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Wright Kansas Map

Explore Wright, 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 Wright, Kansas

How to Use This Wright, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	37.780575
Longitude	-99.892075
Population	145
Density	27.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	67882
Area Code	785
County Seat	Dodge City
School District	Dodge City Unified School District 443

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About Wright, Kansas

Wright is a locality in Ford County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 145. The population density is 27.2 people per km². Wright is located at 37.7806°N, 99.8921°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67882.

Wright occupies a vast, level expanse where the sky asserts its dominance over the earth, stretching in an unbroken arc of pale blue that turns to bruised violet as the sun dips below the horizon. It lies 7.1 miles east-northeast of Dodge City, KS (from Dodge City, KS: bearing 74°T), and is situated 55.1 miles east-southeast of Garden City. The landscape surrounding Wright is a study in quiet persistence, defined by the relentless sweep of wind across open fields and the occasional silhouette of a cottonwood tracing the path of Elm Creek. Seven miles to the west, the rise of Boot Hill breaks the monotony of the plains, serving as a subtle reminder of the geological stillness that governs this terrain. Here, the light of late afternoon catches the stubble of harvested fields, turning the soil into a mosaic of amber and burnt sienna that seems to vibrate with the day’s fading warmth.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Wright, dictating the seasonal migration of dust and the steady hum of machinery that defines the local economy. Beyond the private acreage, the Ford State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area provides a deliberate shift in the texture of the environment, offering a sanctuary of grasses and water that contrasts with the geometric rigor of the surrounding farmland. The history of the area is etched not in grand monuments, but in the endurance of those who work the soil, a lineage of labor that honors the harsh lessons of the past while looking toward the next harvest. Life in Wright moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, rooted in the knowledge that the horizon is not a barrier, but a constant, unfolding promise of what the land might yield under the right conditions.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ford State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 330° NW
Ford Lake (Viewpoint) — 3.2 mi, 333° NW
Hain State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 023° NE
Thurow Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 255° W
Saint Mary Of The Plains Park (Local Recreation) — 6.2 mi, 269° W
B&B Dodge City Village 8 (Cinema) — 6.9 mi, 269° W
Santa Fe Caboose (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 254° W
ATSF Dodge City Depot (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 254° W
Wright Park (Local Park) — 7.3 mi, 253° W
Doc Holliday Statue (Public Artwork) — 7.3 mi, 255° W
Santa Fe 1139 Steam Locomotive (Attraction) — 7.3 mi, 254° W
Boot Hill Museum (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 255° W
Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame and Gunfighters Wax Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 256° W
Youth Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.5 mi, 259° W
Santa Fe Trail Remains Lookout (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 272° W
Hodgeman State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.2 mi, 009° N
Haun Museum (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 360° N
Clark State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 26.7 mi, 167° S
Stauth Memorial Museum (Museum) — 32.7 mi, 247° SW
Greensburg Big Well Country (Monument) — 33.5 mi, 111° E
Comanche County Museum (Museum) — 46.9 mi, 139° SE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 47.0 mi, 139° SE
Christ Pilot Me Hill (Monument) — 48.4 mi, 016° N
Meade State Park (State Park) — 51.5 mi, 215° SW
Lee Richardson Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 54.9 mi, 283° W
Cedar Bluff State Park (State Park) — 67.9 mi, 006° N
Great Bend Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 73.6 mi, 056° NE

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