Berea Nebraska Map

About Berea, Nebraska

Berea is a locality in Box Butte County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 49. The population density is 15.9 people per km². Berea is located at 42.2141°N, 102.9802°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 69301.

Berea unfolds across a vast expanse of high plains where the horizon acts as the primary arbiter of the day’s mood. It lies 42.7 miles northeast of Scottsbluff, NE (from Scottsbluff, NE: bearing 56°T), and is situated 9.5 miles northwest of Alliance. Berea Creek traces a quiet, persistent line through the landscape just a mile away, its presence marked by the subtle shift in vegetation that clings to its banks. The terrain is defined by the open, austere character of the prairie, where the sky claims the greater portion of the view and the light at dusk bruises the clouds with shades of deep violet and copper. To the west, the distant profile of Wild Horse Butte rises as a solitary anchor against the immense, shifting sky, providing a fixed point for the traveler navigating the wide, unencumbered stretches of the plains.

History in Berea remains tethered to the slow, methodical labor of the soil and the endurance of those who first broke the sod to establish a life in the center of the continent. The local economy persists as a quiet extension of the regional cattle country, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the cycles of work and the movement of livestock across the shortgrass. While the silence of the plains often dominates, the proximity of Frost Reservoir offers a rare stillness to the land, and the trails near Laing Park serve as a reminder of the quiet, deliberate pace that defines daily existence here. Life in Berea is not measured by the clamor of external events, but by the steady, grounded patience of a landscape that has witnessed generations work the earth under the same wide, watchful heavens.

About This Berea Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Berea, Nebraska. Coordinates: 42.21413, -102.980199. 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 Berea includes the ZIP code (69301), telephone area code (308), county seat of Box Butte County (Alliance), and school district assignment (Hemingford Public Schools).

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.