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Hayes Center Nebraska Map

Explore Hayes Center, 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 Hayes Center, Nebraska

How to Use This Hayes Center, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.510838
Longitude	-101.019602
Population	224
Density	320.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	69032
Area Code	308
County Seat	Hayes Center
School District	Hayes Center Public Schools

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About Hayes Center, Nebraska

Hayes Center is a locality in Hayes County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 224. The population density is 320.3 people per km². Hayes Center is located at 40.5108°N, 101.0196°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hayes Center is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 69032.

Hayes Center commands a vast, open expanse where the sky dictates the daily rhythm of the landscape. It lies 44.4 miles south-southwest of North Platte, NE (from North Platte, NE: bearing 198°T), and is situated 29.8 miles northwest of McCook. The terrain unfolds in a series of subtle, sweeping plains, marked by the persistent presence of Little Blackwood Creek as it carves a path through the earth only a mile away. To the west, the rugged topography of Government Canyon interrupts the flat horizon, offering a stark contrast to the surrounding fields. The air here holds a crisp, dry clarity, and as dusk approaches, the light stretches thin and amber across the prairie grass, casting long, lean shadows that emphasize the immense scale of the Nebraska plains.

Hayes Center serves as a quiet administrative anchor for the surrounding agricultural expanse, where the economy remains deeply rooted in the cycles of cattle ranching and grain production. Life follows the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, echoing the sturdy perseverance of those who first broke this sod. Residents often look toward the nearby Lelker Reservoir for a moment of stillness, or venture toward the Hayes Center Wildlife Management Area to observe the resilient flora and fauna that define the region. Though the bustle of the modern world feels distant, the identity of Hayes Center remains tethered to the land, a place where the work of the day is measured by the turn of the soil and the steady growth of the herd.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hayes Center Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 044° NE
Frenchman Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 199° S
Hugh Butler Lake (Resource Management Area) — 16.7 mi, 121° SE
McCook Army Air Base Historical Marker (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 130° SE
Hitchcock County Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 179° S
Swanson Lake (Resource Management Area) — 23.4 mi, 186° S
Little House Museum (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 204° SW
Museum of the High Plains (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 136° SE
Maloney Reservoir State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 37.8 mi, 020° N
Chase County Museum (Museum) — 38.4 mi, 266° W
Champion Water Powered Mill Historical Marker (Monument) — 38.5 mi, 266° W
Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 40.2 mi, 353° N
Cedar Canyon State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 40.4 mi, 033° NE
Dundy County Museum (Museum) — 41.9 mi, 221° SW
Crossing the Overland Trail Historical Marker (Attraction) — 43.6 mi, 355° N
Great Platte River Road Historical Marker (Attraction) — 43.7 mi, 355° N
Fort Cody Trading Post (Attraction) — 43.8 mi, 018° N
AMC Classic North Platte 6 (Cinema) — 44.5 mi, 018° N
Neville Center for the Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 45.4 mi, 017° N
Road Ranches along the Platte Historical Marker (Attraction) — 46.4 mi, 039° NE
Memorial Fire Hydrant (Monument) — 46.9 mi, 033° NE
Metal Garden (Public Artwork) — 48.9 mi, 181° S
Petrified Wood Art Gallery (Gallery) — 55.9 mi, 320° NW
Pleasant Hill School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 63.1 mi, 233° SW
German Plains School (Historic Ruins) — 67.1 mi, 230° SW
Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 73.6 mi, 131° SE

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