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Aten Nebraska Map

Explore Aten, 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 Aten, Nebraska

How to Use This Aten, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	42.839998
Longitude	-97.440894
Population	134
Density	30.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	68730
Area Code	402
County Seat	Hartington
School District	Crofton Community Schools

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About Aten, Nebraska

Aten is a locality in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 134. The population density is 30.5 people per km². Aten is located at 42.8400°N, 97.4409°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68730.

Aten commands a quiet expanse where the Missouri River carves a deliberate path through the northern Nebraska soil. It lies 3.1 miles southwest of Yankton, SD (from Yankton, SD: bearing 226°T), and is situated 26.3 miles west of Vermillion. The landscape stretches outward in a vast, unyielding plane, defined by the persistent presence of the horizon and the subtle shifts in light that move across the grasses from dawn until the deep violet of dusk. Here, the land leans toward the water, where the Lewis And Clark Recreation Area offers a reprieve of green space that bleeds into the wilder, unmanaged growth of the riverbanks. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Lake Yankton reflect the wide sky, holding a stillness that contrasts with the constant, slow motion of the nearby riverbed.

History in Aten remains etched into the soil, a memory of early settlers who looked to the fertile earth for survival and found a rhythm dictated by the changing seasons. The local economy persists as a quiet dialogue with the land, rooted in the agricultural traditions that have sustained these plains for generations. Life moves at the pace of the wind across the prairie, far removed from the clamor of denser hubs, where the primary concerns are the yield of the fields and the endurance of the fence line. While Spirit Mound stands as a distant landmark on the horizon, the true character of Aten is found in the everyday persistence of its people, who continue to cultivate a life in the shadow of the great river, observing the slow, steady transformation of the plains as the sun marks the turning of another day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lewis And Clark Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.3 mi, 356° N
Chief White Crane Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 1.0 mi, 307° NW
Downstream Day Use Area's (State Recreation Area) — 1.2 mi, 308° NW
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 2.3 mi, 051° NE · 870 acres
Lewis and Clark Lake (Recreation Area) — 2.3 mi, 288° W
Westside Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 037° NE
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 049° NE
Cinema Magic (Cinema) — 4.2 mi, 029° NE
Gavins Point (Viewpoint) — 5.8 mi, 281° W
Gayville Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 075° E
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 15.0 mi, 311° NW
Cedar County Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 150° SE
Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker (Monument) — 17.6 mi, 150° SE
Ulmer Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 21.0 mi, 347° N
Frost Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 25.2 mi, 104° E
Austin-Whittemore House Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 099° E
Coyote Theatre (Cinema) — 26.2 mi, 099° E
Architrave (Public Artwork) — 26.3 mi, 098° E
Oscar Howe Gallery (Gallery) — 26.5 mi, 098° E
Ponca Tribe Museum (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 258° W
Niobrara State Park (State Park) — 30.8 mi, 260° W
Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker (Monument) — 31.7 mi, 114° SE
Verdigre Heritage Museum (Museum) — 34.4 mi, 241° SW
Klown Doll Museum (Museum) — 38.2 mi, 208° SW
Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 45.0 mi, 102° E
Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 46.6 mi, 152° SE
The Willow Bowl (Theatre) — 46.8 mi, 152° SE
Calliope Village (Attraction) — 49.6 mi, 076° E
Canton Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 56.3 mi, 053° NE

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