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Stratton Nebraska Map

Explore Stratton, 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 Stratton, Nebraska

How to Use This Stratton, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.148052
Longitude	-101.226829
Population	310
Density	277.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	69043
Area Code	308
County Seat	Trenton
School District	Dundy County Stratton Public Schools

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About Stratton, Nebraska

Stratton is a locality in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 310. The population density is 277.7 people per km². Stratton is located at 40.1481°N, 101.2268°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Stratton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 69043.

Stratton holds its own against the immense, flat expanse of the Nebraska prairie where the horizon serves as the primary fact of life. It lies 71.6 miles south-southwest of North Platte, NE (from North Platte, NE: bearing 200°T), and is situated 32.0 miles west of McCook. The Republican River carves a deliberate, winding path just south of the grid, its presence a quiet insistence of water through the dry, sun-bleached earth. To the north, the terrain rises into the subtle creases of Hay Canyon, where the light at dusk turns the tallgrass into a shimmering, bruised gold. Three miles away, the surface of Swanson Lake catches the vast sky, acting as a mirror for the drifting clouds that traverse this high, open country without interference.

Stratton carries the weight of a pioneer memory, a place where the economy remains tethered to the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding wheat fields and cattle pastures. Life here is dictated by the rhythm of the harvest and the persistent, dry winds that have buffeted the plains for generations. Residents find a particular, rugged comfort in the nearby Swanson Lake, where the landscape offers a reprieve from the relentless work of the fields. There is a distinct, unadorned honesty in the way the local streets meet the open range, marking a boundary between the man-made order of the grain elevator and the ancient, indifferent stretch of the prairie that begins just beyond the last fence post.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Little House Museum (Museum) — 0.4 mi, 276° W
Swanson Lake (Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 086° E
Hitchcock County Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 081° E
Frenchman Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.7 mi, 025° NE
Dundy County Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 247° SW
Enders Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 24.2 mi, 320° NW
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 25.5 mi, 157° SE
Metal Garden (Public Artwork) — 25.7 mi, 158° S
South Fork Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 27.4 mi, 237° SW
Rock Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 28.4 mi, 263° W
McCook Army Air Base Historical Marker (Monument) — 29.8 mi, 068° E
Barnett Park (Local Park) — 31.9 mi, 085° E
Museum of the High Plains (Museum) — 32.0 mi, 083° E
Texas Trail Canyon Historical Marker (Monument) — 34.4 mi, 256° W
Chase County Museum (Museum) — 35.3 mi, 309° NW
Land and Sky (Attraction) — 38.8 mi, 255° W
Pleasant Hill School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 41.6 mi, 252° W
Sappa Park (Local Recreation) — 43.8 mi, 119° SE
German Plains School (Historic Ruins) — 44.4 mi, 246° SW
South Republican Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 56.1 mi, 232° SW
World's Largest Easel (Attraction) — 61.5 mi, 205° SW
Bonny Lake State Park (State Park) — 61.5 mi, 236° SW
Bonny Lake State Park/South Republican State Wildlife Area (State Park) — 62.0 mi, 234° SW
Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 65.2 mi, 003° N
Crossing the Overland Trail Historical Marker (Attraction) — 68.8 mi, 006° N
Great Platte River Road Historical Marker (Attraction) — 69.0 mi, 006° N
AMC Classic North Platte 6 (Cinema) — 71.8 mi, 020° N
Petrified Wood Art Gallery (Gallery) — 72.2 mi, 339° N

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