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De Witt Nebraska Map

Explore De Witt, 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 De Witt, Nebraska

How to Use This De Witt, Nebraska Map

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

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	De Witt
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Saline County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.393614
Longitude	-96.922806
Population	530
Density	490.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68341
Area Code	402
County Seat	Wilber
School District	Tri County Public Schools

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About De Witt, Nebraska

De Witt is a locality in Saline County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 530. The population density is 490.7 people per km². De Witt is located at 40.3936°N, 96.9228°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. De Witt is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68341.

De Witt occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska prairie where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 12.7 miles northwest of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 313°T), and is situated 16.3 miles south of Crete. The landscape unfolds in a series of subtle elevations, where the earth is defined by the steady, persistent presence of Turkey Creek as it carves its path through the silt and loam. Sunlight here possesses a particular clarity, sharpening the edges of the tallgrass that shivers in the wind and illuminating the vast, open sky that dominates the visual field. Only two miles distant, the still, reflective surface of Essman Reservoir offers a localized reprieve from the vastness, its waters holding the stillness of the plains in a shallow, quiet bowl.

Agriculture maintains the pulse of De Witt, anchoring the lives of its inhabitants to the slow, inevitable cycles of planting and harvest that have defined this region for generations. The history of the area remains tethered to the spirit of early settlement, a legacy that finds a physical echo nine miles away at the Homestead Land Grant, where the ethos of the pioneer era is preserved in the soil and the silence. Residents often look toward the Homestead Trail for a sense of connection to the wider landscape, following the path as it cuts through the fields that have been worked and reworked by hand and machine alike. Daily life moves with an unforced cadence, governed by the shifting light across the grain silos and the distant, rhythmic hum of equipment that defines the economic vitality of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Swan City Historical Marker (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 298° NW
Wilber Czech Museum (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 342° N
Approximate site of Squatter's Cabin 1862 (Viewpoint) — 8.5 mi, 148° SE
First Homestead Monument (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 147° SE
Homestead Land Grant (Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 150° SE
Freeman Graves (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 146° SE
Homestead National Monument Heritage Center (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 146° SE
Teal Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 011° N
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 11.4 mi, 135° SE
Olive Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.4 mi, 018° N
Olive Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 018° N
The Carnegie Building (Gallery) — 12.7 mi, 133° SE
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.7 mi, 269° W · 124 acres
Olive Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 018° N
Underbridge Mario (Public Artwork) — 13.3 mi, 136° SE
Wildwood Park (Local Park) — 15.5 mi, 354° N
Cassell Open Air Theatre (Theatre) — 15.9 mi, 355° N
Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.8 mi, 295° NW
Saline County Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 330° NW
Rockford Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 20.9 mi, 123° SE
Tobias Community Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 275° W
Nebraska Communities Playhouse (Arts Centre) — 21.8 mi, 044° NE
Roca Berry Farm (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 036° NE
Jefferson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 216° SW
Verley Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 26.9 mi, 015° N
Harrington Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 27.2 mi, 017° N
Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 27.3 mi, 262° W
Robber's Cave Tours (Attraction) — 29.0 mi, 023° NE
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park (State Park) — 53.4 mi, 036° NE
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.5 mi, 296° NW · 324 acres

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