Salem Nebraska Map
Explore Salem, 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 Salem, Nebraska
How to Use This Salem, Nebraska Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Salem, 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 Salem.
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 | Salem |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Richardson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.075557 |
| Longitude | -95.720821 |
| Population | 83 |
| Density | 51.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 68433 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| County Seat | Falls City |
| School District | Falls City Public Schools |
About Salem, Nebraska
Salem is a locality in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 83. The population density is 51.6 people per km². Salem is located at 40.0756°N, 95.7208°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Salem is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68433.Salem occupies a stretch of land where the North Fork Big Nemaha River traces a deliberate, winding path through the heavy, dark silt of the Nebraska plains. It lies 55.8 miles east-southeast of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 103°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west of Falls City. The horizon here acts as a primary fact of life, flattening the sky until the clouds seem to press against the tallgrass, creating a luminous, wide-open expanse that shifts from pale gold to bruised violet as the afternoon sun retreats. A few miles to the east, the Thomas C. Matter Wildlife Management Area offers a quiet sanctuary of prairie grasses, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Pigeon Ridge serves as the only vertical interruption to the otherwise rhythmic, undulating swells of the earth.
Salem retains the quiet gravity of a place built on the steady, seasonal toil of agriculture, where the local economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest. The presence of the North Fork Big Nemaha River has long dictated the layout of the fields, providing a reliable, if modest, vein of water through the fertile soil that supports the surrounding farms. Nearby, the stillness of Campbell Reservoir reflects the changing seasons, providing a subtle, glassy counterpoint to the industrious hum of machinery that occasionally drifts through the air. Life in Salem moves with the measured pace of a pendulum, defined not by grand monuments, but by the enduring resilience of those who cultivate the plains and the persistent, quiet beauty of a landscape that demands a patient eye to fully appreciate.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Thomas C. Matter Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 228° SW
- First Oil Well Historical Marker (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 105° E
- Verdon State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.8 mi, 000° N
- Stanton Lake Park (Local Recreation) — 5.6 mi, 092° E
- Dallas Jones Memorial Park (Local Park) — 6.1 mi, 101° E
- Richardson County Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 101° E
- John Philip Falter Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 099° E
- South Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 274° W
- Windmill (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 250° W
- Totem Pole (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 252° W
- Ray of Sunshine (Public Artwork) — 12.6 mi, 200° S
- Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 14.3 mi, 034° NE
- Leary Site (Historic Ruins) — 18.0 mi, 106° E
- Frances Sewell Plamann History Center (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 148° SE
- Historic Brown County Jail (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 148° SE
- Brown County Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 148° SE
- Hiawatha Area Arts and Theater Society (Theatre) — 18.3 mi, 148° SE
- Big Lake State Park (State Park) — 18.4 mi, 089° E
- HCC Art at the Barn (Arts Centre) — 20.7 mi, 141° SE
- Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.1 mi, 085° E · 15k acres
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About This Salem Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Salem, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.075557, -95.720821. 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 Salem includes the ZIP code (68433), telephone area code (402), county seat of Richardson County (Falls City), and school district assignment (Falls City 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. |
