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Douglas Nebraska Map

Explore Douglas, 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 Douglas, Nebraska

How to Use This Douglas, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.595556
Longitude	-96.387512
Population	166
Density	291.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68344
Area Code	402
County Seat	Nebraska City
School District	Sterling Public Schools

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About Douglas, Nebraska

Douglas is a locality in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 166. The population density is 291.3 people per km². Douglas is located at 40.5956°N, 96.3875°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Douglas is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68344.

Douglas emerges from the expansive Nebraska plains as a quiet collection of structures defined by the persistent, unadorned presence of the South Fork Little Nemaha River, which carves a modest path through the surrounding fields. It lies 20.3 miles southeast of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 134°T), and is situated 12.8 miles east of Hickman. The horizon acts as the primary fact of life here, a vast, unbroken line where the sky exerts a heavy, luminous pressure on the earth. In the transition from midday to dusk, the light loses its sharp edges, casting long, thin shadows across the prairie grasses that ripple in the constant wind. Five miles away, the quiet surface of Upper Big Nemaha Reservoir L-10 offers a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic, seasonal pulse of the surrounding agricultural land.

Douglas maintains a character forged by the soil, where the local economy remains tied to the cycles of harvest and the patient labor of the open field. The legacy of early settlement persists in the deliberate, steady pace of the day, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs. Residents often look toward the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission State Wildlife Management Area, five miles distant, as a reminder of the quiet, natural order that dictates the region's pace. Life in Douglas moves with the gravity of a place that understands its own scale, where the weight of history is measured not in monuments, but in the enduring, quiet consistency of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 351° N
Triple Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 351° N
Wagon Train State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.8 mi, 279° W
Wagon Train Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.9 mi, 279° W
Wagon Train Lake (Recreation Area) — 10.2 mi, 282° W
Otoe County Museum of Memories (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 069° E
Stagecoach Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 12.8 mi, 271° W
Hiking Trails (Viewpoint) — 12.9 mi, 271° W
Nebraska Communities Playhouse (Arts Centre) — 13.0 mi, 278° W
Jensen Park (Local Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 308° NW
Roca Berry Farm (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 284° W
Church Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 16.6 mi, 311° NW
Boy Scouts Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 17.0 mi, 328° NW
Wilderness Park (Local Park) — 17.0 mi, 295° NW
Bess Streeter Aldrich Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 016° N
Trail Rider (Public Artwork) — 18.6 mi, 322° NW
Union College Rockpile (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 312° NW
Seacrest Field (Stadium) — 18.6 mi, 319° NW
Johnson County Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 147° SE
William Jennings Bryan (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 315° NW
Veterans Memorial Garden (Monument) — 20.4 mi, 313° NW
Nebraska Copy of Liberty Bell (Attraction) — 20.5 mi, 313° NW
Robber's Cave Tours (Attraction) — 21.1 mi, 307° NW
Lincoln Fire & Rescue Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 313° NW
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center (Cinema) — 22.5 mi, 313° NW
Great Plains Art Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 313° NW
Platte River State Park (State Park) — 28.3 mi, 017° N
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park (State Park) — 29.2 mi, 007° N
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.8 mi, 022° N · 7,936 acres
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.2 mi, 017° N · 16k acres

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