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Spalding Nebraska Map

Explore Spalding, 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 Spalding, Nebraska

How to Use This Spalding, Nebraska Map

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

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.

CitySpalding
StateNebraska (NE)
CountyGreeley County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude41.6889
Longitude-98.363404
Population408
Density490.7 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code68665
Area Code402
County SeatGreeley Center
School DistrictRiverside Public Schools

About Spalding, Nebraska

Spalding is a locality in Greeley County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 408. The population density is 490.7 people per km². Spalding is located at 41.6889°N, 98.3634°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Spalding is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68665.

Spalding occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska plains where the sky holds more weight than the earth itself. It lies 52.8 miles north of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 359°T), and is situated 33.1 miles north of St. Paul. Paul. The landscape around Spalding stretches out in wide, rhythmic swells of prairie, occasionally interrupted by the sharp, distant silhouette of Pilot Knob rising against the western horizon. Only a mile away, the Cedar River carves a narrow, wooded corridor through the fields, its water moving with a slow, deliberate purpose that dictates the pace of the surrounding countryside. During the long, bruised-purple hours of dusk, the light flattens across the grasses, turning the fields into a vast, muted canvas that seems to absorb the very sound of the wind.

Agriculture remains the steady pulse of the local economy, defined by the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest that have shaped the lives of families here for generations. While the town maintains a modest, unassuming character, it serves as a center for those who work the productive soil and manage the cattle herds that graze the edges of the Sandhills. Residents often head ten miles out to the Pibel Lake State Recreation Area, where Pibel Lake offers a rare, still mirror to the prairie sky and a place for quiet reflection away from the hum of machinery. The history of the area is etched into the sturdy brick facades and the long, straight roads that lead toward the horizon, reflecting a culture that values endurance and the honest labor of the hand.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Pibel Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.7 mi, 298° NW
  • Gateway Theater (Cinema) — 18.7 mi, 089° E
  • Leonard A. Koziol Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.7 mi, 185° S
  • Indian Hill Cemetery (Historic Ruins) — 29.6 mi, 280° W
  • North Loup State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 29.6 mi, 189° S
  • Nance County Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 29.9 mi, 138° SE
  • Gruber House (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 188° S
  • Howard County Historical Village (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 188° S
  • Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball (Museum) — 33.2 mi, 188° S
  • Memorial of White Buffalo Girl (Monument) — 34.8 mi, 030° NE
  • Sherman Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 35.4 mi, 227° SW
  • Farwell Museum (Museum) — 35.5 mi, 203° SW
  • Don Dworak Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 36.5 mi, 120° SE
  • Meadow Grove Museum (Museum) — 39.9 mi, 054° NE
  • Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 40.3 mi, 280° W
  • Geology Overlook (Viewpoint) — 51.7 mi, 012° N
  • Battling Rhinos (Public Artwork) — 51.7 mi, 012° N
  • Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 52.1 mi, 181° S
  • Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 52.9 mi, 106° E
  • Marcia Smith Auditorium (Theatre) — 52.9 mi, 276° W
  • Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 55.2 mi, 181° S
  • Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 66.1 mi, 194° S · 642 acres
  • John W. And Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 70.3 mi, 300° NW · 4,806 acres
  • Niobrara State Park (State Park) — 73.9 mi, 012° N
  • Big Bird House (Attraction) — 75.9 mi, 186° S
  • Art Center (Arts Centre) — 75.9 mi, 180° S

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About This Spalding Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Spalding, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.6889, -98.363404. 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 Spalding includes the ZIP code (68665), telephone area code (402), county seat of Greeley County (Greeley Center), and school district assignment (Riverside 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.