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Ashton Nebraska Map

Explore Ashton, 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 Ashton, Nebraska

How to Use This Ashton, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	41.248066
Longitude	-98.794247
Population	198
Density	129.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68817
Area Code	308
County Seat	Loup City
School District	Loup City Public Schools

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About Ashton, Nebraska

Ashton is a locality in Sherman County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 198. The population density is 129.1 people per km². Ashton is located at 41.2481°N, 98.7942°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ashton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68817.

Ashton occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska plains where the horizon defines the limits of the earth and sky. It lies 32.4 miles northwest of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 314°T), and is situated 17.6 miles west of St. Paul. Paul. Oak Creek winds through the low-lying terrain nearby, its waters carving a subtle path through the soil that sustains the surrounding grasslands. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape stretches toward the distant silhouette of Happy Jack Peak, a faint rise against the vast, shifting light of the afternoon. Travelers crossing these plains often pause to witness the clarity of the sunset, which bleeds a deep, bruised violet across the prairie until the shadows of the tallgrass lengthen and pull the world into stillness.

Ashton maintains a steady pace tethered to the rhythms of the agricultural seasons and the enduring legacy of the regional pioneers. The local economy relies on the quiet productivity of the land, drawing from the resources found near the Lewandowski Reservoir and the managed wildness of the Sherman Reservoir Wildlife Management Area. History here is kept in the architecture of the older buildings and the collective memory of those who work the soil. Life in Ashton moves with a deliberate, unassuming gravity, where the sound of wind across the fields remains the most constant voice in a landscape shaped by generations of labor and the patient, cyclical endurance of the harvest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sherman Reservoir Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 313° NW
Sherman Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 5.9 mi, 316° NW
Farwell Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 105° E
Sherman County Historical Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 282° W
Bowman Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.3 mi, 280° W
Harold W. Andersen Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.3 mi, 115° SE
CCC Camp Ravenna Nebraska Historical Marker (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 199° S
Post South Loup Fork 'Fort Banishment' Historical Marker (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 199° S
North Loup State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 17.5 mi, 086° E
Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 098° E
Gruber House (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 097° E
Howard County Historical Village (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 097° E
Eagle Scout Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 29.9 mi, 132° SE
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 30.5 mi, 135° SE
Original Townsite of Wood River Historical Marker (Monument) — 31.5 mi, 167° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 31.7 mi, 135° SE
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 33.1 mi, 138° SE
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.2 mi, 170° S · 642 acres
Indian Hill Cemetery (Historic Ruins) — 36.1 mi, 349° N
Ermas Desire Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 38.2 mi, 140° SE
Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 44.2 mi, 206° SW
Marcia Smith Auditorium (Theatre) — 47.1 mi, 320° NW
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 47.5 mi, 161° S
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 50.5 mi, 154° SE
Gateway Theater (Cinema) — 51.2 mi, 053° NE
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.7 mi, 127° SE · 324 acres
Cliff Church (Historic Ruins) — 62.4 mi, 284° W

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