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Harbine Nebraska Map

Explore Harbine, 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 Harbine, Nebraska

How to Use This Harbine, Nebraska Map

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

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.

CityHarbine
StateNebraska (NE)
CountyJefferson County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude40.192224
Longitude-96.97253
Population56
Density205.9 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code68377
Area Code402
County SeatFairbury
School DistrictFairbury Public Schools

About Harbine, Nebraska

Harbine is a locality in Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 56. The population density is 205.9 people per km². Harbine is located at 40.1922°N, 96.9725°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Harbine is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68377.

Harbine exists as a quiet punctuation mark upon the vast, open expanse of the Nebraska prairie. It lies 13.0 miles west-southwest of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 246°T), and is situated 11.6 miles east-northeast of Fairbury. The landscape surrounding Harbine is defined by the unrelenting reach of the horizon, where the sky claims more territory than the earth, pressing down upon the tallgrass until the golden stalks shiver in unison. Two miles to the north, the waters of Big Indian Creek Reservoir 17-B hold the reflection of passing clouds in a stillness that mirrors the surrounding plains, while the nearby banks of Big Indian Creek carve a slow, meandering path through the soil. The quality of light here during the final hour of the day is transformative, turning the dry grasses into a sea of copper and amber that seems to hold the warmth of the sun long after it has dipped below the edge of the world.

History in Harbine is whispered through the quiet persistence of agricultural life, grounded in the rhythms of the planting and harvest seasons that dictate the local economy. Seven miles away, the Rock Creek Station State Recreation Area preserves the echoes of earlier travelers, offering paths along the Rock Creek Station Trails that wind through territory once navigated by those seeking a life in the west. While the rugged terrain of the Steele City Canyon lies ten miles distant, the land here remains defined by the steady, unpretentious labor of those who cultivate the heavy soil. Life in Harbine moves at the deliberate pace of the seasons, characterized by a profound stillness that allows the distant, metallic rattle of a freight train or the evening call of a meadowlark to travel for miles, defining the audible boundaries of a day spent under an immense and watchful sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Rock Creek Station State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.2 mi, 221° SW
  • Rock Glen Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 213° SW
  • Arrowhead Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 140° SE
  • Homestead Land Grant (Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 050° NE
  • Where Did Homesteaders Get Groceries? (Viewpoint) — 9.7 mi, 049° NE
  • First Homestead Monument (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 048° NE
  • Homestead National Monument Heritage Center (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 050° NE
  • Freeman Graves (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 050° NE
  • Jefferson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 249° W
  • Fiarbury City Park (Local Park) — 11.9 mi, 252° W
  • Scott Street Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 12.2 mi, 067° NE
  • Nichols Park Rock (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 066° NE
  • Chautauqua Park (Local Park) — 12.7 mi, 070° E
  • Underbridge Mario (Public Artwork) — 12.7 mi, 070° E
  • The Carnegie Building (Gallery) — 13.0 mi, 066° NE
  • Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.8 mi, 323° NW · 124 acres
  • Wilber Czech Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 002° N
  • Rockford Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 20.2 mi, 084° E
  • Immanuel Lutheran School Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 149° SE
  • Tobias Community Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 309° NW
  • Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 26.5 mi, 293° NW
  • Cassell Open Air Theatre (Theatre) — 29.8 mi, 002° N
  • Nebraska Communities Playhouse (Arts Centre) — 34.6 mi, 031° NE
  • Roca Berry Farm (Attraction) — 35.2 mi, 026° NE
  • Monument to the Ice Age (Attraction) — 39.0 mi, 155° SE
  • Verley Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 41.0 mi, 014° N
  • Harrington Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 41.3 mi, 015° N
  • Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 52.8 mi, 166° S
  • Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.7 mi, 308° NW · 324 acres
  • Eugene T. Mahoney State Park (State Park) — 66.4 mi, 031° NE

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About This Harbine Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Harbine, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.192224, -96.97253. 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 Harbine includes the ZIP code (68377), telephone area code (402), county seat of Jefferson County (Fairbury), and school district assignment (Fairbury 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.