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Sarben Nebraska Map

Explore Sarben, 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 Sarben, Nebraska

How to Use This Sarben, Nebraska Map

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

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.

CitySarben
StateNebraska (NE)
CountyKeith County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude41.164994
Longitude-101.307109
Population31
Density76.2 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code69155
Area Code308
County SeatOgallala
School DistrictPaxton Consolidated Schools

About Sarben, Nebraska

Sarben is a locality in Keith County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 31. The population density is 76.2 people per km². Sarben is located at 41.1650°N, 101.3071°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 69155.

Sarben occupies a modest stretch of the Nebraska plains where the horizon exerts a gravitational pull, flattening the earth until the sky becomes the primary architecture of the day. It lies 28.3 miles west of North Platte, NE (from North Platte, NE: bearing 276°T), and is situated 21.6 miles east of Ogallala. The North Platte River carves a shallow, braided path less than a mile from the center, its water moving with a slow, deliberate gravity that mirrors the patient temperament of the surrounding prairie. To the west, the landscape rises toward the distant, solitary silhouette of Big Bald Hill, while the nearby Sutherland Reservoir holds a quiet, glass-like stillness under the vast western light. During the golden hour, the tallgrass catches the fading sun, turning the fields into a sea of copper and amber that seems to breathe in rhythm with the cooling air.

Sarben serves as a quiet sentinel of the Sandhills cattle country, where the local economy remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of ranching and the hard-won yields of the soil. The legacy of the pioneers lingers in the way the wind moves through the fence lines, a persistent reminder of those who first settled these reaches to organize a life out of the open range. Residents maintain a steady, unadorned pace, often looking toward the North Platte River Fee for a brief communion with the native landscape. In the quiet intensity of a Nebraska afternoon, the stillness of the land suggests that progress here is measured not by speed, but by the endurance of the fence, the health of the herd, and the long, uninterrupted view of the coming night.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • North Platte River Fee (Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 078° E
  • Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.7 mi, 118° SE
  • Crossing the Overland Trail Historical Marker (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 099° E
  • Alkali Station historical marker (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 257° W
  • Great Platte River Road Historical Marker (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 098° E
  • Ash Hollow Historical Marker (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 259° W
  • Ogallala Historical Marker (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 259° W
  • North River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 082° E
  • Escape of the Northern Cheyenne Historical Marker (Monument) — 16.3 mi, 261° W
  • Lake Mcconaughy State Recreation Area And Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.1 mi, 276° W
  • Lake Ogallala State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.3 mi, 280° W
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 20.7 mi, 263° W
  • Nebraska National Trails Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 263° W
  • Petrified Wood Art Gallery (Gallery) — 21.4 mi, 263° W
  • Western Diamonds Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 21.6 mi, 266° W
  • Wilderness Park (Local Park) — 26.1 mi, 097° E
  • Neville Center for the Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 28.5 mi, 094° E
  • AMC Classic North Platte 6 (Cinema) — 28.6 mi, 095° E
  • Cody Park Railroad Museum (Museum) — 28.9 mi, 092° E
  • Courthouse Museum (Museum) — 34.3 mi, 325° NW
  • Colorado Northeast Corner (Monument) — 40.4 mi, 254° W
  • Fort Brady Museum (Museum) — 49.9 mi, 101° E
  • Pony Express (Public Artwork) — 51.0 mi, 255° W
  • Julesburg Depot Museum (Museum) — 51.3 mi, 256° W
  • Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.7 mi, 309° NW · 93k acres
  • Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 57.7 mi, 309° NW · 24k acres
  • Nebraska National Forest (National Forest) — 59.5 mi, 045° NE · 141k acres
  • Chappell Memorial Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 60.8 mi, 266° W
  • Lariat Auditorium (Theatre) — 62.0 mi, 013° N

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About This Sarben Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sarben, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.164994, -101.307109. 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 Sarben includes the ZIP code (69155), telephone area code (308), county seat of Keith County (Ogallala), and school district assignment (Paxton Consolidated 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.