Carleton Nebraska Map
Explore Carleton, 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 Carleton, Nebraska
How to Use This Carleton, Nebraska Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Carleton, 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 Carleton.
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 | Carleton |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Thayer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.30056 |
| Longitude | -97.678653 |
| Population | 92 |
| Density | 38.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 68326 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| County Seat | Hebron |
| School District | Bruning-Davenport Unified School System |
About Carleton, Nebraska
Carleton is a locality in Thayer County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 92. The population density is 38.9 people per km². Carleton is located at 40.3006°N, 97.6787°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Carleton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68326.Carleton anchors itself amidst a vast, light-drenched expanse of Nebraska prairie where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 42.2 miles east-southeast of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 118°T), and is situated 16.2 miles south-southwest of Geneva. Big Sandy Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the surrounding fields, its banks lined with the muted greens of brush and riparian growth that break the monotony of the open plains. Only a few miles away, the waters of Weddell Reservoir offer a still, reflective surface that gathers the expansive sky, mirroring the shifting clouds that drift across the state. The air here holds a particular clarity, especially at dusk, when the low sun casts long, skeletal shadows across the grass and turns the dry earth into a field of weathered copper.
Carleton persists as a quiet node in a landscape defined by the rhythmic cycle of agriculture and the patient labor of those who work the soil. The town carries the weight of pioneer memory in the layout of its modest streets, reflecting a history tied to the expansion of rail and the enduring necessity of the harvest. Nearby, the Prairie Marsh Wildlife Management Area preserves a segment of the original grassland, offering a sanctuary for migratory birds and a reminder of the terrain as it existed before the plow. Life in Carleton moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, an existence shaped by the demands of the land and the quiet, collective resilience of a place that finds its identity in the steady, unchanging reach of the Nebraska sky.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Prairie Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 026° NE
- Father Hupp Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 050° NE
- Fillmore County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.4 mi, 335° NW
- Thayer County Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 116° SE
- Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 116° SE
- Heritage Room Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 250° W
- Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ne (Resource Management Area) — 12.8 mi, 318° NW
- Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 13.1 mi, 078° E
- Alexandria State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.6 mi, 104° E
- Tobias Community Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 066° NE
- Indian Raids Historical Marker (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 276° W
- Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 22.7 mi, 295° NW
- Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 24.6 mi, 293° NW
- Professional Surveyors Of The United States (Monument) — 26.3 mi, 141° SE
- Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.5 mi, 076° E · 124 acres
- Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 28.0 mi, 227° SW
- Jefferson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 113° SE
- Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 32.4 mi, 175° S
- Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 33.4 mi, 215° SW
- Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.2 mi, 337° NW · 324 acres
- Crossing the Plains Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 36.6 mi, 010° N
- Art Center (Arts Centre) — 41.7 mi, 299° NW
- Cassell Open Air Theatre (Theatre) — 44.3 mi, 060° NE
- Approximate site of Squatter's Cabin 1862 (Viewpoint) — 44.4 mi, 091° E
- Big Bird House (Attraction) — 48.1 mi, 295° NW
- The Carnegie Building (Gallery) — 49.1 mi, 092° E
- Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 50.4 mi, 179° S
- Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 64.2 mi, 212° SW
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About This Carleton Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carleton, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.30056, -97.678653. 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 Carleton includes the ZIP code (68326), telephone area code (402), county seat of Thayer County (Hebron), and school district assignment (Bruning-Davenport Unified School System).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
