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Rushville Nebraska Map

Explore Rushville, 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 Rushville, Nebraska

How to Use This Rushville, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	42.718318
Longitude	-102.464065
Population	816
Density	274.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	69360
Area Code	308
County Seat	Rushville
School District	Gordon-Rushville Public Schools

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About Rushville, Nebraska

Rushville is a locality in Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 816. The population density is 274.0 people per km². Rushville is located at 42.7183°N, 102.4641°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Rushville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 69360.

Rushville anchors itself firmly upon the high, open plains where the sky acts as a restless, shifting ceiling over the Nebraska cattle country. It lies 85.1 miles northeast of Scottsbluff, NE (from Scottsbluff, NE: bearing 46°T), and is situated 28.2 miles east-southeast of Chadron. The landscape stretches in vast, muted shades of brown and gold, defined by the quiet persistence of shortgrass prairie that ripples under the constant breath of the wind. A mile away, the modest channel of Rush Creek carves a thin, vital vein through the soil, while Musfelt Reservoir remains a still, reflective presence nearby, holding the light of the sun in its quiet basin. Further toward the horizon, the distant, craggy silhouette of Devils Backbone provides a jagged punctuation mark against the expansive, cloud-swept theater of the afternoon.

Rushville operates on the steady, deliberate clockwork of an agricultural economy, where the cycles of the seasons dictate the pulse of commerce and the movement of the local workforce. Established as a center for the surrounding ranches and farms, the streets maintain a functional, unadorned character that honors the pragmatism of its founders. A short drive away, Walgren Lake State Recreation Area serves as a communal respite, drawing residents to its waters for a rare quietude that contrasts with the labor of the harvest. Here, the day ends with a particular clarity of light, turning the storefronts and the surrounding plains into silhouettes that seem to hold the memory of all the hands that have worked this earth since the beginning.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sheridan County Historical Museum (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 089° E
Walgren Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.7 mi, 238° SW
Heritage Center II (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 259° W
Heritage Center I (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 258° W
Metcalf Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.4 mi, 308° NW
AH-1 Cobra Helicopter (Attraction) — 14.5 mi, 067° NE
Scamahorn Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 064° NE
Mari Sandoz Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 139° SE
Bordeaux Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.3 mi, 283° W
Nebraska National Forest (National Forest) — 21.6 mi, 270° W · 141k acres
Red Cloud Heritage Center (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 346° N
Chadron State Park (State Park) — 27.5 mi, 269° W
Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker (Monument) — 27.6 mi, 274° W
Sunday Matinee (Cinema) — 28.3 mi, 286° W
Wounded Knee Massacre Site (Monument) — 29.7 mi, 010° N
Wounded Knee cemetery (Monument) — 29.8 mi, 010° N
Pine Ridge National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 33.2 mi, 264° W · 6,651 acres
Buffalo Gap National Grassland (National Grassland) — 33.5 mi, 306° NW · 587k acres
The Fourd Seasons (Public Artwork) — 44.5 mi, 207° SW
Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.2 mi, 058° NE · 33k acres
Oglala National Grassland (National Grassland) — 46.6 mi, 277° W · 95k acres
Alliance (Cinema) — 47.6 mi, 206° SW
Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center (Attraction) — 48.2 mi, 268° W
Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.6 mi, 193° S · 93k acres
Badlands National Park (National Park) — 56.8 mi, 353° N · 111k acres
Red Shirt Table Overlook (Viewpoint) — 61.5 mi, 340° N
Black Hills National Forest (National Forest) — 62.7 mi, 310° NW · 1.3M acres
Split Daemonilix (Attraction) — 70.1 mi, 254° W
Art House (Gallery) — 71.2 mi, 314° NW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 75.7 mi, 020° N

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