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Orchard Nebraska Map

Explore Orchard, 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 Orchard, Nebraska

How to Use This Orchard, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	42.33556
Longitude	-98.242852
Population	363
Density	312.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68764
Area Code	402
County Seat	Neligh
School District	Summerland Public Schools

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About Orchard, Nebraska

Orchard is a locality in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 363. The population density is 312.1 people per km². Orchard is located at 42.3356°N, 98.2429°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Orchard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68764.

Orchard occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska prairie where the horizon serves as the primary, unyielding constant of the day. It lies 47.3 miles west-northwest of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 297°T), and is situated 22.3 miles east-southeast of O'Neill. The land around Orchard stretches out in a subtle, rhythmic swell of earth, broken only by the thin, silver threading of Big Springs Creek as it carves a path through the tallgrass. To the west, the distant profile of Council Hill rises against the vast, pale sky, grounding the otherwise limitless view. When the wind moves across the plains, it carries the scent of dry soil and native vegetation, a clean, sharp fragrance that lingers long after the sun has dipped below the edge of the world, leaving the fields in a wash of muted indigo and gray.

Settled by pioneers who looked to the soil for their future, Orchard maintains a steady, deliberate pace defined by the cycles of agriculture and the demands of the seasons. The local economy remains anchored in the productivity of the surrounding plains, where the work of cattle ranching and farming dictates the rhythm of the year. For those seeking the quiet solitude of the natural world, the Grove Lake Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary six miles away, and the calm waters of Grove Lake provide a reflective surface for the changing light of late afternoon. Travelers who wander toward the Ashfall Trail find a deeper connection to the deep history of this region, where the earth preserves the memory of a prehistoric world beneath the surface of the working fields. Life here is not hurried, but rather observed in the small, consistent acts of maintaining the land and honoring the quiet endurance of a life lived close to the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Grove Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 081° E
Geology Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.3 mi, 037° NE
Battling Rhinos (Public Artwork) — 7.4 mi, 037° NE
Hackberry Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 159° S
Memorial of White Buffalo Girl (Monument) — 18.2 mi, 143° SE
Verdigre Heritage Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 030° NE
Klown Doll Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 087° E
Lewis And Clark Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 25.3 mi, 015° N
Niobrara State Park (State Park) — 29.1 mi, 019° N
Ponca Tribe Museum (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 021° N
Emanuel Creek To Running Water (State Recreation Area) — 33.0 mi, 024° NE
Meadow Grove Museum (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 129° SE
Lewis and Clark Lake (Recreation Area) — 36.3 mi, 028° NE
Sturdevant-McKee Museum (Museum) — 39.8 mi, 290° W
Yankton Sioux Monument (Monument) — 41.3 mi, 350° N
Snake Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 43.0 mi, 030° NE
Gateway Theater (Cinema) — 46.2 mi, 164° S
Verges Park Historical Marker (Monument) — 47.0 mi, 116° SE
Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.5 mi, 344° N · 2,165 acres
Indian Hill Cemetery (Historic Ruins) — 53.1 mi, 222° SW
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 53.1 mi, 033° NE
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 55.9 mi, 049° NE · 870 acres
Riverside Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 56.9 mi, 049° NE
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.4 mi, 351° N · 2,043 acres
Cinema Magic (Cinema) — 57.6 mi, 048° NE
Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 63.0 mi, 095° E
Frost Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 70.7 mi, 068° E
Oscar Howe Gallery (Gallery) — 73.9 mi, 065° NE
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 74.1 mi, 143° SE

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