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Neligh Nebraska Map

Explore Neligh, 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 Neligh, Nebraska

How to Use This Neligh, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	42.128618
Longitude	-98.029789
Population	1,536
Density	405.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68756
Area Code	402
County Seat	Neligh
School District	Neligh-Oakdale Schools

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About Neligh, Nebraska

Neligh is a locality in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,536. The population density is 405.6 people per km². Neligh is located at 42.1286°N, 98.0298°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Neligh is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68756.

Neligh occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska prairie where the Elkhorn River traces a shallow, persistent arc through the valley floor. It lies 32.2 miles west-northwest of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 283°T), and is situated 59.1 miles northwest of Columbus. The horizon functions as the primary fact of life here, a vast and unyielding line that separates the pale, sun-bleached grasses from an immense, shifting sky. To the west, the landscape begins to hint at the rugged character of the Sandhills, yet the immediate vicinity remains defined by the rhythmic, low-lying bottomlands. Residents often find their way to the Neligh Riverside Park Trail, a path that offers an intimate vantage of the water’s edge, where the light at dusk turns the tallgrass into a shimmering, amber field that seems to hold the day’s heat long after the sun has slipped below the western edge of the world.

History remains anchored in the physical permanence of the county-seat clock tower, which governs the pace of the afternoon with a deliberate, mechanical gravity. Neligh sustains itself through the steady pulse of regional agriculture, an industry that dictates the cycles of the calendar and the quiet industry of the streets. Those seeking the stillness of the natural world frequently travel four miles to the Red Wing Wildlife Management Area, while others find recreation five miles away at the Mitchell-Brandt Reservoir. The character of the place is formed by these intersections—the intersection of the persistent river, the working fields, and the long, quiet memories of pioneers who first recognized the potential in this soil. It is a place where the air carries the scent of dry earth and turning crops, and where the daily rhythm is measured not by the urgency of the clock, but by the slow, inevitable turn of the seasons across the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Memorial of White Buffalo Girl (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 150° SE
Red Wing Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 290° W
Hackberry Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 293° NW
Meadow Grove Museum (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 115° SE
Klown Doll Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 038° NE
Geology Overlook (Viewpoint) — 21.2 mi, 342° N
Battling Rhinos (Public Artwork) — 21.2 mi, 342° N
Gateway Theater (Cinema) — 30.2 mi, 177° S
Verges Park Historical Marker (Monument) — 32.0 mi, 101° E
Verdigre Heritage Museum (Museum) — 32.5 mi, 360° N
Madison County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 36.0 mi, 125° SE
Lewis And Clark Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 38.4 mi, 359° N
Niobrara State Park (State Park) — 41.8 mi, 358° N
Ponca Tribe Museum (Museum) — 42.9 mi, 360° N
Emanuel Creek To Running Water (State Recreation Area) — 44.5 mi, 003° N
Lewis and Clark Lake (Recreation Area) — 46.7 mi, 008° N
Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker (Monument) — 51.6 mi, 049° NE
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 52.3 mi, 082° E
The Willow Bowl (Theatre) — 52.4 mi, 081° E
Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 52.5 mi, 081° E
Snake Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 52.7 mi, 012° N
Indian Hill Cemetery (Historic Ruins) — 52.7 mi, 242° SW
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 56.1 mi, 143° SE
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 59.7 mi, 032° NE · 870 acres
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 61.6 mi, 017° N
Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.6 mi, 338° N · 2,165 acres
Frost Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 68.3 mi, 053° NE
Oscar Howe Gallery (Gallery) — 72.3 mi, 051° NE
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 73.7 mi, 344° N · 2,043 acres

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