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Cortland Nebraska Map

Explore Cortland, 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 Cortland, Nebraska

How to Use This Cortland, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.505557
Longitude	-96.705856
Population	504
Density	739.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68331
Area Code	402
County Seat	Beatrice
School District	Norris School District 160

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About Cortland, Nebraska

Cortland is a locality in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 504. The population density is 739.9 people per km². Cortland is located at 40.5056°N, 96.7059°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cortland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68331.

Cortland emerges from the expansive Nebraska plains as a quiet intersection of horizon and earth, where the sky claims more territory than the ground itself. It lies 16.6 miles north of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 7°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-southwest of Hickman. The landscape around Cortland is defined by the steady, rhythmic undulation of farmland that stretches toward an infinite rim, broken only by the thin, dark ribbons of windbreaks and the occasional solitary silo. A mile away, the quiet currents of Indian Creek carve a slow path through the loess soil, providing a verdant vein that feeds the nearby Indian Creek Reservoir 6-D. In the golden hour, the light flattens against the stubble of the harvested fields, turning the gray-brown expanse into a canvas of shifting shadows, while the air carries the dry, honest scent of turned earth and cooling dust.

Agriculture serves as the primary pulse of Cortland, a legacy of settlement that persists in the disciplined geometry of the surrounding fields and the modest, sturdy architecture of its storefronts. Residents maintain a pace dictated by the seasons, moving between the demands of the harvest and the persistent, wide-open silence of the Great Plains. Those seeking the recreation of the wider landscape often gravitate toward Stagecoach Lake, six miles distant, or follow the paths that eventually connect to the Hickman Trail further afield. Life in Cortland remains anchored to these fundamental cycles, a place where the history of the frontier is not a museum piece but a lived reality, evidenced by the way the wind sweeps unobstructed across the plains to remind every passerby of the sheer scale of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Stagecoach Lake (Recreation Area) — 6.3 mi, 025° NE
Stagecoach Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 6.3 mi, 025° NE
Stagecoach Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 028° NE
Stagecoach Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 028° NE
Hiking Trails (Viewpoint) — 7.4 mi, 030° NE
Olive Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.3 mi, 304° NW
Olive Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 304° NW
Nebraska Communities Playhouse (Arts Centre) — 8.8 mi, 026° NE
Pickrell Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 188° S
Schaefer Tract (Local Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 012° N
Roca Berry Farm (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 010° N
Wilderness Park (Local Park) — 13.3 mi, 004° N
Wilber Czech Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 263° W
Homestead Movement Historical Marker (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 189° S
Swan City Historical Marker (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 243° SW
Cassell Open Air Theatre (Theatre) — 15.1 mi, 302° NW
Homestead National Monument Heritage Center (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 203° SW
The Carnegie Building (Gallery) — 16.6 mi, 188° S
Underbridge Mario (Public Artwork) — 17.4 mi, 187° S
Church Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 17.6 mi, 013° N
Harrington Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 18.7 mi, 349° N
Verley Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 18.7 mi, 347° N
Robber's Cave Tours (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 360° N
Nebraska Copy of Liberty Bell (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 005° N
Seacrest Field (Stadium) — 20.9 mi, 013° N
Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 358° N
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.3 mi, 252° W · 124 acres
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park (State Park) — 40.6 mi, 030° NE
Platte River State Park (State Park) — 41.6 mi, 037° NE
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 76.4 mi, 028° NE · 16k acres

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