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Bladen Nebraska Map

Explore Bladen, 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 Bladen, Nebraska

How to Use This Bladen, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.322236
Longitude	-98.594788
Population	205
Density	220.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68928
Area Code	308
County Seat	Red Cloud
School District	Silver Lake Public Schools

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About Bladen, Nebraska

Bladen is a locality in Webster County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 205. The population density is 220.5 people per km². Bladen is located at 40.3222°N, 98.5948°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bladen is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68928.

Bladen occupies a wide, quiet expanse of the Great Plains where the horizon asserts itself as the primary fact of existence. It lies 21.2 miles south-southwest of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 211°T), and is situated 22.2 miles east-southeast of Minden. The land here is defined by the steady, unyielding reach of prairie grasses and the subtle shift of light across open fields that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has retreated. Only a mile away, Flat Creek carves a thin, reflective line through the earth, feeding the silence that settles over the soil. Travelers crossing this terrain might find the atmosphere heavy with a stillness that feels ancient, a landscape where the sky commands more attention than the ground, and the wind carries the dry, honest scent of worked earth and ripening grain.

Bladen carries the weight of a history rooted in the grit of agricultural perseverance, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of harvest and the patient labor of the fields. While the distant peak of The Island looms twenty-one miles away as a mere suggestion of elevation, the local character is shaped by the practical needs of the farm and the resilience of those who endure the long, solitary winters. Nine miles out, the Kearney County Waterfowl Production Area serves as a sanctuary for migratory life, a reminder that the land belongs as much to the wild as it does to the plow. Life in Bladen moves according to the slow, deliberate rhythm of the seasons, maintaining a quiet dignity that refuses to hurry, even as the world beyond the prairie edge grows increasingly loud and hurried.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kearney County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 8.8 mi, 304° NW
Crystal Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 12.0 mi, 041° NE
Adams County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 13.0 mi, 003° N
Wetland Habitat Restoration, Protection, Enhancement (Conservation Area) — 15.1 mi, 319° NW
Narrows Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.1 mi, 181° S
Alfon C. Haring Memorial Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.6 mi, 221° SW
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 014° N
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 20.3 mi, 148° SE
Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 21.5 mi, 046° NE
Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 042° NE
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 21.9 mi, 032° NE
Crosier Asmat Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 030° NE
Susan O. Hail Grave (Monument) — 23.9 mi, 345° N
Franklin County Museum (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 231° SW
Lowell Historical Marker (Monument) — 26.1 mi, 330° NW
Indian Raids Historical Marker (Monument) — 27.8 mi, 089° E
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 28.7 mi, 074° E
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.8 mi, 352° N · 642 acres
Gibbon Heritage Center (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 336° NW
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 34.1 mi, 179° S
Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 34.8 mi, 126° SE
Sandhill Cranes (Public Artwork) — 36.6 mi, 313° NW
Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 38.1 mi, 309° NW
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 39.8 mi, 135° SE
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 40.9 mi, 016° N
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 43.8 mi, 015° N
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.6 mi, 049° NE · 324 acres
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 54.9 mi, 225° SW
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 56.5 mi, 168° S
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 56.8 mi, 171° S

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