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Holmesville Nebraska Map

Explore Holmesville, 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 Holmesville, Nebraska

How to Use This Holmesville, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.200834
Longitude	-96.657801
Population	60
Density	103.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	68310
Area Code	402
County Seat	Beatrice
School District	Southern School District 1

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About Holmesville, Nebraska

Holmesville is a locality in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 60. The population density is 103.4 people per km². Holmesville is located at 40.2008°N, 96.6578°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68310.

Holmesville emerges from the vast, open expanse of the prairie, defined by the steady, unpretentious passage of the Big Blue River as it carves a path through the silt and soil. It lies 6.6 miles southeast of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 135°T), and is situated 33.5 miles south-southeast of Crete. The horizon serves as the primary architect of the landscape, a sweeping line that flattens the earth until the sky feels heavy and immense, pressing down upon the tallgrass and the quiet, sun-bleached fields. Only three miles away, the waters of Mud Creek Reservoir 3-A gather in a stillness that reflects the shifting Nebraska clouds, while the nearby Iron Horse Trail Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary where the vegetation reclaims the silence left by the receding bustle of the day. As the light fades at dusk, a particular amber clarity settles over the plains, turning the stalks of grain into filaments of copper and suggesting that the land is not merely ground to be worked, but a living, breathing expanse of time.

Holmesville holds the quiet gravity of a place built upon the labor of the soil, where the local economy remains tethered to the cycles of harvest and the slow, deliberate growth of the agricultural season. History here is marked not by grand monuments, but by the persistent memory of those who first broke the sod, their influence lingering in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture that anchors the center of the grid. Residents often look toward the Rockford Trail, four miles distant, as a reminder of the paths that once connected this locality to the wider world, though the pace of life today favors the local over the distant. The rhythm of the days is dictated by the sun and the seasonal shift of the crops, creating a community where the weight of the past is felt in the steady maintenance of the fields and the reliable, grounding presence of the river that has witnessed every generation since the first homesteads took root.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Iron Horse Trail Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 001° N
Rockford Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 3.8 mi, 068° E
Chautauqua Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 309° NW
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 308° NW
Underbridge Mario (Public Artwork) — 6.1 mi, 309° NW
The Carnegie Building (Gallery) — 6.6 mi, 314° NW
Scott Street Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 6.7 mi, 310° NW
Nichols Park Rock (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 311° NW
Homestead Movement Historical Marker (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 325° NW
Big Indian Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 190° S
Homestead Land Grant (Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 300° NW
Success Was Only Natural (Viewpoint) — 10.6 mi, 303° NW
Homestead National Monument Heritage Center (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 303° NW
Freeman Graves (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 304° NW
Immanuel Lutheran School Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 198° S
Wilber Czech Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 321° NW
Johnson County Museum (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 065° NE
Phillips 66 (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 103° E
Nebraska Communities Playhouse (Arts Centre) — 29.0 mi, 003° N
Wagon Train State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 29.2 mi, 009° N
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.6 mi, 296° NW · 124 acres
Roca Berry Farm (Attraction) — 31.0 mi, 358° N
Cassell Open Air Theatre (Theatre) — 32.9 mi, 332° NW
Monument to the Ice Age (Attraction) — 35.9 mi, 180° S
Church Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 38.2 mi, 002° N
Verley Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 39.8 mi, 350° N
Harrington Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 39.9 mi, 351° N
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 52.1 mi, 185° S
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 56.6 mi, 085° E

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