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Crab Orchard Nebraska Map

Explore Crab Orchard, 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 Crab Orchard, Nebraska

How to Use This Crab Orchard, Nebraska Map

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

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	Crab Orchard
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Johnson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.335
Longitude	-96.421682
Population	46
Density	111.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68332
Area Code	402
County Seat	Tecumseh
School District	Lewiston Consolidated Schools

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About Crab Orchard, Nebraska

Crab Orchard is a locality in Johnson County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 46. The population density is 111.7 people per km². Crab Orchard is located at 40.3350°N, 96.4217°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Crab Orchard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68332.

Crab Orchard emerges from the expansive Nebraska plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky where the horizon acts as the primary fact of existence. It lies 17.8 miles east-northeast of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 75°T), and is situated 34.6 miles south-southeast of Lincoln. Yankee Creek carves a path through the landscape nearby, its presence marked by a subtle shift in the vegetation that clings to the low-lying terrain. The air here holds a clarity that sharpens the edges of the distant horizon, and when the sun begins its slow descent, the prairie grasses burn with a fleeting, amber intensity. Just three miles away, the Hickory Ridge Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of native growth, while the Upper Big Nemaha Reservoir J-37 remains a steady, reflective presence in the geography of the surrounding fields.

Crab Orchard maintains a rhythm dictated by the cycles of the earth and the demands of the regional agricultural economy. The history of the locality is etched into the patterns of the soil and the endurance of those who have worked it, reflecting a pioneer memory that persists in the quietude of the daily routine. The land supports a life defined by utility and the steady labor of farming, a pursuit that links the current inhabitants to the generations that first broke the sod. Life in Crab Orchard moves with a deliberate pace, unburdened by the clamor of larger centers, allowing the simple texture of the seasons—the biting cold of winter or the sudden, humid promise of a growing summer—to govern the pulse of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hickory Ridge Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 124° SE
Iron Horse Trail Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 182° S
Rockford Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.8 mi, 229° SW
Johnson County Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 080° E
Pickrell Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 281° W
Homestead Movement Historical Marker (Monument) — 17.3 mi, 262° W
The Carnegie Building (Gallery) — 17.8 mi, 255° W
Underbridge Mario (Public Artwork) — 18.0 mi, 252° W
Nichols Park Rock (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 255° W
Table Rock Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 122° SE
Table Rock Argus (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 122° SE
Stagecoach Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 20.6 mi, 326° NW
Phillips 66 (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 138° SE
Wagon Train Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 21.0 mi, 337° NW
Wagon Train State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 21.1 mi, 338° N
Hiking Trails (Viewpoint) — 21.3 mi, 329° NW
Pawnee City Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 137° SE
Nebraska Communities Playhouse (Arts Centre) — 22.6 mi, 331° NW
Roca Berry Farm (Attraction) — 25.4 mi, 329° NW
Church Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 30.8 mi, 340° N
Woods Auditorium (Theatre) — 32.7 mi, 338° N
Seacrest Field (Stadium) — 33.8 mi, 342° N
Robber's Cave Tours (Attraction) — 34.2 mi, 334° NW
Nebraska Copy of Liberty Bell (Attraction) — 34.5 mi, 337° NW
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.3 mi, 275° W · 124 acres
Waubonsie State Park (State Park) — 43.9 mi, 059° NE
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 44.2 mi, 096° E
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.9 mi, 104° E · 15k acres

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