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Litchfield Nebraska Map

Explore Litchfield, 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 Litchfield, Nebraska

How to Use This Litchfield, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	41.157509
Longitude	-99.155648
Population	220
Density	279.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68852
Area Code	308
County Seat	Loup City
School District	Litchfield Public Schools

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About Litchfield, Nebraska

Litchfield is a locality in Sherman County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 220. The population density is 279.4 people per km². Litchfield is located at 41.1575°N, 99.1556°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Litchfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68852.

Litchfield emerges from the expansive plains of Nebraska as a quiet collection of structures anchored to the earth by the immense, unrelenting weight of the sky. It lies 31.9 miles north of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 353°T), and is situated 30.3 miles southeast of Broken Bow. The horizon serves as the primary fact of life here, a clean line that separates the bruised purples of evening clouds from the darkening grasses. Only a mile away, the slow, persistent movement of Mud Creek carves a thin ribbon through the terrain, its banks offering a subtle change in the texture of the soil. Beyond the immediate fields, the subtle swells of the landscape hint at the proximity of the Black Hill Basin, where the land gathers itself into deeper, more thoughtful shadows as the sun retreats.

Litchfield persists as a testament to the endurance of those who first broke this sod, maintaining a rhythm dictated by the cycles of seed and harvest. The local economy remains tethered to the vitality of the surrounding fields, where the golden persistence of grain and the sturdy presence of cattle define the working day. Residents often look toward the wider region for recreation, traveling to Bowman Lake State Recreation Area or the quiet, still waters of Unick Reservoir when the work of the season allows for a rare pause. In the stillness of a Nebraska dusk, the collective memory of the prairie feels tangible, lingering in the cooling air and the patient, steady pulse of a place that measures time not by clocks, but by the lengthening of the shadows across the stubble.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bowman Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.7 mi, 046° NE
Sherman County Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 050° NE
Sherman Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 15.6 mi, 052° NE
CCC Camp Ravenna Nebraska Historical Marker (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 127° SE
Post South Loup Fork 'Fort Banishment' Historical Marker (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 127° SE
Pressey Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 27.7 mi, 272° W
Farwell Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 082° E
Kearney Area Childrens Museum (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 173° S
Vietnam Memorial (Monument) — 31.1 mi, 174° S
Gibbon Heritage Center (Museum) — 32.7 mi, 150° SE
Sandhill Cranes (Public Artwork) — 33.1 mi, 176° S
Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 33.7 mi, 180° S
Fort Kearny State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 34.1 mi, 166° S
Bassway Strip Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 34.1 mi, 165° S
Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball (Museum) — 36.5 mi, 084° E
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.8 mi, 138° SE · 642 acres
Phelps County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 42.0 mi, 191° S
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 43.2 mi, 111° E
Indian Hill Cemetery (Historic Ruins) — 43.3 mi, 016° N
Marcia Smith Auditorium (Theatre) — 43.8 mi, 344° N
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 44.7 mi, 114° SE
Cliff Church (Historic Ruins) — 46.9 mi, 297° NW
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 51.5 mi, 139° SE
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 56.6 mi, 134° SE
Road Ranches along the Platte Historical Marker (Attraction) — 68.4 mi, 263° W
Nebraska National Forest (National Forest) — 70.3 mi, 311° NW · 141k acres
John W. And Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 74.5 mi, 344° N · 4,806 acres

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