 39.6911°N, 96.7475°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Waterville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66548.

Waterville occupies a vast stretch of the Kansas plains where the horizon pulls the sky downward to meet the earth in a seamless, unbroken line. It lies 36.3 miles north-northwest of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 345°T), and is situated 11.7 miles south-southwest of Marysville. The land here is defined by its austere, horizontal reach, broken only by the thin, dark veins of cottonwood trees that trace the path of the Little Blue River just a mile from the center. Beyond the town limits, the terrain rises toward the distant silhouette of Indian Mound, a solitary landmark that interrupts the flat expanse of prairie. To the west, the quiet surface of Idlewild Lake reflects the changing moods of the clouds, while the nearby Tuttle Creek Recreation Area provides a expanse of open space where the wind carries the dry, sweet scent of tallgrass across the fields.

Waterville grew from the steady labor of those who broke the stubborn sod to harness the fertility of the soil, anchoring an economy that remains tied to the cycles of harvest and seasonal growth. The architecture of the older streets reveals a reliance on native limestone, a material pulled from the ground that lends a cool, gray permanence to the buildings that have weathered decades of sun and storm. Life in Waterville moves at a pace dictated by the requirements of the farm and the movement of the seasons, maintaining a quiet consistency that favors utility over ornament. On late afternoons, the light turns a deep, bruised gold, illuminating the grain silos and the modest storefronts, casting long shadows across the pavement as the work of the day winds down into the silence of the Great Plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tuttle Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 3.8 mi, 091° E
Monument to the Ice Age (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 098° E
Alcove Spring (Viewpoint) — 5.5 mi, 042° NE
City Park (Local Park) — 11.5 mi, 028° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.6 mi, 026° NE
Pony Express Rider (Public Artwork) — 11.7 mi, 027° NE
Feldhausen Field (Local Recreation) — 12.1 mi, 029° NE
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 16.7 mi, 178° S
Immanuel Lutheran School Museum (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 356° N
Tuttle Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 16.9 mi, 177° S
Olsburg Pioneers (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 159° S
Mariadahl Steeple (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 159° S
Oregon Trail Marker (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 337° NW
Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 23.5 mi, 130° SE
Diamond Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 24.7 mi, 346° N
Washington State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 25.1 mi, 309° NW
Arts & Memories Museum (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 189° S
Pawnee Prairie Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 31.8 mi, 043° NE
Magic School (Historic Ruins) — 32.9 mi, 188° S
Jefferson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 38.0 mi, 324° NW
Missile Silo Home (Attraction) — 39.4 mi, 146° SE
The Carnegie Building (Gallery) — 39.8 mi, 360° N
Homestead National Monument Heritage Center (Museum) — 41.3 mi, 354° N
Kansas First Territorial Capitol (Museum) — 41.9 mi, 181° S
Locomotive 6072 (Attraction) — 42.5 mi, 182° S
Site of old Union Pacific Engine Shops (Attraction) — 45.1 mi, 185° S
Junction City Arts Council Gallery (Arts Centre) — 45.9 mi, 186° S
C.L. Hoover Opera House (Theatre) — 46.0 mi, 186° S
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.9 mi, 335° NW · 124 acres
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 73.0 mi, 057° NE

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