Goodland is at (39.3508330, −101.7101722). It has an elevation of 3,681 feet (1,122 m). It is on the south side of the Middle Fork of Sappa Creek, which is part of the Republican River watershed, in the High Plains region of the Great Plains. It is at the intersection of Interstate 70 and K-27 in northwest Kansas. Goodland is about east of the Colorado state line, 176 miles east-southeast of Denver, northwest of Wichita, and west of Kansas City.