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Johnson Nebraska Map

Explore Johnson, 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 Johnson, Nebraska

How to Use This Johnson, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.410834
Longitude	-95.998059
Population	309
Density	542.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68378
Area Code	402
County Seat	Auburn
School District	Johnson-Brock Public Schools

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About Johnson, Nebraska

Johnson is a locality in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 309. The population density is 542.3 people per km². Johnson is located at 40.4108°N, 95.9981°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Johnson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68378.

Johnson emerges from the vast, open expanse of the Nebraska plains as a quiet collection of structures defined by the relentless horizontal sweep of the sky. It lies 40.7 miles east-northeast of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 76°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west of Auburn. The landscape around Johnson consists of fertile agricultural fields that stretch toward the horizon, punctuated only by the occasional stand of trees or the distant, hazy silhouette of Pigeon Ridge, which marks the far edge of the traveler’s view. Moisture gathers in the nearby lowlands where Muddy Creek cuts a narrow, winding path through the soil, and the still, reflective surface of Dominey Reservoir offers a brief interruption to the dominant pattern of corn and soybean rows. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, heavy gold, catching the dust of the fields and casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the profound scale of the prairie.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, anchoring the daily rhythm of Johnson to the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest. The history of the region is etched into the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the older buildings, which stand as quiet witnesses to generations of families who have worked this stubborn, productive earth. Life in Johnson moves with the steady, measured pace of a place that understands the necessity of patience and the weight of the climate. Residents who seek a brief respite from the labor of the fields sometimes venture toward the greenery of Unknown Park, finding a different kind of quiet in the managed wildness of the landscape. It is a place where the primary fact of existence is the immense, unblinking dome of the sky, forcing a humble perspective on all who inhabit the plains below.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.9 mi, 094° E
Twin Oaks Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 239° SW
Johnson County Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 254° W
Osage Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 269° W
Peru State College Historical Marker (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 072° E
PSC Theatre & Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.7 mi, 072° E
Kansas Bend (State Recreation Area) — 15.3 mi, 060° NE
Table Rock Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 198° S
Table Rock Argus (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 198° S
Brownville Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 093° E
Brownville Historical Marker (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 093° E
Muir House Historical Marker (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 093° E
Museum of Missouri River History (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 093° E
J. Sterling Morton Monument (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 019° N
The Climbing Tree (Viewpoint) — 19.7 mi, 018° N
Earth Lodge (Historic Ruins) — 19.8 mi, 026° NE
Waubonsie Access (State Recreation Area) — 20.1 mi, 025° NE
Pawnee County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.5 mi, 202° S
Waubonsie State Park (State Park) — 23.1 mi, 042° NE
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 23.7 mi, 111° E
Sinister Sidney (Attraction) — 30.1 mi, 039° NE
Dinosaur (Public Artwork) — 36.1 mi, 114° SE
Nebraska Communities Playhouse (Arts Centre) — 36.3 mi, 294° NW
Roca Berry Farm (Attraction) — 39.1 mi, 295° NW
Boy Scouts Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 40.0 mi, 313° NW
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.0 mi, 119° SE · 15k acres
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 69.2 mi, 002° N · 7,936 acres

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