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Weskan Kansas Map

Explore Weskan, 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 Weskan, Kansas

How to Use This Weskan, Kansas Map

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

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	Weskan
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Wallace County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	38.866675
Longitude	-101.964343
Population	158
Density	23.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	67762
Area Code	785
County Seat	Sharon Springs
School District	Weskan Unified School District 242

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About Weskan, Kansas

Weskan is a locality in Wallace County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 158. The population density is 23.1 people per km². Weskan is located at 38.8667°N, 101.9643°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 67762.

Weskan occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse of high prairie where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the earth. It lies 85.5 miles northwest of Garden City, KS (from Garden City, KS: bearing 317°T), and is situated 34.5 miles south-southeast of Burlington. Eagletail Creek traces a modest, winding path through the landscape, its banks shaded by the silver-leafed cottonwoods that stand as solitary sentinels against the relentless Kansas wind. To the west, the modest rise of Rock Hill breaks the monotony of the plains, offering a vantage point from which the golden grasses seem to ripple like a slow-moving tide. The air here carries a dry, sharp clarity, and at dusk, the light turns a bruised violet, casting long, melancholy shadows that stretch across the fields until they dissolve into the deepening gray of the night.

Weskan grew from the steady, rhythmic labor of generations who broke the stubborn sod to harvest wheat from the nutrient-rich soil. The economy remains tethered to this land, defined by the heavy machinery that moves with the seasons and the silos that punctuate the skyline like pillars of industry. While the quietude of Big Lagoon lies ten miles distant, the pulse of daily existence is measured by the shift of the weather and the endurance of the local farming families. Life in Weskan follows a deliberate, unadorned pace, sustained by a resilience forged in the memory of the dry years and the quiet satisfaction of a harvest well-earned.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mount Sunflower (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 340° N
Sherman State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.1 mi, 024° NE
Greeley Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.4 mi, 135° SE
Horace Greeley Museum (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 157° SE
Rocket Park (Monument) — 34.0 mi, 331° NW
Midway Theater (Cinema) — 34.4 mi, 332° NW
World's Largest Easel (Attraction) — 35.4 mi, 023° NE
Giant Reproduction of Three Sunflowers In A Vase (Public Artwork) — 35.4 mi, 023° NE
Logan State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 39.2 mi, 083° E
Butterfield Trail Museum (Museum) — 42.3 mi, 085° E
Atchinson Topeka & Sante Fe Cattle Trail Marker (Monument) — 45.0 mi, 276° W
Queens State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 49.4 mi, 222° SW
Jerusalem Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 50.8 mi, 091° E
Smoky Valley Ranch (Conservation Area) — 51.4 mi, 094° E
Kiowa County War Memorial (Monument) — 51.5 mi, 239° SW
Plains Theater (Theatre) — 51.6 mi, 239° SW
Bonny Lake State Park (State Park) — 52.1 mi, 348° N
Bonny Lake State Park/South Republican State Wildlife Area (State Park) — 52.4 mi, 348° N
School Number 65 (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 54.0 mi, 000° N
South Republican Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 54.3 mi, 354° N
ATSF Holley Depot (Attraction) — 57.1 mi, 189° S
Prowers County County Parks (Local Park) — 57.5 mi, 227° SW
Amache Museum (Museum) — 58.6 mi, 199° S
Prairie Museum of Art and History (Museum) — 60.3 mi, 055° NE
Fick Fossil and History Museum (Museum) — 61.9 mi, 073° E
Lamar Movie Theater (Cinema) — 64.4 mi, 214° SW
Blue Ridge School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 66.6 mi, 358° N
John Martin Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 76.0 mi, 224° SW

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