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Staplehurst Nebraska Map

Explore Staplehurst, 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 Staplehurst, Nebraska

How to Use This Staplehurst, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.97501
Longitude	-97.172538
Population	236
Density	729.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68439
Area Code	402
County Seat	Seward
School District	Seward Public Schools

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About Staplehurst, Nebraska

Staplehurst is a locality in Seward County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 236. The population density is 729.0 people per km². Staplehurst is located at 40.9750°N, 97.1725°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Staplehurst is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68439.

Staplehurst claims its space upon the expansive, open plains of Nebraska, where the sky exerts a heavy, luminous presence over the flat horizon. It lies 29.0 miles west-northwest of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 295°T), and is situated 6.1 miles northwest of Seward. The landscape is defined by the steady, quiet passage of the Big Blue River, which winds through the terrain with a slow, deliberate grace that shapes the local topography. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Herpolsheimer Reservoir catch the waning light of late afternoon, turning the surface into a mirror of polished lead. The earth here is deep and fertile, a vast expanse of prairie ground that stretches until it seems to dissolve into the very air, demanding a patient, observant eye to appreciate the subtle shifts in color as the seasons cycle through the tallgrass.

Staplehurst carries the quiet weight of pioneer memory, rooted in a history of agriculture that continues to dictate the rhythm of daily life. The regional economy remains tethered to the productivity of the soil, with grain silos and working farms serving as the primary architecture of the local industry. Residents often look toward the wider reaches of the county for recreation, occasionally venturing to Seward Centennial Park, located five miles away, to find a respite among the trees. Despite the solitude of the plains, there is a persistent, industrious pulse to the place; it is a locality where the work of the day is measured by the length of shadows across the fields, and where the silence is less an absence of sound than a foundational quality of the geography itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Seward Centennial Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 146° SE
Plum Creek Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 125° SE
The Light Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 5.9 mi, 134° SE
Heartfelt Memorial (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 134° SE
Bartels Museum of Rocks and Minerals (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 134° SE
Seward County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.0 mi, 202° S
Straight Water Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 201° S
Oak Glen Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 090° E
Seward County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 193° S
Branched Oak Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.2 mi, 086° E
Branched Oak State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.1 mi, 090° E
Branched Oak Lake (Recreation Area) — 14.1 mi, 091° E
Pawnee Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.2 mi, 119° SE
Butler County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 006° N
Legendary Josh Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 21.5 mi, 110° E
Clayton Museum of Ancient History (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 251° W
Saline County Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 172° S
Lincoln Aviation Personalities Before 1930 Historical Marker (Monument) — 23.7 mi, 113° SE
Lincolns Emergence as an Aviation Center Historical Marker (Monument) — 23.7 mi, 113° SE
Stage (Theatre) — 24.1 mi, 294° NW
Verley Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 24.6 mi, 125° SE
Hilltop Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 24.7 mi, 124° SE
Bison Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 24.8 mi, 124° SE
Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 115° SE
The Haymarket Theatre (Theatre) — 26.6 mi, 114° SE
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center (Cinema) — 26.9 mi, 114° SE
Robber's Cave Tours (Attraction) — 27.8 mi, 119° SE
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.2 mi, 180° S · 124 acres
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.2 mi, 250° W · 324 acres

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