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Byron Nebraska Map

Explore Byron, 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 Byron, Nebraska

How to Use This Byron, Nebraska Map

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

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.

CityByron
StateNebraska (NE)
CountyThayer County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude40.0039
Longitude-97.768931
Population83
Density209.5 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code68325
Area Code402
County SeatHebron
School DistrictThayer Central Community Schools

About Byron, Nebraska

Byron is a locality in Thayer County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 83. The population density is 209.5 people per km². Byron is located at 40.0039°N, 97.7689°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Byron is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68325.

Byron reveals itself through the wide, unobstructed reach of the prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the earth. It lies 51.8 miles southeast of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 141°T), and is situated 14.4 miles north-northwest of Belleville. Otter Creek carves a shallow, deliberate path through the landscape, its banks lined with the steady, muted greens of grasses that bow to the persistent wind. A few miles to the north, Harms Reservoir holds the flat light of midday, a quiet mirror for the clouds that drift in long, slow processions across the open expanse. The air here carries the scent of dry soil and curing hay, a clarity that sharpens the edges of every fence post and grain bin as dusk pulls a thin, violet gauze over the fields.

Byron functions as a quiet anchor for the surrounding agricultural economy, where the rhythm of the season is set by the planting and the harvest rather than the ticking of a clock. The legacy of those who first broke this sod remains in the orderly alignment of the roads and the enduring resilience of the farmsteads that punctuate the horizon. Life moves with a pragmatic focus, though the proximity to the Michael Brzon Wildlife Area offers a necessary reprieve, providing a patch of managed wildness where the local fauna reclaim the space. In the hush of evening, the distance between the silos and the horizon seems to collapse, leaving only the sound of the wind moving through the stalks and the sense of a place defined by its own unyielding, horizontal grace.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Michael Brzon Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 145° SE
  • Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 13.9 mi, 148° SE
  • High Banks Racing Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 150° SE
  • Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 149° SE
  • Train caboose (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 152° SE
  • Republic County Historical Society (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 152° SE
  • Lovewell Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.1 mi, 244° SW
  • Lovewell Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 15.4 mi, 243° SW
  • Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 275° W
  • Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 15.9 mi, 242° SW
  • Heritage Room Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 336° NW
  • Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 033° NE
  • Professional Surveyors Of The United States (Monument) — 21.2 mi, 090° E
  • Fillmore County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 26.2 mi, 004° N
  • Alexandria State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 27.7 mi, 055° NE
  • Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 29.2 mi, 037° NE
  • Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 30.4 mi, 169° S
  • Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 32.1 mi, 277° W
  • Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 33.9 mi, 332° NW
  • Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 34.9 mi, 329° NW
  • Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.3 mi, 050° NE · 124 acres
  • Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 44.6 mi, 254° W
  • Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 44.9 mi, 220° SW
  • Bison Statue (Public Artwork) — 45.1 mi, 221° SW
  • Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 45.7 mi, 222° SW
  • World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 49.1 mi, 226° SW
  • Art Center (Arts Centre) — 51.6 mi, 322° NW
  • Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.7 mi, 351° N · 324 acres
  • Where Did Homesteaders Get Groceries? (Viewpoint) — 53.0 mi, 068° E

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About This Byron Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Byron, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.0039, -97.768931. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Byron includes the ZIP code (68325), telephone area code (402), county seat of Thayer County (Hebron), and school district assignment (Thayer Central Community Schools).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.