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Creston Nebraska Map

Explore Creston, 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 Creston, Nebraska

How to Use This Creston, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	41.706675
Longitude	-97.362543
Population	181
Density	337.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68631
Area Code	402
County Seat	Columbus
School District	Leigh Community Schools

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About Creston, Nebraska

Creston is a locality in Platte County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 181. The population density is 337.6 people per km². Creston is located at 41.7067°N, 97.3625°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Creston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68631.

Creston anchors itself within the wide, unyielding expanse of the Nebraska plains, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 19.1 miles north of Columbus, NE (from Columbus, NE: bearing 1°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-southeast of Madison. Meridian Creek traces a quiet, persistent line through the landscape, its banks providing a subtle contour to the otherwise level horizon. The light here arrives with a startling clarity, bleaching the tallgrass to a pale straw color by late afternoon and turning the dust of the fields into a fine, golden haze. In the distance, the terrain remains largely unbroken, save for the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator rising like a sentinel above the crops. For those seeking the quietude of the open prairie, the Maple Creek Recreation Area sits five miles away, offering a reprieve of managed woodland and wilder grasses that mimic the state's ancient, untamed character.

Agriculture serves as the primary pulse of Creston, dictating the seasonal migration of machinery and the rhythmic turn of the soil. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding fields, a tradition of labor that has defined the region since its earliest settlement. While the pace of life here moves with the deliberate speed of a harvest, residents occasionally venture toward the Loseke-Frese Reservoir, eleven miles distant, to find a reflective stillness in the water. Life in Creston is shaped by the practical realities of the climate, where the wind carries the scent of turned earth and the impending shift of seasons. It is a place of enduring patience, where the evening shadows stretch long across the fields, emphasizing a quiet connection to the land that has persisted through generations of change.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Maple Creek Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 4.9 mi, 089° E
Madison County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 330° NW
Clarkson Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 084° E
Wilkinson Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.7 mi, 201° S
Wood Duck Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.1 mi, 006° N
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 15.9 mi, 183° S
Columbus Powerhouse historical marker (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 174° S
Wunderlichts (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 175° S
Howells Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 086° E
Platte County Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 180° S
Union Veterans of the Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 180° S
Maskentine Lake Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 19.3 mi, 019° N
Pawnee Park (Local Park) — 19.5 mi, 181° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 23.0 mi, 354° N
Schuyler/Colfax County Museum (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 139° SE
Gateway Theater (Cinema) — 33.0 mi, 268° W
Dead Timber State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 34.3 mi, 089° E
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 40.4 mi, 026° NE
The Willow Bowl (Theatre) — 40.9 mi, 026° NE
Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 41.1 mi, 025° NE
Fremont Lakes State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 43.8 mi, 114° SE
Pahuk (Historic Ruins) — 43.8 mi, 115° SE
Pohawk Point (Viewpoint) — 44.6 mi, 115° SE
The Light Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 56.4 mi, 165° S
West Side Sea Ray Sandbar (Attraction) — 62.7 mi, 063° NE
West Sea Ray Sandbar (Attraction) — 62.7 mi, 063° NE
Lewis and Clark State Park (State Park) — 65.2 mi, 069° E
Ponca State Park (State Park) — 69.3 mi, 028° NE
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 71.5 mi, 205° SW · 324 acres
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 74.2 mi, 008° N · 870 acres

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