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Wilson Kansas Map

Explore Wilson, 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 Wilson, Kansas

How to Use This Wilson, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	38.825011
Longitude	-98.475344
Population	859
Density	554.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67490
Area Code	785
County Seat	Ellsworth
School District	Central Plains Unified School District 112

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About Wilson, Kansas

Wilson is a locality in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 859. The population density is 554.6 people per km². Wilson is located at 38.8250°N, 98.4753°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wilson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67490.

Wilson emerges from the flat, vast expanse of the Kansas plains where the wind serves as the primary architect of the horizon. It lies 35.5 miles north-northeast of Great Bend, KS (from Great Bend, KS: bearing 26°T), and is situated 14.8 miles west-northwest of Ellsworth. Wilson Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the earth nearby, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that lean against the persistent draft. To the west, the distant Blue Hills provide a jagged, hazy boundary against the sky, grounding a landscape that otherwise feels as though it might drift into the clouds. The light here has a peculiar, sharpening quality, catching the limestone outcrops and turning the dry prairie grasses into a sea of muted gold as the afternoon sun begins its slow descent.

Wilson carries the weight of a heritage built by Czech immigrants who brought their traditions to the rugged soil, a history still visible in the town’s enduring pride and the stoic architecture of its storefronts. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the wheat harvest and the quiet industry of the plains, though many residents look toward the nearby Wilson Lake and the Wilson Recreation Area for their connection to the wider natural world. Life in Wilson moves at the deliberate pace of the seasons, where the intersection of agricultural labor and the stillness of the open range creates a singular, quiet gravity. It is a place where the modern world is held at a distance, leaving room for the profound silence that settles over the fields when the wind finally falls still.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 0.1 mi, 120° SE
World's Largest Czech Egg (Attraction) — 0.2 mi, 114° SE
Wilson Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.2 mi, 002° N
Wilson Lake (Recreation Area) — 5.5 mi, 358° N
Wilson State Park (State Park) — 5.7 mi, 353° N
Kansas Wildlife and Parks Area #1 (Local Recreation) — 12.3 mi, 306° NW
Ellsworth County 4-H Fairgrounds (Local Park) — 14.5 mi, 119° SE
Roy and Clara Miller's Park (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 349° N
Garden of Eden (Public Artwork) — 16.4 mi, 349° N
World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 348° N
Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.7 mi, 200° S
Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 049° NE
Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 23.0 mi, 050° NE
Crispin’s Drug Store Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 050° NE
Post Rock Scout Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 050° NE
Cheyenne Bottoms Fee (Conservation Area) — 24.7 mi, 207° SW
Frontier in Lincoln County (Monument) — 24.7 mi, 055° NE
Kanopolis State Park (State Park) — 26.9 mi, 111° E
Meades Ranch Triangulation Station (Monument) — 27.9 mi, 352° N
Great Bend Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 35.0 mi, 207° SW
Coronado-Quivira Museum (Museum) — 36.2 mi, 156° SE
Pronghorn (Attraction) — 38.3 mi, 087° E
Mule Deer (Attraction) — 38.3 mi, 087° E
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.0 mi, 180° S · 44k acres
Glen Elder Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 41.0 mi, 358° N
Culbertson Auditorium (Theatre) — 44.4 mi, 161° S
Steve Fossett Plaza (Monument) — 44.9 mi, 092° E
AMC Salina 10 (Cinema) — 46.7 mi, 092° E
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.2 mi, 184° S · 232 acres
Cheney Wildlife Area (National Conservation Area) — 74.4 mi, 156° SE · 16k acres

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