Explore Randolph, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Randolph, 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 Randolph.
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 | Randolph |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Cedar County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.378613 |
| Longitude | -97.357 |
| Population | 879 |
| Density | 356.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 68771 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| County Seat | Hartington |
| School District | Randolph Public Schools |
Randolph occupies a vast, level expanse of the Nebraska prairie where the sky asserts its dominance over the earth, pressing down upon the horizon with a weight that makes the buildings seem small and temporary. It lies 24.4 miles north of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 7°T), and is situated 34.1 miles south of Yankton. Middle Logan Creek traces a quiet, persistent line through the landscape, its banks providing a subtle sanctuary for the cottonwoods that lean toward the water in the heat of the afternoon. The air here holds a clarity that sharpens the edges of the grain elevators, those concrete sentinels that stand as the primary architecture of the region. A short distance away, the Sioux Strip Wildlife Management Area offers a fragment of wild grass and cover, a reminder of the terrain as it existed before the plow turned the soil into endless, disciplined rows of corn and soybeans.
Randolph emerged from the determination of pioneers who saw potential in the deep, dark loam, creating an economy tethered firmly to the cycles of the harvest and the fluctuating demands of the agricultural market. The rhythm of daily life follows the seasonal clock, moving from the frantic urgency of planting to the steady, methodical pace of the autumn yield. While the nearest water for recreation, Pierce Lake, lies fifteen miles to the east, the true character of the locality is defined by the land itself rather than the lure of the shore. Residents maintain a quiet resilience, their lives shaped by the same wind that moves across the open plains and the enduring memory of those who first broke the prairie sod to establish a permanent life in the interior.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Randolph, Nebraska. Coordinates: 42.378613, -97.357. 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 Randolph includes the ZIP code (68771), telephone area code (402), county seat of Cedar County (Hartington), and school district assignment (Randolph 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |