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Gross Nebraska Map

Explore Gross, 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 Gross, Nebraska

How to Use This Gross, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	42.94583
Longitude	-98.572306
Population	3
Density	9.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68719
Area Code	402
County Seat	Butte
School District	Boyd County Schools

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About Gross, Nebraska

Gross is a locality in Boyd County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 3. The population density is 9.0 people per km². Gross is located at 42.9458°N, 98.5723°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gross is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68719.

Gross emerges from the vast expanse of the northern plains like a quiet thought held against the immense, unblinking sky. It lies 86.5 miles northwest of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 318°T), and is situated 33.9 miles north of O'Neill. The landscape around Gross is defined by the rigorous geometry of the prairie, where the earth swells into subtle rises and depressions, anchored by the singular, stoic presence of Ninemile Hill just a mile to the west. A few miles away, the terrain softens toward the Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge, a sanctuary where the tallgrass ecosystem persists in its ancient, unhurried state. When the light slants low at dusk, the golden stalks of the prairie grass catch the fire of the sun, turning the entire horizon into a shimmering, amber-hued sea of grain that seems to breathe with the wind.

History in Gross is measured not by monuments, but by the persistent endurance of those who carved a life from this demanding soil. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, a legacy of agricultural labor that persists despite the shifting tides of the modern world. Life here is punctuated by the seasonal migration of birds toward the Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge and the slow, meandering path of Whisky Creek, which carves a modest, life-giving artery through the soil two miles from the center of activity. Residents might look toward the distant waters of Blitzkie Reservoir, yet the true character of the place is found in the stillness of the afternoon, when the silence of the plains becomes a palpable weight, reminding the traveler that here, the horizon is the primary fact of existence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.3 mi, 032° NE · 2,165 acres
Francis Case Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 007° N
South Shore Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.5 mi, 357° N
Randall Creek Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.8 mi, 013° N
Lake Francis Case (Recreation Area) — 6.9 mi, 359° N
Pickstown Game Production Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 018° N
White Swan Game Production Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 358° N
Yankton Sioux Monument (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 098° E
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.8 mi, 004° N · 2,043 acres
Charles Mix County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 16.6 mi, 021° N
Niobrara State Park (State Park) — 27.3 mi, 115° SE
Delmont Historical Society (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 043° NE
Ponca Tribe Museum (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 116° SE
Sturdevant-McKee Museum (Museum) — 35.4 mi, 216° SW
Verdigre Heritage Museum (Museum) — 36.3 mi, 131° SE
Ancient Tortoise (Public Artwork) — 41.9 mi, 150° SE
Geology Overlook (Viewpoint) — 42.0 mi, 150° SE
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 45.5 mi, 087° E
Original Site of Plankinton School (Monument) — 53.3 mi, 005° N
Klown Doll Museum (Museum) — 57.1 mi, 136° SE
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 58.8 mi, 028° NE
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 59.3 mi, 095° E · 870 acres
Cinema Magic (Cinema) — 59.4 mi, 093° E
Davison County Memorial (Monument) — 59.7 mi, 027° NE
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 60.1 mi, 027° NE
Riverside Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 60.1 mi, 095° E
Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 62.1 mi, 026° NE
Grandview School (Historic Ruins) — 68.5 mi, 321° NW

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