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Ruskin Nebraska Map

Explore Ruskin, 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 Ruskin, Nebraska

How to Use This Ruskin, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.143898
Longitude	-97.869208
Population	105
Density	97.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68974
Area Code	308
County Seat	Nelson
School District	Deshler Public Schools

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About Ruskin, Nebraska

Ruskin is a locality in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 105. The population density is 97.0 people per km². Ruskin is located at 40.1439°N, 97.8692°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ruskin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68974.

Ruskin occupies a quiet expanse of the Great Plains where the horizon functions as the primary architect of the day. It lies 41.0 miles southeast of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 138°T), and is situated 30.1 miles south-southwest of Geneva. The land here is defined by a vast, unyielding openness, where the sky claims more territory than the earth, and the light at dusk settles over the fields in long, amber layers that seem to suspend the passage of time. Only a mile away, the gentle, serpentine path of Spring Creek cuts through the soil, providing a modest hydration to the surrounding grasses. Further out, the landscape is punctuated by the stillness of Biltoft Reservoir, which mirrors the clouds in a heavy, slate-colored surface, while the deeper reaches of the region are marked by the distant, protected habitats of Smartweed Marsh Wildlife Management Area.

Ruskin maintains a character forged in the persistence of agrarian cycles and the quiet labor of the harvest. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the prairie, where the cultivation of grain and the management of livestock dictate the local pace more effectively than any clock. History in Ruskin is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring grain elevators that rise against the clouds like sentinels of a fading industrial architecture. The atmosphere is one of deliberate solitude, where the wind carries the dry scent of cured stalks and the occasional, distant hum of machinery serves as the only reminder of a world operating beyond the immediate, sun-drenched silence of the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Heritage Room Museum (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 344° N
Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 231° SW
Smartweed Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.7 mi, 331° NW
Indian Raids Historical Marker (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 321° NW
Fillmore County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 18.0 mi, 022° N
Lovewell Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.0 mi, 208° SW
Thayer County Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 065° NE
Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 18.1 mi, 065° NE
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 18.6 mi, 211° SW
Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ne (Resource Management Area) — 20.3 mi, 001° N
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 22.9 mi, 332° NW
Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 23.9 mi, 328° NW
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 24.9 mi, 149° SE
High Banks Racing Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 150° SE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 25.5 mi, 150° SE
Train caboose (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 152° SE
Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 26.6 mi, 059° NE
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 27.1 mi, 258° W
Alexandria State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 28.7 mi, 078° E
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.6 mi, 065° NE · 124 acres
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 40.7 mi, 319° NW
Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 41.0 mi, 165° S
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.4 mi, 356° N · 324 acres
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 43.5 mi, 240° SW
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 45.9 mi, 313° NW
Crossing the Plains Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 49.7 mi, 019° N
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 49.8 mi, 209° SW
Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 50.4 mi, 210° SW
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 53.1 mi, 215° SW

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