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Chappell Nebraska Map

Explore Chappell, 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 Chappell, Nebraska

How to Use This Chappell, Nebraska Map

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

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	Chappell
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Deuel County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	41.092766
Longitude	-102.470744
Population	844
Density	464.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	69129
Area Code	308
County Seat	Chappell
School District	Creek Valley Schools

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About Chappell, Nebraska

Chappell is a locality in Deuel County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 844. The population density is 464.2 people per km². Chappell is located at 41.0928°N, 102.4707°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Chappell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 69129.

Chappell occupies a singular expanse of high plains where the sky asserts its dominance over the earth, turning the horizon into a primary fact of existence. It lies 50.3 miles northeast of Sterling, CO (from Sterling, CO: bearing 50°T), and is situated 26.6 miles east of Sidney. Lodgepole Creek carves a shallow, persistent path through the local topography, its waters tracing a quiet line through the prairie grass that shivers in the wind. To the north, the elevation rises toward the distant silhouette of Mount Vernon, while the nearby waters of Chappell Lake offer a still, reflective surface that mirrors the shifting violet hues of a Nebraska dusk. The air here holds the crisp, dry clarity of the interior plains, smelling faintly of sun-warmed dust and the deep, enduring scent of shortgrass prairie that stretches toward the edges of Sand Draw.

Chappell maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, rooted in a history of agrarian resilience that remains visible in the sturdy architecture of its main thoroughfares. The local economy persists as a testament to the cycles of the harvest, with grain elevators standing as sentinels over the tracks and the surrounding fields that define the regional livelihood. Nearby, the Goldenrod Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for native species, preserving a sliver of the wild character that once greeted the earliest travelers of the Platte River valley. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, when the light lengthens across the pavement, the atmosphere of Chappell reveals a profound sense of permanence, as if the land itself dictates the rhythm of the people who dwell upon it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chappell Memorial Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 0.0 mi, 328° NW
B24 crash memorial graves (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 153° SE
Historic Lodgepole Creek Valley Historical Marker (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 270° W
Goldenrod Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 134° SE
Lodgepole Depot Museum (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 295° NW
Sedgwick Bar State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 180° S
Julesburg Depot Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 124° SE
Julesburg and Fort Sedgwick Historical Marker (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 106° E
Great Platte River Road Historical Marker (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 106° E
Big Springs Historical Marker (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 106° E
Pony Express (Public Artwork) — 14.4 mi, 127° SE
Garden County Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 017° N
Colorado Northeast Corner (Monument) — 22.7 mi, 106° E
Legion Park (Local Park) — 25.9 mi, 276° W
Cheyenne County Museum (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 278° W
Prairie Schooner Museum (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 310° NW
Narcissa Whitman Historical Marker (Monument) — 34.8 mi, 337° NW
Petrified Wood Art Gallery (Gallery) — 39.4 mi, 087° E
Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.3 mi, 015° N · 93k acres
Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 40.3 mi, 015° N · 24k acres
Lake Ogallala State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 42.5 mi, 079° E
North Sterling State Park (State Park) — 46.2 mi, 244° SW
Bridgeport State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 51.9 mi, 321° NW
Pawnee National Grassland (National Grassland) — 59.1 mi, 257° W · 193k acres
Early Colorado Homesite (Historic Ruins) — 65.5 mi, 244° SW
Alliance (Cinema) — 72.5 mi, 344° N
North Platte National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 77.3 mi, 318° NW · 5,832 acres
Oregon Trail Park Stadium (Stadium) — 79.5 mi, 309° NW

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