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Riverton Nebraska Map

Explore Riverton, 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 Riverton, Nebraska

How to Use This Riverton, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.089458
Longitude	-98.758962
Population	57
Density	56.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68972
Area Code	308
County Seat	Franklin
School District	Franklin Public Schools

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About Riverton, Nebraska

Riverton is a locality in Franklin County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 57. The population density is 56.0 people per km². Riverton is located at 40.0895°N, 98.7590°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Riverton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68972.

Riverton occupies a quiet expanse of the Great Plains where the horizon stretches as an unbroken, circular hem against the sky. It lies 39.5 miles south-southwest of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 210°T), and is situated 30.0 miles south-southeast of Minden. Thompson Creek carves a persistent, narrow path through the landscape, its banks providing a sliver of shade and moisture in a region otherwise defined by the immense, sun-bleached reach of the prairie. A few miles to the north, the Alfon C. Haring Memorial Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of native grasses and quiet brush, while the stillness of Kugler Reservoir sits nearby, reflecting the shifting violet hues of a Nebraska dusk. In the distance, the faint, rugged silhouette of Lookout Mountain marks the edge of the observer’s view, reminding the traveler of the vast, rolling terrestrial shift that defines this land.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Riverton, grounding the local economy in the rhythmic demands of soil and season. The settlement emerged from the ambition of pioneers who saw potential in the deep, fertile earth, and today, that history persists in the measured pace of daily life and the enduring structures that anchor the center of the grid. While the modern world moves with a different velocity, the people here maintain a steady connection to the land, finding a particular, understated beauty in the way the morning light catches the golden stalks of ripening crops. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow rotation of the seasons and the quiet persistence of the wind moving across the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Alfon C. Haring Memorial Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 323° NW
Narrows Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 090° E
Franklin County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 275° W
Franklin County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.6 mi, 307° NW
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 19.2 mi, 094° E
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 152° SE
Kearney County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 21.0 mi, 001° N
Harlan County Lake (Recreation Area) — 22.9 mi, 267° W
Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 23.0 mi, 268° W
Crystal Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 30.1 mi, 033° NE
Statue of Liberty Replica (Monument) — 32.0 mi, 183° S
Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 37.0 mi, 097° E
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 37.4 mi, 021° N
Walronds Stockade (Monument) — 37.6 mi, 175° S
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 37.7 mi, 233° SW
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 38.8 mi, 109° E
Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 39.7 mi, 036° NE
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 40.1 mi, 030° NE
Crosier Asmat Museum (Museum) — 40.7 mi, 029° NE
Phelps County Historical Museum (Museum) — 41.7 mi, 308° NW
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 43.5 mi, 056° NE
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 43.7 mi, 157° SE
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 44.2 mi, 152° SE
Nebraska Wind Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 44.5 mi, 335° NW
Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 45.3 mi, 333° NW
Gibbon Heritage Center (Museum) — 45.6 mi, 354° N
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.8 mi, 005° N · 642 acres
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 58.9 mi, 020° N
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 61.7 mi, 019° N
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.1 mi, 043° NE · 324 acres

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