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Humboldt Nebraska Map

Explore Humboldt, 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 Humboldt, Nebraska

How to Use This Humboldt, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.163889
Longitude	-95.944998
Population	800
Density	231.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68376
Area Code	402
County Seat	Falls City
School District	Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Public Schools

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About Humboldt, Nebraska

Humboldt is a locality in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 800. The population density is 231.5 people per km². Humboldt is located at 40.1639°N, 95.9450°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Humboldt is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68376.

Humboldt emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a collection of brick facades and modest rooftops anchored firmly to the Nebraska soil. It lies 42.9 miles east of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 99°T), and is situated 19.5 miles west-northwest of Falls City. The Long Branch meanders through the landscape, its quiet waters carving a subtle path through the earth that dictates the movement of the local terrain. Beyond the town limits, the land stretches into a vast expanse of prairie, where the quality of light at dusk transforms the dry grass into a shimmering, amber field. To the west, the faint silhouette of Pigeon Ridge occasionally haunts the far reaches of the skyline, providing a distant, jagged punctuation to an otherwise level world. The nearby Yearling Reservoir offers a calm, silver mirror to the sky, and the South Fork Wildlife Management Area serves as a quiet sanctuary where the native ecosystem persists in its original, unmanicured state.

Humboldt preserves the quiet gravity of a place built on the cycles of the harvest and the steady labor of the plains. The economy remains tethered to the surrounding acreage, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of commerce and the daily concerns of the residents. Sturdy buildings constructed in the early decades of the twentieth century stand as evidence of a time when the railroad and the trade of grain defined the necessity of the settlement. Life in Humboldt follows a deliberate, predictable tempo, marked by the changing colors of the crops and the long, uninterrupted shadows cast by the sun across the main thoroughfares. There is a specific, grounded dignity in the way the local residents navigate their days, finding a spare, functional beauty in the honest utility of a land that asks for hard work and offers a deep, silent space in return.

Nearby Outdoor Places

South Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 162° S
Table Rock Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 280° W
Table Rock Argus (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 277° W
Table Rock Historical Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 278° W
Totem Pole (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 179° S
Windmill (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 177° S
Pawnee City Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 250° W
Verdon State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.5 mi, 095° E
Pawnee County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 251° W
Phillips 66 (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 252° W
Johnson County Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 317° NW
Ray of Sunshine (Public Artwork) — 19.5 mi, 157° SE
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 20.0 mi, 070° E
Brownville Historical Marker (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 043° NE
Muir House Historical Marker (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 043° NE
PSC Theatre & Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.2 mi, 028° NE
Kansas Bend (State Recreation Area) — 24.9 mi, 030° NE
Hiawatha Area Arts and Theater Society (Theatre) — 30.6 mi, 135° SE
Leary Site (Historic Ruins) — 31.1 mi, 111° E
HCC Art at the Barn (Arts Centre) — 33.3 mi, 132° SE
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.0 mi, 096° E · 15k acres
Earth Lodge (Historic Ruins) — 35.3 mi, 010° N
Max & Darlene Peterson Lilac Walk (Viewpoint) — 35.9 mi, 006° N
Waubonsie State Park (State Park) — 36.3 mi, 021° N
The Carnegie Building (Gallery) — 43.0 mi, 280° W
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.3 mi, 098° E · 3,906 acres

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