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Westwood Hills Kansas Map

Explore Westwood Hills, 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 Westwood Hills, Kansas

How to Use This Westwood Hills, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.038894
Longitude	-94.609957
Population	400
Density	2413.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66205
Area Code	913
County Seat	Olathe
School District	Shawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School District

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About Westwood Hills, Kansas

Westwood Hills is a locality in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 400. The population density is 2413.1 people per km². Westwood Hills is located at 39.0389°N, 94.6100°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Westwood Hills is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66205.

Westwood Hills maintains a quiet, deliberate composure upon the undulating plains of Kansas, where the atmosphere carries the dry, earthen weight of the interior. It lies 3.5 miles north-northeast of Prairie Village, KS (from Prairie Village, KS: bearing 21°T), and is situated 4.5 miles south-southwest of Kansas City. Brush Creek carves a thin, vital ribbon of shadow through the local topography, its banks flanked by the persistent, silver-leafed cottonwoods that lean toward the water as if listening to the current. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Badger Ridge defines the horizon, a reminder of the tectonic shifts that once rippled through this land long before the arrival of Joe D. Dennis, which serves as a green anchor for the local landscape. The light at dusk here is thick and honeyed, catching the dust motes that drift above the grass and turning the residential streets into long, golden corridors where the wind constantly rearranges the silence.

History in Westwood Hills is measured in the steady growth of its neighborhoods, which were established as a planned residential enclave during the early twentieth century to provide a serene, forested retreat from the industrial clamor of the nearby urban centers. The local economy remains anchored by this enduring residential character, favoring stability and a measured pace over the frantic pulse of commerce, while the proximity to the Oregon Trail serves as a lingering ghost of the westward expansion that once defined the regional movement of people. Residents often look toward the distant, hazy rise of the terrain or find solace in the open air of Joe D. Dennis, where the tallgrass ecosystem mimics the vast, untamed prairies of the past. Life here moves with the deliberate gait of a place that has long ago settled into its own identity, preferring the soft, familiar rustle of the trees to the noise of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Westwood Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 049° NE
Battle of Westport Union Flanking Movement (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 106° E
Transformed Flower (Public Artwork) — 0.7 mi, 072° E
Loose Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 116° SE
Union Position (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 089° E
Hook Gallery & Framing (Gallery) — 0.8 mi, 025° NE
Bent & Ward Houses (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 149° SE
Trolley Track Trail (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 092° E
Tivoli Cinemas (Cinema) — 1.4 mi, 044° NE
Concorde Nose (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 160° S
Heartland Men's Chorus (Arts Centre) — 1.5 mi, 052° NE
George R. Shlegel Gallery (Gallery) — 1.5 mi, 264° W
KCAI Gallery (Gallery) — 1.6 mi, 069° E
Money Museum (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 027° NE
Pedestal Mounted Traffic Light (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 048° NE
National WWI Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 024° NE
Hallmark Visitors Center (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 028° NE
Museum of BBQ (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 026° NE
The Coterie (Theatre) — 3.3 mi, 026° NE
Sea Life Aquarium Kansas City (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 3.4 mi, 027° NE
LEGOLAND Discovery Center Kansas City (Theme Park) — 3.4 mi, 027° NE
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.8 mi, 062° NE · 32k acres
Weston Bend State Park (State Park) — 27.2 mi, 330° NW
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.0 mi, 182° S · 15k acres

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