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Shickley Nebraska Map

Explore Shickley, 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 Shickley, Nebraska

How to Use This Shickley, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.416674
Longitude	-97.722545
Population	347
Density	437.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68436
Area Code	402
County Seat	Geneva
School District	Shickley Public Schools

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About Shickley, Nebraska

Shickley is a locality in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 347. The population density is 437.8 people per km². Shickley is located at 40.4167°N, 97.7225°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Shickley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68436.

Shickley occupies a vast, level expanse of the Great Plains where the sky exerts a singular, heavy influence over the horizon. It lies 36.9 miles east-southeast of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 108°T), and is situated 10.1 miles southwest of Geneva. Dry Sandy Creek carves a shallow, intermittent path through the surrounding fields, marking the landscape with a subtle depression that catches the early morning mist before the sun burns it away. Only two miles distant, the Fillmore County Waterfowl Production Area provides a quiet sanctuary for migratory birds, its wetlands offering a stark, wild contrast to the orderly grid of agriculture that defines the region. The air here holds the dry, metallic scent of turned earth and ripening corn, a clarity that makes the distant, shimmering surface of Yost Reservoir seem like a mirage during the heat of midsummer afternoons.

Shickley grew from the iron-willed expansion of the railroad, which once served as the primary artery for the grain that fueled the local economy. Today, the rhythm of daily life remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest, where the collective labor of the harvest season dictates the pulse of the streets. The architecture of the grain elevators serves as a permanent, towering monument to this agrarian identity, casting long, geometric shadows over the pavement as the light turns amber at dusk. People here carry a quiet, pragmatic resilience, moving through a landscape that demands consistency and patience, finding a modest beauty in the endless, golden rows of crops that stretch toward the edges of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fillmore County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 349° N
Sora Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 130° SE
Redhead Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 281° W
Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ne (Resource Management Area) — 6.5 mi, 283° W
The Pintail Initiative: A Race Against Time (Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 288° W
Thayer County Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 142° SE
Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 142° SE
Heritage Room Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 218° SW
Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 16.0 mi, 109° E
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 18.4 mi, 275° W
Indian Raids Historical Marker (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 252° W
Tobias Community Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 090° E
Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 20.4 mi, 274° W
Alexandria State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.9 mi, 122° SE
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.9 mi, 335° NW · 324 acres
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.1 mi, 093° E · 124 acres
Crossing the Plains Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 29.4 mi, 017° N
Anna Bemis Palmer Museum (Museum) — 32.0 mi, 012° N
Clayton Museum of Ancient History (Museum) — 32.1 mi, 013° N
Professional Surveyors Of The United States (Monument) — 34.2 mi, 147° SE
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 36.3 mi, 290° W
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 38.8 mi, 207° SW
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 40.6 mi, 173° S
Cassell Open Air Theatre (Theatre) — 43.0 mi, 070° E
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 43.0 mi, 287° W
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 47.3 mi, 314° NW
Approximate site of Squatter's Cabin 1862 (Viewpoint) — 47.5 mi, 100° E
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 49.7 mi, 316° NW
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 70.1 mi, 207° SW

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