Fairmont Nebraska Map
Explore Fairmont, 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 Fairmont, Nebraska
How to Use This Fairmont, Nebraska Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fairmont, 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 Fairmont.
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 | Fairmont |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Fillmore County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.636952 |
| Longitude | -97.585327 |
| Population | 592 |
| Density | 198.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 68354 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| County Seat | Geneva |
| School District | Fillmore Central Public Schools |
About Fairmont, Nebraska
Fairmont is a locality in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 592. The population density is 198.6 people per km². Fairmont is located at 40.6370°N, 97.5853°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fairmont is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68354.Fairmont asserts itself as a quiet grid of streets anchored firmly within the expansive, table-flat plains of the Nebraska interior. It lies 42.3 miles east of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 85°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north of Geneva. The sky here serves as the primary architecture, a vast and shifting dome that dictates the mood of the day through the quality of its light, stretching wide over the horizon where the land meets the heavens in an unbroken line. Two miles to the east, the Fillmore County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary of tallgrass and seasonal wetlands, while the modest, rhythmic pulse of Indian Creek meanders through the surrounding fields. The air carries the scent of turned earth and dry stalks, a sensory reminder of the relentless, fertile geography that defines the life of every resident.
Fairmont maintains a steady, industrious pace tied to the cycles of agriculture, reflecting a history shaped by the labor of those who broke the prairie sod to build a future in the middle of the continent. The local economy remains deeply rooted in the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the harvest dictates the seasonal tempo of the streets. While the distant, shimmering surface of Weiss Reservoir sits just six miles away, the daily lives of people here are more immediately concerned with the maintenance of the grain elevators and the steady upkeep of their homes. This is a place where the weight of time is measured not in grand monuments, but in the enduring, quiet consistency of a community that understands its place in the wide, open expanse of the plains.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Fillmore County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 009° N
- York County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.6 mi, 024° NE
- Marsh Hawk Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 271° W
- Hidden Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 046° NE
- Crossing the Plains Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 12.9 mi, 006° N
- Anna Bemis Palmer Museum (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 359° N
- Clayton Museum of Ancient History (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 001° N
- Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.9 mi, 295° NW · 324 acres
- Tobias Community Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 139° SE
- Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 21.9 mi, 159° S
- Seward County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 054° NE
- Saline County Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 089° E
- Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 26.4 mi, 177° S
- Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.6 mi, 128° SE · 124 acres
- Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 27.7 mi, 262° W
- Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 29.0 mi, 242° SW
- Heartfelt Memorial (Monument) — 32.2 mi, 053° NE
- Stage (Theatre) — 32.9 mi, 359° N
- Indian Raids Historical Marker (Monument) — 33.1 mi, 230° SW
- Cassell Open Air Theatre (Theatre) — 33.4 mi, 091° E
- Art Center (Arts Centre) — 41.5 mi, 266° W
- Verley Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 42.8 mi, 077° E
- Bison Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 43.2 mi, 077° E
- Hilltop Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 43.2 mi, 077° E
- Legendary Josh Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 44.8 mi, 069° E
- Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 55.7 mi, 206° SW
- Eugene T. Mahoney State Park (State Park) — 71.1 mi, 068° E
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About This Fairmont Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairmont, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.636952, -97.585327. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Fairmont includes the ZIP code (68354), telephone area code (402), county seat of Fillmore County (Geneva), and school district assignment (Fillmore Central Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
