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Burton Nebraska Map

Explore Burton, 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 Burton, Nebraska

How to Use This Burton, Nebraska Map

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

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	Burton
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Keya Paha County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.911669
Longitude	-99.591779
Population	11
Density	40.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68778
Area Code	402
County Seat	Springview
School District	Keya Paha County Schools

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About Burton, Nebraska

Burton is a locality in Keya Paha County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 11. The population density is 40.4 people per km². Burton is located at 42.9117°N, 99.5918°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Burton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68778.

Burton remains a study in the quiet persistence of the prairie, defined by the steady, unpretentious course of Burton Creek as it cuts through the earth. It lies 95.9 miles southwest of Mitchell, SD (from Mitchell, SD: bearing 235°T), and is situated 34.8 miles south-southeast of Winner. The landscape around Burton unfurls in vast, rhythmic swells of shortgrass, where the horizon serves as the primary fact of life and the sky exerts a weight that commands a certain humility. Six miles to the west, the distinct silhouette of Sugarloaf Hill breaks the flatness, standing as a sentinel over the arid beauty of the plains. Light here does not merely illuminate; it clarifies, bleaching the tallgrass to a pale straw color by late summer and casting long, indigo shadows that seem to stretch toward the distant basin of Deckers Gulch. Even when the air grows heavy with the scent of dry soil and sage, the presence of the creek provides a thin, vital ribbon of green that anchors the spirit of the land.

History in Burton is measured not in monuments, but in the enduring cycle of cattle ranching and the slow, deliberate work of the seasons. The economy remains tethered to the soil and the herd, a tradition that keeps the pace of life measured by the needs of the land rather than the clock. Residents often look toward the Holt Creek Wildlife Management Area to witness the seasonal shifts in the prairie, where the natural world asserts its own ancient order. While the quietude of the plains might suggest an isolation, there is a deep, communal recognition of the distance between neighbors and the necessity of self-reliance. On quiet evenings, the influence of the wider Sandhills informs the character of the people, who maintain a stoic, practical grace as they look out toward Star Lake, waiting for the dusk to settle over the pastures in a profound and deepening gray.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Holt Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 298° NW
Thomas Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 211° SW
Middle Niobrara Natural Resources District Recreation Management Area (Local Recreation) — 16.8 mi, 251° W
Niobrara National Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.4 mi, 235° SW · 185 acres
Rahn Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.9 mi, 318° NW
Keller Park State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.7 mi, 208° SW
Niobrara Valley Preserve Fee (Conservation Area) — 19.1 mi, 237° SW
Sellors-Barton Museum (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 209° SW
Ainsworth Army Air Field Historical Marker (Monument) — 30.7 mi, 222° SW
Tripp County Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 34.7 mi, 338° N
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 40.7 mi, 270° W · 4,631 acres
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.7 mi, 269° W · 38k acres
Sturdevant-McKee Museum (Museum) — 40.8 mi, 130° SE
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.9 mi, 231° SW · 145k acres
Grandview School (Historic Ruins) — 56.0 mi, 008° N
Yankton Sioux Monument (Monument) — 61.2 mi, 089° E
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 61.9 mi, 012° N
South Dakota Hall of Fame (Museum) — 62.4 mi, 012° N
State Theatre and Video (Cinema) — 63.5 mi, 012° N
Saint Joseph (Public Artwork) — 64.4 mi, 012° N
South Dakota Tractor Museum (Museum) — 65.2 mi, 029° NE
Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest (National Forest) — 66.0 mi, 258° W · 116k acres
Snake River Falls (Attraction) — 66.1 mi, 256° W
Millette County Historical Society & Museum (Museum) — 73.9 mi, 308° NW
Crow Creek Site (Registered Battlefield) — 75.0 mi, 010° N
Fort Thompson Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 78.1 mi, 008° N
Nebraska National Forest (National Forest) — 78.9 mi, 203° SW · 141k acres
Marcia Smith Auditorium (Theatre) — 79.7 mi, 172° S

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