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Bloomington Nebraska Map

Explore Bloomington, 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 Bloomington, Nebraska

How to Use This Bloomington, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.094179
Longitude	-99.037029
Population	110
Density	53.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68929
Area Code	308
County Seat	Franklin
School District	Franklin Public Schools

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About Bloomington, Nebraska

Bloomington is a locality in Franklin County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 110. The population density is 53.4 people per km². Bloomington is located at 40.0942°N, 99.0370°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bloomington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68929.

Bloomington anchors itself upon the vast, open plains of Nebraska, where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 41.9 miles south of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 177°T), and is situated 29.7 miles southeast of Holdrege. The landscape stretches out in a quiet, expansive geometry of earth and sky, defined by the gentle, persistent rise of the ground toward the distant silhouette of Lookout Mountain. Only a mile away, the quiet passage of Little Cottonwood Creek carves a thin, verdant ribbon through the fields, while the still, reflective surface of James Reservoir waits two miles to the west, mirroring the immense, shifting clouds. The air here holds a crisp, dry clarity that sharpens the edges of the tallgrass, and as the sun begins to dip, the light turns a deep, bruised gold that seems to pool in the shallow depressions of the prairie.

Bloomington carries the weight of a long-settled history, where the labor of earlier generations remains etched into the very grain of the local economy. Agriculture defines the rhythm of life, with the soil yielding its harvest under the watchful gaze of a sun that dictates the pace of every season. Seven miles away, the Franklin County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary for migratory life, providing a stark, wild counterpoint to the orderly patterns of the surrounding farmland. The character of Bloomington is found in the steady, unassuming persistence of its people, who move through their days with a pragmatism forged by the wide, indifferent expanse of the plains. Here, the silence is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, meaningful presence that binds the inhabitants to the land they cultivate.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Franklin County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 084° E
Franklin County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.2 mi, 031° NE
Harlan County Lake (Recreation Area) — 8.3 mi, 259° W
Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 8.4 mi, 261° W
Limestone Bluffs Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 126° SE
Francis Wachs Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 186° S
Kearney County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 19.2 mi, 359° N
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 27.8 mi, 213° SW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 27.9 mi, 213° SW
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 30.4 mi, 127° SE
Phelps County Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.2 mi, 325° NW
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 33.9 mi, 093° E
Statue of Liberty Replica (Monument) — 34.9 mi, 157° SE
Fort Kearny State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 38.6 mi, 003° N
Nebraska Wind Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 40.1 mi, 354° N
Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 40.3 mi, 351° N
Kearney Area Childrens Museum (Museum) — 44.1 mi, 357° N
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 44.5 mi, 039° NE
Gibbon Heritage Center (Museum) — 46.2 mi, 013° N
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.9 mi, 022° N · 642 acres
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 48.9 mi, 045° NE
Crosier Asmat Museum (Museum) — 49.3 mi, 044° NE
Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 49.5 mi, 050° NE
Webster State Park (State Park) — 50.8 mi, 204° SW
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 51.6 mi, 141° SE
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 52.9 mi, 138° SE
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 56.2 mi, 065° NE
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 65.1 mi, 032° NE
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 67.5 mi, 030° NE
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 73.6 mi, 051° NE · 324 acres

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