Guide Rock Nebraska Map
Explore Guide Rock, 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 Guide Rock, Nebraska
How to Use This Guide Rock, Nebraska Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Guide Rock, 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 Guide Rock.
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 | Guide Rock |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Webster County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.074736 |
| Longitude | -98.330607 |
| Population | 199 |
| Density | 153.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 68942 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| County Seat | Red Cloud |
| School District | Superior Public Schools |
About Guide Rock, Nebraska
Guide Rock is a locality in Webster County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 199. The population density is 153.1 people per km². Guide Rock is located at 40.0747°N, 98.3306°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Guide Rock is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68942.Guide Rock commands a quiet prominence where the flat, expansive prairie meets the deliberate, winding path of Minnie Creek. It lies 35.5 miles south of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 175°T), and is situated 58.8 miles south of Grand Island. The horizon functions as the primary fact of life here, a vast and unchanging line that draws the eye toward the distant silhouette of The Island, which rises eight miles away like a low, earthen ship anchored in the tallgrass. Sunlight in this region possesses a particular, dry clarity, sharpening the edges of the fields and casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the earth as evening approaches. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land transitions into the gentle, uneven terrain of Oak Valley, where the air holds the scent of wild hay and the cooling dust of late summer.
Guide Rock carries the weight of a frontier memory, existing as a place where the economy remains tethered to the slow, seasonal turn of the soil and the endurance of local agriculture. The presence of the Guide Rock Diverson Dam stands as a functional monument to the necessity of water management in a land that is otherwise defined by its thirst. Nearby, the stillness of Pawnee Lake provides a contrast to the labor of the surrounding fields, offering a space where the wind riffles the surface in rhythmic, silver patterns. Life in Guide Rock moves with a measured, deliberate pace, shaped by the cycles of harvest and the quiet persistence of those who cultivate this inland expanse.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 2.3 mi, 246° SW
- Elm Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 297° NW
- Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 267° W
- Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 104° E
- Lovewell Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 17.0 mi, 134° SE
- Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 18.0 mi, 128° SE
- Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 218° SW
- Indian Raids Historical Marker (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 038° NE
- Heritage Room Museum (Museum) — 25.2 mi, 063° NE
- Crystal Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 26.7 mi, 348° N
- Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 27.6 mi, 020° N
- Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ne (Resource Management Area) — 28.1 mi, 011° N
- Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 28.5 mi, 029° NE
- Franklin County Museum (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 274° W
- Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 001° N
- Art Center (Arts Centre) — 35.7 mi, 356° N
- Crosier Asmat Museum (Museum) — 36.5 mi, 356° N
- Big Bird House (Attraction) — 37.2 mi, 346° N
- Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 38.2 mi, 183° S
- Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 39.0 mi, 181° S
- Bison Statue (Public Artwork) — 39.1 mi, 179° S
- Statue of Liberty Replica (Monument) — 39.2 mi, 218° SW
- World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 39.5 mi, 188° S
- Sod and Stubble (Monument) — 40.6 mi, 196° S
- Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 40.7 mi, 114° SE
- Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 49.6 mi, 134° SE
- Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.0 mi, 339° N · 642 acres
- Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 50.7 mi, 068° E
- Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.4 mi, 023° NE · 324 acres
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About This Guide Rock Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Guide Rock, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.074736, -98.330607. 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 Guide Rock includes the ZIP code (68942), telephone area code (308), county seat of Webster County (Red Cloud), and school district assignment (Superior 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. |
