Alma Nebraska Map

About Alma, Nebraska

Alma is a locality in Harlan County, Nebraska, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,043. The population density is 350.2 people per km². Alma is located at 40.0975°N, 99.3620°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alma is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68920.

Alma emerges from the vast, open expanse of the Nebraska plains as a quiet intersection of water and earth, defined by the persistent, shallow trace of Cook Creek. It lies 44.1 miles south-southwest of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 200°T), and is situated 23.7 miles south of Holdrege. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the landscape stretches toward the horizon where the silhouette of Indian Hill breaks the otherwise level line of the prairie. The light at dusk here possesses a particular clarity, catching the dry grasses in a golden suspension before they surrender to the cooling, violet shadows of evening. To the south, the expansive surface of Harlan County Lake holds the sky, its presence tempering the heat and drawing the eye toward the distant, sweeping rim of Coyote Canyon.

Agriculture defines the pulse of Alma, where the rhythms of the seasons dictate the quiet activity of the local grain elevators and the steady commerce of the county seat. The Harlan County Recreation Area serves as a vital point of convergence, inviting a slower pace where the land meets the water and the persistent wind carries the scent of turned soil and prairie hay. History lingers in the architecture of the town center, where the clock tower marks the passage of hours with a steady, traditional gravity. Life in Alma remains tethered to the fundamental realities of the soil and the unpredictable, beautiful scale of the sky, maintaining a character that is as unadorned and enduring as the plains themselves.

About This Alma Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alma, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.097511, -99.362043. 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 Alma includes the ZIP code (68920), telephone area code (308), county seat of Harlan County (Alma), and school district assignment (Alma Public Schools).

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.