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Wetmore Kansas Map

Explore Wetmore, 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 Wetmore, Kansas

How to Use This Wetmore, Kansas Map

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

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.

CityWetmore
StateKansas (KS)
CountyNemaha County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude39.63333
Longitude-95.811376
Population348
Density347.2 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code66550
Area Code913
County SeatSeneca
School DistrictNorth Jackson Unified School District 335

About Wetmore, Kansas

Wetmore is a locality in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 348. The population density is 347.2 people per km². Wetmore is located at 39.6333°N, 95.8114°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wetmore is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66550.

Wetmore occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and flat under a sky that seems to possess more depth than the earth itself. It lies 37.0 miles west of Atchison, KS (from Atchison, KS: bearing 278°T), and is situated 12.3 miles north-northwest of Holton. Spring Creek cuts a persistent, winding path through the local terrain, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that lean against the prevailing wind. The air here holds the dry, honest scent of turned soil, and at dusk, the light catches the tallgrass, turning the landscape into a muted study of gold and umber. For those who travel these roads, the silhouette of Albany Hill remains a distant, fixed point far to the horizon, grounding the vast openness in a sense of geological permanence.

Wetmore carries the quiet weight of a regional history rooted in the iron determination of early settlers who sought to tame the prairie into productive farmland. Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with the rhythm of the seasons dictating the quiet, deliberate pace of the days. While the modern world moves with a frantic cadence, residents here maintain a connection to the land that feels both inherited and essential. Those seeking a broader connection to the outdoors often look toward Prairie Lake Park, or find a moment of stillness at the water’s edge of Lake of the Oaks, both of which offer a reprieve from the endless, working fields that define the character of the region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Crucifix (Public Artwork) — 10.9 mi, 006° N
  • Prairie Lake Park (Local Park) — 11.4 mi, 146° SE
  • Jackson County Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 161° S
  • Holton Community Theatre (Theatre) — 12.4 mi, 160° S
  • Mcpherson County (Local Recreation) — 12.8 mi, 162° S
  • Nemaha Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 307° NW
  • Historic Caretakers Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 15.8 mi, 078° E
  • Worlds Largest Baseball (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 110° E
  • Maple Grove Memorial (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 044° NE
  • Widman Plaque (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 044° NE
  • Historic Brown County Jail (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 044° NE
  • Hiawatha Area Arts and Theater Society (Theatre) — 21.0 mi, 044° NE
  • Brown County Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 044° NE
  • Frances Sewell Plamann History Center (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 044° NE
  • Windmill Lane (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 046° NE
  • Perry Lake (Recreation Area) — 21.5 mi, 133° SE
  • Perry Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 22.3 mi, 136° SE
  • HCC Art at the Barn (Arts Centre) — 23.0 mi, 051° NE
  • Brown State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 27.2 mi, 057° NE
  • Jeffery Energy Center Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 27.5 mi, 214° SW
  • Shawnee State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 28.8 mi, 180° S
  • Jeffrey Energy Center Overlook (Viewpoint) — 33.0 mi, 213° SW
  • Leary Site (Historic Ruins) — 33.7 mi, 041° NE
  • Perry State Park (State Park) — 36.8 mi, 153° SE
  • Muchnic Gallery (Gallery) — 37.2 mi, 097° E
  • Nelson Rogers Residence (Attraction) — 39.9 mi, 074° E
  • Foole's Dream Studio (Arts Centre) — 39.9 mi, 169° S
  • Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.1 mi, 046° NE · 15k acres
  • Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 44.0 mi, 018° N
  • Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 59.4 mi, 063° NE · 3,906 acres

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About This Wetmore Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wetmore, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.63333, -95.811376. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Wetmore includes the ZIP code (66550), telephone area code (913), county seat of Nemaha County (Seneca), and school district assignment (North Jackson Unified School District 335).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.