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Weir Kansas Map

Explore Weir, 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 Weir, Kansas

How to Use This Weir, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	37.310055
Longitude	-94.771904
Population	569
Density	193.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66781
Area Code	913
County Seat	Columbus
School District	Cherokee Unified School District 247

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About Weir, Kansas

Weir is a locality in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 569. The population density is 193.1 people per km². Weir is located at 37.3101°N, 94.7719°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Weir is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66781.

Weir occupies a quiet corner of the plains where the earth holds the bruised, heavy colors of a long-settled horizon. It lies 7.9 miles south-southwest of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 208°T), and is situated 14.6 miles northwest of Carl Junction. The land here is defined by a subtle, rhythmic incline that flattens into the wide, wind-swept expanses characteristic of the region, where the sky claims more attention than the soil. To the east, the landscape bears the scars and reclamation of the Mined Land Wildlife Area, a place where the humps and hollows of former industry have surrendered to native grasses and the persistent, slow reclamation of wildflowers. Little Shawnee Creek traces a modest path through the nearby fields, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered trunks of cottonwoods that shiver in the afternoon heat. When the light dips low, the air takes on a clarity that sharpens the silhouettes of the distant Bell Mound, grounding the vista in a permanence that feels both ancient and inevitable.

Weir grew from the deep, coal-rich veins that once pulsed beneath the surface, driving an economy that shaped the very architecture and ambition of the streets. The legacy of that extraction remains in the texture of the ground and the stoic, brick-faced buildings that have weathered decades of changing seasons. Life in Weir moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, governed by the turning of the agricultural calendar and the quiet endurance of those who call these plains home. While Blackberry Hay Farm Lake sits further afield, the spirit of the locale is found closer to the center, where the echo of early mining days lingers in the stories passed between neighbors. It is a place where the wind acts as a constant, restless companion, brushing over the wide, open spaces and reminding every traveler that this land belongs to the elements as much as it belongs to the people.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mined Land Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 182° S
Kiwanis Park (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 036° NE
Gus the Gorilla (Public Artwork) — 6.8 mi, 034° NE
Railroad Depot (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 028° NE
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 7.9 mi, 022° N
Wah-Sha-She Prairie (Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 091° E
Page Dragline (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 255° W
Big Brutus (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 255° W
Columbus Telephone Company 100 Year Memorial (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 202° S
Crawford Fishing Lake Number One (State Park) — 11.6 mi, 018° N
Shawnee Trail Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 049° NE
Miners Hall Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 014° N
Franklin Community Center & Heritage Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 014° N
Brush Creek Bridge (Viewpoint) — 16.4 mi, 174° S
Rainbow Bridge (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 174° S
Prairie State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 038° NE
Galena Mining & Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 156° SE
Everett J. Ritchie Tri-State Mineral Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 142° SE
Baxter Springs Heritage Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 174° S
National Historical Cookie Cutter Exhibit (Gallery) — 19.6 mi, 142° SE
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 135° SE
Praying Hands (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 125° SE
Kneeling Miner Statue (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 125° SE
Mining Days Amphitheater (Theatre) — 20.7 mi, 125° SE
Neosho State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 24.4 mi, 288° W
Parsons Theater (Cinema) — 27.0 mi, 275° W
George Washington Carver National Monument (National Monument) — 31.6 mi, 134° SE · 241 acres
Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.2 mi, 178° S · 8,813 acres
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.0 mi, 007° N · 15k acres
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 66.9 mi, 131° SE · 1.5M acres

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