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Oak Nebraska Map

Explore Oak, 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 Oak, Nebraska

How to Use This Oak, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.236952
Longitude	-97.903374
Population	54
Density	137.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68964
Area Code	308
County Seat	Nelson
School District	Lawrence-Nelson Public Schools

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About Oak, Nebraska

Oak is a locality in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 54. The population density is 137.2 people per km². Oak is located at 40.2370°N, 97.9034°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oak is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68964.

Oak stretches across the horizon of the Great Plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky where the flat, fertile ground defines the daily perspective. It lies 35.1 miles southeast of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 133°T), and is situated 25.8 miles southwest of Geneva. The landscape around Oak maintains a persistent, austere clarity, dominated by the expansive reach of tallgrass prairie that turns a pale, brittle gold under the weight of the late summer sun. A mile to the west, the Little Blue River cuts a modest, winding path through the soil, its presence marked by the rhythmic swaying of cottonwoods that lean toward the water’s edge. Only two miles distant, the still, reflective surface of Scroggin Reservoir provides a rare interruption to the endless fields, holding the pale Nebraska light in a cool, silver basin that shifts in tone as the shadows lengthen.

Oak carries the weight of a frontier legacy, having emerged from the steady labor of those who broke the sod to claim a life from the prairie. The local economy remains tethered to the pulse of the seasons, defined by the seasonal cycles of grain and the enduring presence of agriculture that dictates the pace of life. While the quietude of the plains suggests a stillness, the area remains connected to the broader natural rhythm by the proximity of the Smartweed Marsh Wildlife Management Area, located eight miles away, where migratory patterns briefly animate the silence. In Oak, the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the subtle transformation of the fields and the way the wind carries the scent of dry earth and ripening crops across the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Heritage Room Museum (Museum) — 0.0 mi, 247° SW
Smartweed Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 320° NW
Indian Raids Historical Marker (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 306° NW
Bluewing Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 319° NW
Fillmore County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 13.4 mi, 040° NE
Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ne (Resource Management Area) — 13.8 mi, 346° N
The Pintail Initiative: A Race Against Time (Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 352° N
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 16.4 mi, 327° NW
Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 210° SW
Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 17.6 mi, 322° NW
Thayer County Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 086° E
Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 18.2 mi, 086° E
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 23.6 mi, 199° S
Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 25.7 mi, 074° E
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 27.3 mi, 245° SW
Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 315° NW
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 31.4 mi, 152° SE
High Banks Racing Museum (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 153° SE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 32.0 mi, 153° SE
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 34.8 mi, 315° NW
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.9 mi, 358° N · 324 acres
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.1 mi, 074° E · 124 acres
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 40.3 mi, 308° NW
Crossing the Plains Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 44.4 mi, 024° NE
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 45.6 mi, 232° SW
Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 47.7 mi, 164° S
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 51.4 mi, 331° NW
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 54.3 mi, 333° NW
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 54.8 mi, 204° SW

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