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Brownlee Nebraska Map

Explore Brownlee, 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 Brownlee, Nebraska

How to Use This Brownlee, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	42.288055
Longitude	-100.625695
Population	13
Density	47.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	69166
Area Code	308
County Seat	Valentine
School District	Thedford Public Schools

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About Brownlee, Nebraska

Brownlee is a locality in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 13. The population density is 47.4 people per km². Brownlee is located at 42.2881°N, 100.6257°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 69166.

Brownlee occupies a vast, quiet expanse where the North Loup River charts a modest, winding path through the heart of the Sandhills. It lies 80.8 miles north of North Platte, NE (from North Platte, NE: bearing 5°T), and is situated 40.6 miles south of Valentine. The landscape is defined by the immense, pale sky and the subtle heave of the prairie, where the grasses shift in endless shades of ochre and dun under the weight of the wind. Only a few miles away, the basin of Lee Flats offers a flatter, more singular stillness, while the distant silhouette of Giant Hill marks the horizon like a slow-moving thought. Three miles from the center of Brownlee, Duck Lake gathers the runoff of the plains, its surface reflecting the unyielding clarity of the Nebraska light that seems to stretch the world toward an infinite edge.

Brownlee remains a quiet testament to the endurance of the cattle industry, a place where the economy is measured in the seasonal rhythms of grazing and the resilience of those who tend to the herds. Life here is colored by the memory of early homesteaders who first turned the sod, their legacy persisting in the isolated fences and the sparse, sturdy architecture that dots the range. Ten miles to the north, the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge serves as a vital sanctuary for the prairie ecosystem, protecting the wilder, undisturbed character of the soil. Time in Brownlee moves with the same deliberate pace as the water in the river, governed not by the urgency of elsewhere, but by the quiet, daily necessity of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Valentine National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.2 mi, 028° NE · 145k acres
Rat and Beaver Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.5 mi, 354° N
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge_Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 11.8 mi, 356° N · 15k acres
Ballards Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.6 mi, 008° N
The Sandhills Historical Marker (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 171° S
The Haumann Sisters: Lost in the Sandhills (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 173° S
Nebraska National Forest (National Forest) — 22.5 mi, 166° S · 141k acres
Merritt Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 24.4 mi, 327° NW
Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest (National Forest) — 26.4 mi, 326° NW · 116k acres
Long Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 26.5 mi, 089° E
Lariat Auditorium (Theatre) — 27.4 mi, 231° SW
Snake River Falls (Attraction) — 29.2 mi, 336° NW
Ainsworth Army Air Field Historical Marker (Monument) — 38.0 mi, 058° NE
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.8 mi, 011° N · 38k acres
Niobrara National Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 42.8 mi, 035° NE · 185 acres
Sellors-Barton Museum (Museum) — 42.9 mi, 065° NE
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 43.0 mi, 010° N · 4,631 acres
Smith Falls State Park (State Park) — 43.8 mi, 020° N
Cliff Church (Historic Ruins) — 66.4 mi, 149° SE
Marcia Smith Auditorium (Theatre) — 73.1 mi, 119° SE
Pioneer Memorial Log Cabin Museum (Museum) — 73.3 mi, 119° SE
Courthouse Museum (Museum) — 73.9 mi, 228° SW
Seven Valleys Museum (Museum) — 77.7 mi, 152° SE
Cody Park Railroad Museum (Museum) — 79.1 mi, 185° S
Neville Center for the Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 79.8 mi, 185° S

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