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Giltner Nebraska Map

Explore Giltner, 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 Giltner, Nebraska

How to Use This Giltner, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.773901
Longitude	-98.153667
Population	406
Density	405.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68841
Area Code	308
County Seat	Aurora
School District	Giltner Public Schools

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About Giltner, Nebraska

Giltner is a locality in Hamilton County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 406. The population density is 405.1 people per km². Giltner is located at 40.7739°N, 98.1537°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Giltner is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68841.

Giltner anchors itself firmly upon the high, level expanse of the Nebraska plains, where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 14.3 miles southeast of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 137°T), and is situated 17.9 miles northeast of Hastings. The land stretches outward in a vast, measured geometry of fields, uninterrupted by any dramatic rise, save for the distant, faint suggestion of Topeka Peak resting on the far western rim of the sky. Moisture finds its way through the landscape in the quiet, steady persistence of the North Branch West Fork Big Blue River, while the stillness of Hinrichs Reservoir offers a mirror to the expansive, shifting clouds above. The air here holds a clarity that sharpens the edges of the grain elevators and fence lines, grounding Giltner in a space where the wind remains a constant, invisible companion to the tallgrass and shortgrass prairie that once claimed this soil.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of life in Giltner, defining the cyclical rhythm of planting and harvest that has sustained families for generations. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, a legacy of quiet labor that honors the pioneer memory of those who first broke this sod. Beyond the cultivated rows, the Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory life, preserving a fragment of the wilder, original character of the region. Life in Giltner moves with an unforced cadence, shaped by the practical needs of the farm and the enduring connection to the Bergeson Basin, which lies like a shallow, ancient bowl in the landscape to the north. Here, the passage of the day is marked not by the chime of a clock tower, but by the gradual change in the quality of golden light as it slants across the stubble of the fields at dusk.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 009° N
Deep Well Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 329° NW
Mitchell Park (Local Recreation) — 9.7 mi, 053° NE
Ermas Desire Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 9.7 mi, 290° W
Plainsman Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 054° NE
Pintail Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 088° E
Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ne (Resource Management Area) — 10.2 mi, 180° S
Streeter Park (Local Park) — 10.4 mi, 049° NE
Mormon Island State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.4 mi, 288° W
Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 314° NW
Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 13.5 mi, 178° S
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.0 mi, 305° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 15.0 mi, 314° NW
DLD State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.0 mi, 208° SW
Prairie Ridge Park (Local Recreation) — 15.5 mi, 228° SW
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 16.3 mi, 313° NW
Crosier Asmat Museum (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 225° SW
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 17.1 mi, 222° SW
Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 209° SW
Martin Brothers Memorial (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 266° W
Martin Brothers Historical Marker (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 275° W
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 237° SW
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 23.7 mi, 169° S
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.8 mi, 268° W · 642 acres
Anna Bemis Palmer Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 077° E
Clayton Museum of Ancient History (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 077° E
Stage (Theatre) — 37.3 mi, 051° NE
Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 48.1 mi, 128° SE
Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 53.0 mi, 263° W
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 63.1 mi, 039° NE

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