Explore Filley, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Filley, 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 Filley.
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 | Filley |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Gage County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.286111 |
| Longitude | -96.535297 |
| Population | 124 |
| Density | 439.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 68357 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| County Seat | Beatrice |
| School District | Freeman Public Schools |
Filley occupies a vast, level expanse of the Great Plains where the sky dictates the reach of every horizon. It lies 11.2 miles east of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 84°T), and is situated 32.5 miles southeast of Crete. Mud Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the surrounding fields, its banks lined with the gnarled silhouettes of cottonwood and willow that catch the low, amber light of late afternoon. A mile away, the stillness of Mud Creek Reservoir 5-A mirrors the shifting clouds, offering a cool contrast to the sun-baked earth. The air here carries the scent of dry grass and turned soil, a sensory reminder of the relentless, wide-open geography that defines the local landscape.
Filley traces its origins to the expansion of the rail lines, which once brought a surge of industry to this remote corner of the prairie. Today, the economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the stewardship of the surrounding farmland, where corn and soybeans stretch toward the edges of the sky. Two miles to the east, the Iron Horse Trail Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for native grasses and local fauna, echoing the wilder character of the land before the plow. Those seeking to traverse the region often look toward the Rockford Trail, a path that links the memory of early transit with the quiet endurance of the modern agricultural life that persists here.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Filley, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.286111, -96.535297. 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 Filley includes the ZIP code (68357), telephone area code (402), county seat of Gage County (Beatrice), and school district assignment (Freeman Public 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |