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Butte Nebraska Map

Explore Butte, 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 Butte, Nebraska

How to Use This Butte, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	42.911387
Longitude	-98.849256
Population	286
Density	264.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68722
Area Code	402
County Seat	Butte
School District	Boyd County Schools

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About Butte, Nebraska

Butte is a locality in Boyd County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 286. The population density is 264.8 people per km². Butte is located at 42.9114°N, 98.8493°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Butte is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68722.

Butte claims the vast, open expanse of the high plains where the horizon acts as the primary architect of the day. It lies 95.1 miles northwest of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 310°T), and is situated 33.0 miles north-northwest of O'Neill. The land surrounding Butte consists of resilient prairie grasses that sway in a rhythmic, golden hum under the weight of an immense, unshadowed sky. To the south, the terrain lifts toward the Harvey Buttes, providing a subtle verticality to an otherwise level world, while the quiet, persistent movement of Dizzy Creek carves a narrow, verdant path through the soil just a short distance away. When the light dips low at dusk, the prairie turns a bruised violet, casting long, lean shadows that stretch toward Reiser Reservoir, where the still water holds the reflection of the clouds like a mirror left out in the grass.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of Butte, grounding the lives of its residents in the cyclical labor of cattle ranching and the careful management of the surrounding grain fields. The history of this place remains etched in the quiet endurance of those who first broke the sod, a legacy that persists in the deliberate, measured pace of work that defines the local economy. Beyond the fences of the working ranches, the Parshall Bridge Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary for the native fauna, preserving a sliver of the wild character that once dominated the entire region. Life here moves with the seasons, a steady progression of planting and harvest that requires a keen eye for the weather and a deep, quiet respect for the land’s capacity to provide.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Parshall Bridge Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 174° S
Francis Case Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 019° N
Lake Francis Case (Recreation Area) — 12.9 mi, 019° N
S. Scalp Creek Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 017° N
White Swan Game Production Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 029° NE
Pease Creek Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.6 mi, 022° N
Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.2 mi, 061° NE · 2,165 acres
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.7 mi, 040° NE · 2,043 acres
Yankton Sioux Monument (Monument) — 23.7 mi, 088° E
Sturdevant-McKee Museum (Museum) — 27.2 mi, 194° S
Niobrara State Park (State Park) — 39.8 mi, 103° E
Delmont Historical Society (Museum) — 42.4 mi, 054° NE
Ponca Tribe Museum (Museum) — 42.9 mi, 105° E
Verdigre Heritage Museum (Museum) — 46.6 mi, 117° SE
Geology Overlook (Viewpoint) — 48.8 mi, 134° SE
Battling Rhinos (Public Artwork) — 48.8 mi, 134° SE
Niobrara National Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 52.8 mi, 260° W · 185 acres
Sellors-Barton Museum (Museum) — 57.2 mi, 244° SW
Original Site of Plankinton School (Monument) — 58.5 mi, 018° N
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 59.6 mi, 085° E
Tripp County Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 60.0 mi, 303° NW
Grandview School (Historic Ruins) — 62.8 mi, 332° NW
State Theatre and Video (Cinema) — 66.7 mi, 339° N
Rodeo Bunny (Attraction) — 68.5 mi, 037° NE
Ron and Sheilah Gates Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 69.6 mi, 037° NE
Starlite Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 71.3 mi, 035° NE
Riverside Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 74.0 mi, 092° E
Crow Creek Site (Registered Battlefield) — 77.7 mi, 342° N
Indian Hill Cemetery (Historic Ruins) — 79.6 mi, 183° S

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