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Overland Nebraska Map

Explore Overland, 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 Overland, Nebraska

How to Use This Overland, Nebraska Map

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

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.

CityOverland
StateNebraska (NE)
CountyHamilton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude41.077514
Longitude-97.986169
Population202
Density87.2 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code68854
Area Code308
County SeatAurora
School DistrictCentral City Public Schools

About Overland, Nebraska

Overland is a locality in Hamilton County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 202. The population density is 87.2 people per km². Overland is located at 41.0775°N, 97.9862°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68854.

Overland asserts its presence upon the expansive, open plains where the horizon functions as the primary fact of daily existence. It lies 21.3 miles east-northeast of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 60°T), and is situated 2.8 miles south-southeast of Central City. The Platte River carves a slow, shallow path less than a mile from the center of Overland, its braided channels reflecting the expansive sky and providing a persistent, rhythmic pulse to the landscape. To the north, the land rises in subtle, grass-covered swells, while the nearby Lone Tree Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of native vegetation that shifts in color from the vibrant green of spring to a pale, brittle gold under the autumn sun. Four miles distant, Chader Reservoir sits as a quiet, reflective basin, breaking the monotony of the shortgrass prairie and offering a stillness that seems to amplify the long, lingering twilight common to these latitudes.

Overland carries the quiet weight of pioneer memory, a legacy etched into the persistence of its agricultural roots and the deliberate pace of its local economy. The town serves as a junction for the surrounding cattle country, where the labor of the day is dictated by the movement of herds and the changing demands of the season. History here is not a relic but a living tether, visible in the weathered grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the vast sky and the unhurried way residents navigate the grid of the streets. While the distant silhouette of Mumpumpey Hill marks the far periphery of the traveler's view, life in Overland remains anchored to the immediate, fertile soil and the steady, quiet cycle of commerce that has sustained these families across generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Lone Tree Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 249° W
  • South Park (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 338° N
  • The Mormon Trail historical marker (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 317° NW
  • Heber Hord House historical marker (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 346° N
  • North Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 336° NW
  • Kernel Field (Local Recreation) — 3.3 mi, 342° N
  • Land Acquisition, Ecological Restoration & Resource Center Development (Private Recreation) — 5.6 mi, 228° SW
  • Gadwall Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 195° S
  • York County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 13.0 mi, 119° SE
  • Plainsman Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 182° S
  • Nance County Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 002° N
  • Stage (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 083° E
  • Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.8 mi, 174° S · 324 acres
  • Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 22.8 mi, 245° SW
  • Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.1 mi, 237° SW
  • Ermas Desire Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 25.1 mi, 225° SW
  • Anna Bemis Palmer Museum (Museum) — 25.2 mi, 125° SE
  • Clayton Museum of Ancient History (Museum) — 25.7 mi, 124° SE
  • Mormon Island State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 26.2 mi, 229° SW
  • Howard County Historical Village (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 291° W
  • Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 291° W
  • Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ne (Resource Management Area) — 30.7 mi, 180° S
  • Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 35.0 mi, 191° S
  • Art Center (Arts Centre) — 39.3 mi, 211° SW
  • Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.8 mi, 238° SW · 642 acres
  • Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 41.9 mi, 049° NE
  • Gateway Theater (Cinema) — 42.5 mi, 359° N
  • Big Bird House (Attraction) — 43.0 mi, 219° SW
  • Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 44.5 mi, 186° S
  • Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 58.5 mi, 150° SE

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About This Overland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Overland, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.077514, -97.986169. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Overland includes the ZIP code (68854), telephone area code (308), county seat of Hamilton County (Aurora), and school district assignment (Central City Public Schools).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.