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Wynot Nebraska Map

Explore Wynot, 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 Wynot, Nebraska

How to Use This Wynot, Nebraska Map

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

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.

CityWynot
StateNebraska (NE)
CountyCedar County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude42.740276
Longitude-97.169217
Population216
Density453.3 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code68792
Area Code402
County SeatHartington
School DistrictWynot Public Schools

About Wynot, Nebraska

Wynot is a locality in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 216. The population density is 453.3 people per km². Wynot is located at 42.7403°N, 97.1692°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wynot is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68792.

Wynot emerges from the vast, open expanse of northeastern Nebraska where the prairie sky dictates the scale of human endeavor. It lies 12.5 miles west-southwest of Vermillion, SD (from Vermillion, SD: bearing 258°T), and is situated 14.7 miles southeast of Yankton. Bow Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through this landscape, its waters tracing the low-lying contours of the earth before feeding into the broader, untamed currents of the nearby Missouri National Recreational River. The horizon defines the daily experience, a flat, unrelenting line that keeps the sun’s early, bruised-gold light in view for hours, illuminating the stalks of corn and the stubborn, wind-bent grasses. In the distance, the silhouette of Spirit Mound stands as a singular vertical interruption in the horizontal stretch of the plains, a silent sentinel watching over the plains that extend toward the horizon in every direction.

Agricultural cycles anchor the economy of Wynot, where the rhythm of the seasons remains the primary clock for those who work the deep, dark soil. Generations of families have organized their lives around the planting and harvest, building a culture that values the steady, unadorned labor of the fields over the fleeting pace of the outside world. While Lake Yankton sits seventeen miles away as a destination for those seeking the stillness of deeper water, the local character is forged by the immediate, practical necessities of life on the land. The architecture of the grain elevators and the modest storefronts reflect a history of resilience, a place where the social fabric is held together by the quiet endurance of neighbors who recognize that the silence of the prairie is not an absence, but a presence that demands respect.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 2.3 mi, 029° NE · 870 acres
  • Myron Grove (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 040° NE
  • Wiseman Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 074° E
  • Clay County (State Recreation Area) — 8.3 mi, 077° E
  • Cedar County Historical Marker (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 210° SW
  • Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 211° SW
  • Gayville Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 359° N
  • Frost Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 10.7 mi, 086° E
  • Village Vista (Viewpoint) — 11.2 mi, 099° E
  • Austin-Whittemore House Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 077° E
  • Coyote Theatre (Cinema) — 12.4 mi, 077° E
  • Architrave (Public Artwork) — 12.6 mi, 076° E
  • Oscar Howe Gallery (Gallery) — 12.8 mi, 076° E
  • Spirit Mound (State Recreation Area) — 13.6 mi, 050° NE
  • Lewis And Clark Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.7 mi, 301° NW
  • Riverside Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 14.2 mi, 308° NW
  • Cinema Magic (Cinema) — 15.7 mi, 312° NW
  • Lewis and Clark Lake (Recreation Area) — 17.7 mi, 295° NW
  • Ponca State Park (State Park) — 21.9 mi, 105° E
  • Warren Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 23.9 mi, 101° E
  • Union County Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 098° E
  • Dixon County Museum (Museum) — 27.8 mi, 144° SE
  • South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 30.1 mi, 304° NW
  • Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 30.2 mi, 096° E
  • Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 35.2 mi, 167° S
  • Wayne County Museum (Museum) — 35.7 mi, 168° S
  • Graves Library Museum (Museum) — 36.0 mi, 155° SE
  • Calliope Village (Attraction) — 39.1 mi, 062° NE
  • The Block (Gallery) — 42.1 mi, 113° SE
  • Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 69.7 mi, 295° NW · 2,043 acres

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About This Wynot Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wynot, Nebraska. Coordinates: 42.740276, -97.169217. 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 Wynot includes the ZIP code (68792), telephone area code (402), county seat of Cedar County (Hartington), and school district assignment (Wynot 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.