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Cushing Nebraska Map

Explore Cushing, 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 Cushing, Nebraska

How to Use This Cushing, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	41.297235
Longitude	-98.368401
Population	37
Density	46.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68873
Area Code	308
County Seat	St. Paul
School District	St. Paul Public Schools

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About Cushing, Nebraska

Cushing is a locality in Howard County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 37. The population density is 46.4 people per km². Cushing is located at 41.2972°N, 98.3684°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cushing is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68873.

Cushing emerges from the vast Nebraska plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 25.8 miles north of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 357°T), and is situated 7.4 miles northeast of St. Paul. Paul. Spring Creek carves a low, persistent path through the surrounding grasses, its waters pulling the light across the landscape in long, shimmering ribbons during the golden hour. A few miles to the west, the Leonard A. Koziol Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of native vegetation, while the still surface of Deppen Reservoir reflects the immense, unclouded dome of the sky. In the distance, the faint, jagged silhouette of Mumpumpey Hill anchors the view, a reminder of the quiet, geologic patience that defines this stretch of the interior.

Cushing maintains a steady pulse rooted in the labor of the soil, with the economy turning on the seasonal cycles of grain and cattle that have long directed the lives of its inhabitants. The architecture of the grain elevators remains a vertical signature against the flat expanse, echoing the pioneer memory of those who first broke the sod to claim a foothold in the prairie. Here, the pace of existence is governed not by the frantic tick of a clock, but by the slow, necessary work of the harvest and the changing color of the stubble as winter approaches. Life in Cushing is defined by this grounded perseverance, where the weight of the past is carried forward in the simple, enduring habits of people who understand that the most meaningful history is written in the daily maintenance of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Leonard A. Koziol Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 223° SW
North Loup State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.8 mi, 243° SW
Gruber House (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 219° SW
Howard County Historical Village (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 219° SW
Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 219° SW
Harold W. Andersen Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 213° SW
Farwell Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 247° SW
Nance County Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 076° E
The Mormon Trail historical marker (Monument) — 22.5 mi, 126° SE
Lone Tree (Monument) — 22.5 mi, 126° SE
Eagle Scout Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 23.3 mi, 180° S
Land Acquisition, Ecological Restoration & Resource Center Development (Private Recreation) — 24.5 mi, 142° SE
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 25.0 mi, 182° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 25.7 mi, 179° S
Sherman Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 25.8 mi, 277° W
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 28.2 mi, 181° S
Sherman County Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.1 mi, 267° W
Mormon Island State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 32.4 mi, 180° S
Ermas Desire Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 32.9 mi, 176° S
Gateway Theater (Cinema) — 33.2 mi, 035° NE
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.2 mi, 203° SW · 642 acres
Stage (Theatre) — 42.0 mi, 107° E
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.1 mi, 149° SE · 324 acres
Indian Hill Cemetery (Historic Ruins) — 43.2 mi, 318° NW
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 48.8 mi, 180° S
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 49.0 mi, 189° S
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 52.7 mi, 076° E
Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 59.7 mi, 224° SW

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