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Garrison Nebraska Map

Explore Garrison, 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 Garrison, Nebraska

How to Use This Garrison, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	41.177235
Longitude	-97.16726
Population	55
Density	196.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68632
Area Code	402
County Seat	David City
School District	David City Public Schools

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About Garrison, Nebraska

Garrison is a locality in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 55. The population density is 196.6 people per km². Garrison is located at 41.1772°N, 97.1673°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Garrison is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68632.

Garrison occupies a stretch of Nebraska where the earth flattens into an expansive, unyielding plate, defined more by the quality of its light than by the verticality of the terrain. It lies 20.3 miles south-southeast of Columbus, NE (from Columbus, NE: bearing 149°T), and is situated 5.6 miles south-southwest of David City. The horizon functions as the primary fact of life here, a thin, sharp line that separates the pale, dust-colored soil from the immense weight of the sky. Nearby, the water of Kezan Creek moves with a quiet, persistent gravity, carving a narrow path through the silt and grass just a mile from the center of the grid. While Indian Hill rises like a faint, serrated memory nineteen miles to the west, the immediate surroundings remain dominated by the rhythmic, repetitive geometry of cultivated fields that stretch toward the boundaries of the county.

Garrison emerged from the necessity of the rail and the promise of the plains, growing steady and slow as an anchor for the surrounding agricultural economy. Life here maintains a deliberate pace, tied to the cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the movement of grain and the maintenance of heavy machinery. Residents often seek the quiet margins of David City Park or the still, reflective surface of Vandenburg Reservoir when the labor of the season relents. The character of the place is not found in grand architecture or loud spectacle, but in the enduring habit of working the land and the way the evening shadows stretch across the fields, turning the stubble of the harvest into a field of muted gold.

Nearby Outdoor Places

David City Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 025° NE
Butler County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 019° N
Unknown Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 5.8 mi, 016° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 021° N
Redtail Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 123° SE
Oak Glen Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.9 mi, 145° SE
Branched Oak Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 16.3 mi, 131° SE
The Light Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 18.5 mi, 168° S
Heartfelt Memorial (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 168° S
Bartels Museum of Rocks and Minerals (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 168° S
Branched Oak Lake (Recreation Area) — 18.9 mi, 131° SE
Branched Oak State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.3 mi, 132° SE
Schuyler/Colfax County Museum (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 017° N
War Memorial (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 271° W
Seward County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 19.7 mi, 187° S
Wunderlichts (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 335° NW
Platte County Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 330° NW
Stage (Theatre) — 22.8 mi, 259° W
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 23.5 mi, 332° NW
Seward County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 186° S
Pawnee Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 25.9 mi, 148° SE
Legendary Josh Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 29.2 mi, 137° SE
Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker (Attraction) — 34.3 mi, 137° SE
Hilltop Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 34.4 mi, 144° SE
Pahuk (Historic Ruins) — 34.4 mi, 059° NE
Hands-On Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 34.4 mi, 144° SE
Bison Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 34.5 mi, 144° SE
The Haymarket Theatre (Theatre) — 34.6 mi, 136° SE
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.1 mi, 068° E · 16k acres
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.4 mi, 072° E · 7,936 acres

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