Explore Auburn, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Auburn, 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 Auburn.
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 | Auburn |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Nemaha County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.392779 |
| Longitude | -95.838886 |
| Population | 3,470 |
| Density | 612.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 68305 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| County Seat | Auburn |
| School District | Auburn Public Schools |
Auburn sits firmly upon the expansive, wind-swept plains of southeastern Nebraska, where the earth stretches toward a horizon that defines the scale of every human endeavor. It lies 48.6 miles east of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 79°T), and is situated 19.6 miles south of Nebraska City. The landscape here is characterized by the quiet persistence of the prairie, marked by the modest, purposeful curves of the terrain rather than dramatic upheaval. A mile away, the waters of Longs Creek trace a slow, deliberate path through the silt, while the stillness of Ely Reservoir remains a reflective presence only three miles from the center of town. On days when the air is particularly clear, the distant silhouette of Pigeon Ridge haunts the western skyline, a reminder of the vast, varied geography that lies beyond these productive fields. Within the immediate boundaries of Auburn, Legion Memorial Park offers a green sanctuary where the light at dusk settles in long, golden bars across the grass, softening the edges of the afternoon.
Auburn serves as a seat of regional industry, rooted deeply in the cycles of agriculture that have sustained these families for generations. The economy remains tethered to the health of the soil and the seasonal rhythm of the harvest, a discipline that keeps the pace of life measured and steady. History here is kept in the architecture of the older storefronts and the quiet dignity of the county-seat clock tower, which marks the passing hours with a gravity that feels indifferent to the frantic shifts of the modern world. Beyond the town, the gentle depression of Happy Hollow provides a natural corridor for the wind, which carries the scent of turned earth and drying corn stalks across the plains. Life in Auburn is defined by this constant negotiation between the vastness of the sky and the immediate, tangible labor required to thrive in such an open, honest landscape.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Auburn, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.392779, -95.838886. 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 Auburn includes the ZIP code (68305), telephone area code (402), county seat of Nemaha County (Auburn), and school district assignment (Auburn 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |