2017 Map of Hessey Lake

About this map

The Nebraska Sandhills dominate this portion of Garden County, where a unique concentration of semi-permanent alkali lakes fills the depressions between stabilized dunes. Wolf Lake and Hessey Lake serve as primary landmarks in this sparsely populated cattle country, where the landscape is defined more by its hydrology than by human settlement. Local travel is restricted to unpaved routes such as Lakeside Rd and Rd 181, which skirt the edges of marshes and basins. Notable water bodies like Black Steer Lake, Mud Hole Lake, and Webster Lake provide critical habitat and water sources in an otherwise arid environment. The map details the Township and Range system across T21N and T22N, illustrating the vast, open tracts of land typical of the region's ranching heritage in the early 21st century.