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Potter Nebraska Map

Explore Potter, 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 Potter, Nebraska

How to Use This Potter, Nebraska Map

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

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	Potter
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Cheyenne County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	41.217481
Longitude	-103.315766
Population	342
Density	91.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	69156, 69162
Area Code	308
County Seat	Sidney
School District	Potter-Dix Public Schools

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About Potter, Nebraska

Potter is a locality in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 342. The population density is 91.8 people per km². Potter is located at 41.2175°N, 103.3158°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Potter is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 69156, 69162.

Potter holds its own against the vast, open sky of the high plains, where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 48.4 miles south-southeast of Scottsbluff, NE (from Scottsbluff, NE: bearing 158°T), and is situated 18.3 miles west-northwest of Sidney. The land surrounding Potter is defined by the steady, unadorned presence of Lodgepole Creek, which traces a quiet path through the terrain as if marking the pulse of the prairie. A mile away, the surface of Willoughby Reservoir reflects the deepening violet of the evening, catching a light that seems to hold more weight than the air above it. To the west, the distant profile of Lone Pine Butte provides a solitary anchor to the view, while the subtle, dry creases of Sand Draw suggest the slow work of water over eras long since passed.

Agriculture remains the singular, rhythmic occupation of Potter, where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the pace of life far more than any clock. The legacy of the Union Pacific line, which first pushed iron through this expanse, still hums in the background of the local economy, keeping the settlement tethered to the broader movement of grain and goods. Residents often look toward the horizon, where the light shifts from a pale, dusty gold to an intense, bruised indigo, revealing the stark beauty of the shortgrass prairie. Far from the congestion of more crowded regions, existence here is measured in the quiet industry of the fields and the persistent, low-slung clouds that drift toward Northside Park, leaving the land feeling both immense and intimately known.

Nearby Outdoor Places

TEXACO Oil (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 178° S
Welcome to Potter (Public Artwork) — 0.2 mi, 218° SW
The Golden Link Historical Marker (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 110° E
Cheyenne County Historical Marker (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 110° E
Lincoln Highway Marker (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 274° W
Plains Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 274° W
Legion Park (Local Park) — 18.5 mi, 108° E
Cabelas Wildlife Display (Attraction) — 20.0 mi, 111° E
Sidney - Cheyenne County Historical Marker (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 109° E
Prairie Schooner Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 053° NE
Maginnis Irrigation Flume historical marker (Monument) — 24.1 mi, 272° W
Indian Caves Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 25.0 mi, 216° SW
Pawnee National Grassland (National Grassland) — 25.2 mi, 214° SW · 193k acres
Oliver Reservoir State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 25.5 mi, 271° W
North Sterling State Park (State Park) — 29.2 mi, 175° S
Banner County Museum (Museum) — 32.3 mi, 317° NW
Bridgeport State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 33.3 mi, 019° N
Buffalo Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 34.2 mi, 338° N
Tamarack Ranch State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 34.4 mi, 146° SE
Lodgepole Depot Museum (Museum) — 35.6 mi, 097° E
Bayard Chimney Rock Museum (Museum) — 36.9 mi, 359° N
Nature Trail (Viewpoint) — 39.6 mi, 266° W
Early Colorado Homesite (Historic Ruins) — 40.2 mi, 202° S
Chappell Memorial Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 44.8 mi, 101° E
Oregon Trail Park Stadium (Stadium) — 45.1 mi, 337° NW
Scotts Bluff National Monument (National Monument) — 45.3 mi, 335° NW · 3,162 acres
North Platte National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.3 mi, 350° N · 5,832 acres
Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.8 mi, 033° NE · 93k acres
Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 60.5 mi, 055° NE · 24k acres
Alliance (Cinema) — 65.1 mi, 021° N

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