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Sargent Nebraska Map

Explore Sargent, 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 Sargent, Nebraska

How to Use This Sargent, Nebraska Map

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

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.

CitySargent
StateNebraska (NE)
CountyCuster County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude41.640562
Longitude-99.371216
Population500
Density177.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code68874
Area Code308
County SeatBroken Bow
School DistrictSargent Public Schools

About Sargent, Nebraska

Sargent is a locality in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 500. The population density is 177.8 people per km². Sargent is located at 41.6406°N, 99.3712°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sargent is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68874.

Sargent anchors itself firmly upon the high, open plains where the sky acts as a restless, shifting ceiling above the earth. It lies 62.4 miles north-northeast of Lexington, NE (from Lexington, NE: bearing 18°T), and is situated 21.5 miles northeast of Broken Bow. The landscape around Sargent is defined by the steady, unadorned presence of the horizon, broken only by the subtle rise of Divide Hill to the west and the deep, silent cut of Sand Canyon to the south. Life here follows the quiet, persistent pulse of the Middle Loup River, which meanders through the landscape just a mile away, its waters carving a path through the silt and soil that sustains the surrounding grasslands. At dusk, the light loses its harshness, turning the prairie grass into a sea of muted bronze that seems to hold the day’s warmth long after the sun has slipped below the edge of the world.

History in Sargent is written in the geometry of fence lines and the resilience of the cattle ranches that define the local economy. The town emerged from the pioneer impulse to tame a vast, demanding territory, and today it remains a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of commerce and conversation. While the quietude of the plains is absolute, the proximity of the Myrtle E. Hall Wildlife Management Area ten miles out offers a preserve for the native flora and fauna that once claimed this entire expanse. Residents know the geography by the way the wind behaves against the grain of the land, finding a steady, grounded comfort in the routine of the harvest and the simple, enduring fact of the prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Marcia Smith Auditorium (Theatre) — 8.8 mi, 356° N
  • Pioneer Memorial Log Cabin Museum (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 357° N
  • Myrtle E. Hall Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 305° NW
  • Garfield County Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 051° NE
  • Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 051° NE
  • Victoria Springs State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.6 mi, 264° W
  • Melham Park (Local Park) — 20.5 mi, 221° SW
  • Berggren-Young Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.5 mi, 239° SW
  • Indian Hills Park (Local Recreation) — 21.2 mi, 223° SW
  • Tomahawk Park (Local Park) — 21.7 mi, 221° SW
  • Nebraska State Grange Historical Marker (Monument) — 22.7 mi, 232° SW
  • Indian Hill Cemetery (Historic Ruins) — 24.3 mi, 070° E
  • Sherman Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 29.7 mi, 131° SE
  • Bowman Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 31.7 mi, 142° SE
  • Sherman County Historical Museum (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 140° SE
  • Cliff Church (Historic Ruins) — 32.9 mi, 248° W
  • Seven Valleys Museum (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 230° SW
  • John W. And Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.4 mi, 347° N · 4,806 acres
  • Nebraska National Forest (National Forest) — 43.9 mi, 287° W · 141k acres
  • Farwell Museum (Museum) — 48.4 mi, 127° SE
  • CCC Camp Ravenna Nebraska Historical Marker (Monument) — 49.7 mi, 151° SE
  • Signal Hill Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 55.9 mi, 283° W
  • Wyoming Rainbow (Public Artwork) — 64.1 mi, 220° SW
  • Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 68.0 mi, 171° S
  • Road Ranches along the Platte Historical Marker (Attraction) — 70.4 mi, 234° SW
  • Fort McPherson and North Platte Historical Marker (Attraction) — 70.6 mi, 234° SW
  • Gateway Theater (Cinema) — 70.8 mi, 087° E
  • Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 70.9 mi, 133° SE
  • Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 73.3 mi, 135° SE
  • Valentine National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 75.1 mi, 318° NW · 145k acres

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About This Sargent Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sargent, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.640562, -99.371216. 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 Sargent includes the ZIP code (68874), telephone area code (308), county seat of Custer County (Broken Bow), and school district assignment (Sargent 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 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.