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Richards Missouri Map

Explore Richards, Missouri, 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 Richards, Missouri

How to Use This Richards, Missouri Map

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

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	Richards
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Vernon County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.90726
Longitude	-94.557178
Population	43
Density	61.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	64778
Area Code	816
County Seat	Nevada
School District	Nevada R-V School District

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About Richards, Missouri

Richards is a locality in Vernon County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 43. The population density is 61.9 people per km². Richards is located at 37.9073°N, 94.5572°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Richards is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64778.

Richards emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Missouri plains, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 52.3 miles north-northwest of Carthage, MO (from Carthage, MO: bearing 345°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east-northeast of Fort Scott. Cottonwood Creek winds through the low-lying terrain only a mile away, its banks marked by the silver-barked trees that bow toward the dark, slow-moving water. To the west, the Rombaugh Hills rise in a soft, hazy violet silhouette against the evening light, anchoring a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of the prairie. A traveler might notice the way the light catches the tall grass at dusk, turning the fields into a sea of amber that shifts and ripples under the evening breeze.

Richards retains the stoic character of a place built upon the labor of the soil, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of the harvest and the seasonal rhythm of the grain elevator. The history of the area lingers in the weathered wood of old structures and the expansive, silent fields that stretch toward the Fred Wilmot Reservoir. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the Big Drywood Creek Conservation Area offers a sanctuary where the native ecosystem thrives, undisturbed by the modern pace of life. Daily existence in Richards moves with a deliberate, plain-spoken grace, reflecting a heritage of self-reliance and the simple, enduring beauty of a life lived in harmony with the surrounding plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Flight Lake Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 104° E
Marmaton River Bottoms Wet Prairie (Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 099° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.1 mi, 239° SW
Ware Monument (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 232° SW
Balltown Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.7 mi, 057° NE
Gunn Park (Local Park) — 10.3 mi, 239° SW
Cephas Ford Access (State Recreation Area) — 11.1 mi, 076° E
August A. Busch Jr. Mem Wetlands At Four Rivers Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 068° E
Big Mouth (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 039° NE
Rich Hill Caboose (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 039° NE
Kansas Rocks (Theme Park) — 17.3 mi, 283° W
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.7 mi, 348° N · 15k acres
Crawford State Park (State Park) — 22.5 mi, 217° SW
CCC Statue (Public Artwork) — 23.0 mi, 218° SW
Fort Africa (Toothman Farm) (Historic Castle / Fort) — 23.6 mi, 015° N
Prairie State Park (State Park) — 25.7 mi, 181° S
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.2 mi, 063° NE · 3,906 acres
Franklin Community Center & Heritage Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 197° S
Miners Hall Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 197° S
Opera House (Cinema) — 29.3 mi, 094° E
Railroad Depot (Attraction) — 35.3 mi, 193° S
ATSF Caboose (Attraction) — 45.1 mi, 305° NW
Page Dragline (Attraction) — 48.4 mi, 206° SW
Big Brutus (Attraction) — 48.5 mi, 206° SW
Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum (Museum) — 51.3 mi, 253° W
B&B Theatres (Cinema) — 53.0 mi, 011° N
Mining Days Amphitheater (Theatre) — 53.4 mi, 175° S
Kirkland's Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 54.8 mi, 077° E
Parsons Munincipal Auditorium (Theatre) — 54.9 mi, 225° SW

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