Explore Comstock, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Comstock, 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 Comstock.
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 | Comstock |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Custer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.556573 |
| Longitude | -99.240746 |
| Population | 68 |
| Density | 74.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 68828 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| County Seat | Broken Bow |
| School District | Ord Public Schools |
Comstock asserts its presence upon the Nebraska landscape as a quiet intersection of earth and sky where the horizon acts as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 59.6 miles north-northeast of Lexington, NE (from Lexington, NE: bearing 26°T), and is situated 16.6 miles west of Ord. The Middle Loup River threads through the terrain less than a mile away, its presence marked by a ribbon of verdant growth that cuts through the surrounding expanse of prairie. To the west, the distant profile of Boggs Table rises ten miles away, a steady, earthen sentinel that watches over the shifting light of the plains. The air here carries the scent of dry grass and turned soil, particularly near the basin of Woods Park, which lies three miles from the center of Comstock. When the sun begins its descent, the light flattens against the open ground, turning the muted grays and browns of the fields into a palette of deep bronze and copper.
Settlement in this region grew from the necessity of the soil, anchoring Comstock in an economy defined by the endurance of cattle ranching and the seasonal cycles of grain production. Life here maintains a steady, deliberate pace, governed by the demands of the land and the quiet persistence of those who work it. Beyond the immediate boundaries of the village, the landscape offers pockets of local respite, such as the waters of Hruby Reservoir five miles distant or the managed wildness of the Myrtle E. Hall Wildlife Management Area nineteen miles to the south. History is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring architecture of farmsteads and the way the wind moves across the tallgrass, echoing the pioneer memories that shaped this territory. The character of Comstock remains grounded in this modesty, a place where the vastness of the Nebraska sky serves as a constant, humbling companion to the daily labor of its people.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Comstock, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.556573, -99.240746. 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 Comstock includes the ZIP code (68828), telephone area code (308), county seat of Custer County (Broken Bow), and school district assignment (Ord Public Schools).
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. |