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Woodston Kansas Map

Explore Woodston, 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 Woodston, Kansas

How to Use This Woodston, Kansas Map

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

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.

CityWoodston
StateKansas (KS)
CountyRooks County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude39.455288
Longitude-99.095645
Population94
Density169.6 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code67675
Area Code785
County SeatStockton
School DistrictStockton Unified School District 271

About Woodston, Kansas

Woodston is a locality in Rooks County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 94. The population density is 169.6 people per km². Woodston is located at 39.4553°N, 99.0956°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Woodston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67675.

Woodston occupies a quiet expanse of the high plains where the sky holds more weight than the earth itself. It lies 41.7 miles north-northeast of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 17°T), and is situated 24.1 miles south-southeast of Phillipsburg. The landscape stretches in muted tones of wheat and tawny grass, defined by the steady, unyielding presence of the South Fork Solomon River just a mile away, which carves a modest, verdant ribbon through the dry soil. To the west, the horizon is punctuated by the faint silhouette of Pilot Mound, a landmark that anchors the view against the vast, shifting clouds. The air here carries a persistent, dry clarity, and when the sun begins to slip behind the prairie, the light turns a bruised, cinematic violet that stretches shadows across the fields until the world feels immense and profoundly still.

Woodston serves as a quiet witness to the legacy of the agrarian frontier, its character defined by generations who learned to measure prosperity by rainfall and the yield of the harvest. The proximity of the Woodson Diversion Wildlife Area provides a sanctuary where the local pace slows further, offering a respite from the mechanical hum of modern industry that occasionally drifts from the main roads. Life here moves in sync with the seasonal demands of the soil, grounded by the memory of hardier times and the enduring resilience of those who remain. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain dips toward the distant, shallow basin of Hungry Hollow, while the waters of the Kirwin Reservoir offer the only true stillness in a landscape otherwise defined by the constant, restless movement of the wind across the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Woodson Diversion Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 262° W
  • Rooks State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 12.2 mi, 253° W
  • Kirwin Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 13.3 mi, 348° N
  • Webster State Park (State Park) — 17.9 mi, 258° W
  • Statue of Liberty Replica (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 054° NE
  • Geodetic Center of North America (Monument) — 21.5 mi, 090° E
  • Walronds Stockade (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 073° E
  • Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 24.1 mi, 330° NW
  • Glen Elder Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.3 mi, 085° E
  • Glen Elder Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 33.1 mi, 091° E
  • World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 35.5 mi, 084° E
  • Wilson Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 37.2 mi, 150° SE
  • Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 37.7 mi, 047° NE
  • Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 38.7 mi, 083° E
  • Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 39.5 mi, 346° N
  • Watching the Wagons Come In (Public Artwork) — 40.4 mi, 197° S
  • Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 40.4 mi, 084° E
  • World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 40.6 mi, 132° SE
  • Roy and Clara Miller's Park (Attraction) — 40.7 mi, 132° SE
  • Kansas Wildlife and Parks Area #1 (Local Recreation) — 41.1 mi, 148° SE
  • Franklin County Museum (Museum) — 45.4 mi, 010° N
  • Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 54.9 mi, 142° SE
  • Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 55.9 mi, 042° NE
  • Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 58.1 mi, 119° SE
  • Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 58.3 mi, 119° SE
  • Crispin’s Drug Store Museum (Museum) — 58.3 mi, 119° SE
  • Post Rock Scout Museum (Museum) — 58.3 mi, 119° SE
  • Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 76.8 mi, 084° E
  • Great Bend Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 76.8 mi, 167° S

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About This Woodston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Woodston, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.455288, -99.095645. 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 Woodston includes the ZIP code (67675), telephone area code (785), county seat of Rooks County (Stockton), and school district assignment (Stockton Unified School District 271).

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.