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Fairfield Nebraska Map

Explore Fairfield, 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 Fairfield, Nebraska

How to Use This Fairfield, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.431678
Longitude	-98.105881
Population	330
Density	176.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68938
Area Code	308
County Seat	Clay Center
School District	Sandy Creek Schools

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About Fairfield, Nebraska

Fairfield is a locality in Clay County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 330. The population density is 176.5 people per km². Fairfield is located at 40.4317°N, 98.1059°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fairfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68938.

Fairfield emerges from the vast, level expanse of the Nebraska prairie as a collection of quiet streets defined by the relentless, expansive reach of the sky. It lies 18.3 miles southeast of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 126°T), and is situated 30.6 miles south of Aurora. The horizon acts as the primary fact of life here, dictating the scale of everything from the modest frame houses to the height of the grain elevators that mark the town’s silhouette against the shifting light of dusk. To the immediate west, the Kissinger Basin Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary of native grasses and seasonal wetlands, while the nearby trickle of Buffalo Creek cuts a thin, earthen vein through the surrounding agricultural fields. Two miles to the north, the surface of Lambie Reservoir holds the reflection of passing clouds, offering a rare, still point of water in a landscape otherwise dominated by the rhythmic, golden sway of ripening crops.

Agricultural cycles have long dictated the pulse of Fairfield, shaping an economy rooted in the dark, fertile soil that demands both labor and patience. History remains visible in the architecture of the older storefronts, which hold the memory of a time when the railroad brought the promise of rapid expansion to these plains. Today, the pace of life favors a steady, deliberate consistency, where the quiet of the afternoon is broken only by the distant hum of machinery or the wind moving through the tallgrass. Fairfield maintains a character forged by the isolation of the high plains, where the distance between neighbors is measured not just in miles, but in a shared, quiet understanding of the land’s enduring, uncomplicated austerity.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 0.4 mi, 336° NW
Kissinger Basin Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 029° NE
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 1.9 mi, 078° E
Bulrush Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 162° S
Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ne (Resource Management Area) — 3.4 mi, 044° NE
Indian Raids Historical Marker (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 164° S
The Pintail Initiative: A Race Against Time (Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 074° E
Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 308° NW
Fillmore County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 16.0 mi, 081° E
Heritage Room Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 142° SE
Crystal Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 17.4 mi, 275° W
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 17.8 mi, 308° NW
Crosier Asmat Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 309° NW
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 23.9 mi, 298° NW
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.1 mi, 021° N · 324 acres
Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 176° S
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 28.6 mi, 210° SW
Ermas Desire Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 29.4 mi, 337° NW
Plainsman Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 011° N
Martin Brothers Memorial (Monument) — 30.3 mi, 318° NW
Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 31.3 mi, 113° SE
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 34.6 mi, 336° NW
Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 35.8 mi, 100° E
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 35.8 mi, 176° S
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.9 mi, 308° NW · 642 acres
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 37.6 mi, 338° N
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 48.4 mi, 149° SE
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 48.6 mi, 211° SW
Stage (Theatre) — 54.1 mi, 029° NE
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 64.3 mi, 192° S

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