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Sholes Nebraska Map

Explore Sholes, 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 Sholes, Nebraska

How to Use This Sholes, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	42.332779
Longitude	-97.294498
Population	16
Density	44.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68771
Area Code	402
County Seat	Wayne
School District	Randolph Public Schools

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About Sholes, Nebraska

Sholes is a locality in Wayne County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 16. The population density is 44.8 people per km². Sholes is located at 42.3328°N, 97.2945°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sholes is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68771.

Sholes occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska plains where the horizon exerts a gravitational pull upon the spirit. It lies 22.0 miles north-northeast of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 17°T), and is situated 15.8 miles west-northwest of Wayne. The land here is defined by the modest, purposeful movement of Dog Creek, which winds through the landscape like a silver thread stitched into the dark, fertile loam. To the west, the subtle rise of Cottonwood Hill marks the distant edge of the traveler’s view, while the immediate geography remains defined by the Sioux Strip Wildlife Management Area, an open stretch of prairie that hosts the seasonal rhythms of migratory birds and native grasses. At dusk, the light stretches thin and pale across the fields, turning the tawny stalks of the harvest into a shimmering, brittle gold that seems to hold the day’s heat long after the sun has slipped beneath the flat, unyielding line of the earth.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Sholes, as the economy is bound to the cycle of the plow and the patience of the seasons. The settlement grew from the ambition of those who saw potential in the vast, open prairie, and today the quiet hum of machinery replaces the heavier industry of earlier decades. Life in Sholes moves with the deliberate pace of a long-practiced craft, where the distance to the nearest water at Scheurich Reservoir serves as a reminder of the scarcity and value of moisture in this inland climate. Residents share a communal memory of the wind, which carries the scent of turned soil and the persistent, dry whisper of the plains, marking a existence that is less about grand monuments and more about the endurance of a life lived close to the turning of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sioux Strip Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 314° NW
Winside Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 151° SE
Thompson-Barnes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 098° E
Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 15.5 mi, 113° SE
Wayne County Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 116° SE
The Willow Bowl (Theatre) — 15.6 mi, 114° SE
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 15.8 mi, 116° SE
Wayne Rugby & Softball Park (Local Recreation) — 16.2 mi, 115° SE
Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 004° N
Cedar County Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 004° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 21.0 mi, 196° S
Verges Park Historical Marker (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 197° S
Graves Library Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 101° E
Maskentine Lake Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 23.1 mi, 173° S
Dixon County Museum (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 076° E
Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker (Monument) — 30.8 mi, 044° NE
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 31.1 mi, 014° N · 870 acres
River Bend Vista (Viewpoint) — 31.6 mi, 033° NE
Frost Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 31.8 mi, 033° NE
Clay County (State Recreation Area) — 33.3 mi, 026° NE
Ponca State Park (State Park) — 34.1 mi, 058° NE
Towers of Time (Public Artwork) — 34.7 mi, 059° NE
Coyote Theatre (Cinema) — 36.0 mi, 031° NE
Oscar Howe Gallery (Gallery) — 36.4 mi, 031° NE
Warren Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 37.9 mi, 052° NE
Lewis And Clark Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 38.5 mi, 345° N
Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 44.4 mi, 055° NE
The Block (Gallery) — 46.9 mi, 075° E
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 48.6 mi, 337° NW
Sea Ray Sandbar (Attraction) — 54.7 mi, 106° E

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