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Bradshaw Nebraska Map

Explore Bradshaw, 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 Bradshaw, Nebraska

How to Use This Bradshaw, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.883902
Longitude	-97.746996
Population	273
Density	335.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68319
Area Code	402
County Seat	York
School District	Heartland Community Schools

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About Bradshaw, Nebraska

Bradshaw is a locality in York County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 273. The population density is 335.7 people per km². Bradshaw is located at 40.8839°N, 97.7470°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bradshaw is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68319.

Bradshaw occupies a vast, level expanse of the Nebraska plains, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 31.2 miles east of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 95°T), and is situated 8.2 miles west of York. The horizon acts as a permanent, immovable line against which the clouds stack in towering, silent white monuments, their shadows drifting slowly over the cornfields and shortgrass prairie. A few miles to the east, Beaver Creek traces a quiet, winding path through the soil, offering a thin ribbon of shade and moisture that contrasts with the relentless sun. The air here carries a dry, sharp clarity, especially at dusk, when the light turns a bruised gold and the silence of the flat landscape feels heavy and absolute. Even the occasional breeze seems to carry the scent of turned earth and the immense, quiet solitude of the surrounding fields.

Bradshaw emerged from the expansion of the rail lines, anchoring itself firmly to an economy defined by the seasonal pulse of harvest and the patient labor of the region’s agricultural heritage. While the pace of life remains tethered to the cycles of the crop, the influence of the land reaches beyond farming, extending toward the nearby Kirkpatrick Basin North Wildlife Management Area, where seasonal migrations bring a fleeting, frantic energy to the stillness. Residents occasionally venture toward the York-Harrison Park Trails for a steady walk, or find a moment of quiet reflection near the water at Rech-Smith Reservoir. This life is marked by the steady, unadorned rhythm of a place that understands its own persistence; it is a landscape where history is not etched in monuments, but kept in the careful, repetitive work of those who tend the soil day after day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kirkpatrick Basin North Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 133° SE
Kirkpatrick Basin South Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 176° S
York County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.0 mi, 351° N
Harrison Park (Local Park) — 7.7 mi, 100° E
Linear Park (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 100° E
Cornerstone Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 090° E
Anna Bemis Palmer Museum (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 097° E
Clayton Museum of Ancient History (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 097° E
Crossing the Plains Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 10.7 mi, 113° SE
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.7 mi, 229° SW · 324 acres
Plainsman Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 263° W
Fillmore County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 16.6 mi, 148° SE
Stage (Theatre) — 17.7 mi, 026° NE
Heber Hord House historical marker (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 321° NW
Lone Tree (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 317° NW
The Mormon Trail historical marker (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 317° NW
Seward County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 097° E
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 32.8 mi, 271° W
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 33.3 mi, 276° W
Bartels Museum of Rocks and Minerals (Museum) — 34.3 mi, 086° E
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 35.2 mi, 209° SW
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 38.6 mi, 238° SW
Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 40.9 mi, 156° SE
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 44.5 mi, 244° SW
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 45.2 mi, 025° NE
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.8 mi, 260° W · 642 acres
Legendary Josh Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 50.2 mi, 091° E
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 68.9 mi, 194° S

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