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Grafton Nebraska Map

Explore Grafton, 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 Grafton, Nebraska

How to Use This Grafton, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.628065
Longitude	-97.713937
Population	106
Density	117.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68365
Area Code	402
County Seat	Geneva
School District	Fillmore Central Public Schools

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About Grafton, Nebraska

Grafton is a locality in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 106. The population density is 117.3 people per km². Grafton is located at 40.6281°N, 97.7139°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Grafton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68365.

Grafton occupies a vast, level expanse of the Nebraska prairie where the sky asserts its dominance over the earth, turning the horizon into a sharp, uncompromising line of light. It lies 35.5 miles east of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 85°T), and is situated 9.3 miles northwest of Geneva. The air here holds the dry scent of sun-baked stalks and turned soil, a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of shortgrass and the expansive, cloud-swept ceiling of the plains. Only a mile away, the Marsh Hawk Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal wetlands, while two miles to the west, the waters of Stuckey Reservoir and the steady, narrow path of Elk Run provide the only breaks in the geometric grid of cultivated fields. In this stillness, the transition from midday heat to the long, violet shadows of dusk feels like a physical weight, grounding the senses in the singular, steady pulse of the land.

Grafton persists as a quiet testament to the agricultural ambition of the nineteenth-century pioneers, its identity rooted firmly in the rhythm of the harvest and the cyclical demands of the grain trade. The local economy remains tethered to the health of the surrounding fields, where the machinery of modern farming moves across the terrain with the same deliberate pace that has defined the region for generations. Residents seeking a longer stride toward the horizon sometimes travel the eight miles to the Sutton Recreational Trail, yet the character of Grafton remains centered on its own internal gravity and the quiet endurance of its sparse, resilient architecture. Life here follows the arc of the seasons, a slow, methodical existence where the memory of the frontier is not a relic, but a quiet, living presence in the way the wind moves across the empty spaces.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Marsh Hawk Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 326° NW
Bluebill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 052° NE
Fillmore County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 217° SW
Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ne (Resource Management Area) — 8.0 mi, 239° SW
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.4 mi, 308° NW · 324 acres
The Pintail Initiative: A Race Against Time (Conservation Area) — 15.6 mi, 229° SW
Crossing the Plains Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 15.7 mi, 031° NE
Anna Bemis Palmer Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 021° N
Clayton Museum of Ancient History (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 023° NE
Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 21.0 mi, 261° W
Plainsman Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 317° NW
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 22.9 mi, 235° SW
Tobias Community Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 126° SE
Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 24.6 mi, 144° SE
Thayer County Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 162° S
Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 27.0 mi, 162° S
Indian Raids Historical Marker (Monument) — 27.8 mi, 222° SW
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.9 mi, 119° SE · 124 acres
Stage (Theatre) — 34.1 mi, 010° N
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 34.7 mi, 266° W
The Mormon Trail historical marker (Monument) — 36.6 mi, 334° NW
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 39.0 mi, 298° NW
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 40.8 mi, 301° NW
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 41.7 mi, 267° W
Verley Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 49.5 mi, 078° E
Bison Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 49.9 mi, 078° E
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 52.4 mi, 200° S

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