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Alma Nebraska Map

Explore Alma, Nebraska, 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 Alma, Nebraska

How to Use This Alma, Nebraska Map

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

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	Alma
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Harlan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.097511
Longitude	-99.362043
Population	1,043
Density	350.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68920
Area Code	308
County Seat	Alma
School District	Alma Public Schools

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.1 mi, 180° S
Harlan County Lake (Recreation Area) — 0.1 mi, 202° S
West Sacramento Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.1 mi, 007° N
Sacramento-wilcox Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.9 mi, 017° N
Franklin County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 19.5 mi, 044° NE
Phelps County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 20.2 mi, 351° N
Franklin County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 089° E
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 23.7 mi, 175° S
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 23.7 mi, 175° S
Phelps County Historical Museum (Museum) — 25.2 mi, 358° N
Norton Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 33.4 mi, 238° SW
Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 36.2 mi, 238° SW
Sandy Channel State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 39.1 mi, 359° N
Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 41.0 mi, 015° N
Nebraska Wind Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 41.6 mi, 018° N
Fort Kearny State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 42.7 mi, 026° NE
Cambridge Museum (Museum) — 44.4 mi, 287° W
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 45.4 mi, 114° SE
Kearney Area Childrens Museum (Museum) — 46.1 mi, 018° N
Webster State Park (State Park) — 46.7 mi, 184° S
Dawson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 51.1 mi, 338° N
Gibbon Heritage Center (Museum) — 52.4 mi, 031° NE
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 56.7 mi, 052° NE
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.5 mi, 038° NE · 642 acres
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 62.2 mi, 056° NE
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 63.9 mi, 129° SE
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 72.0 mi, 071° E
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 75.4 mi, 043° NE
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 77.5 mi, 041° NE

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