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Laurel Nebraska Map

Explore Laurel, 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 Laurel, Nebraska

How to Use This Laurel, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	42.429445
Longitude	-97.08977
Population	972
Density	318.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68745
Area Code	402
County Seat	Hartington
School District	Laurel-Concord-Coleridge School

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About Laurel, Nebraska

Laurel is a locality in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 972. The population density is 318.0 people per km². Laurel is located at 42.4294°N, 97.0898°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Laurel is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68745.

Laurel occupies a wide, level expanse of the Nebraska plains where the sky dominates the horizon with a vast, unrelenting blue. It lies 32.4 miles north-northeast of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 31°T), and is situated 14.2 miles north-northwest of Wayne. The landscape here is defined by the subtle, persistent push of the wind against the tallgrass and the slow, meandering path of Middle Logan Creek, which cuts through the earth only a mile from the center of the grid. To the west, the gentle rise of Cottonwood Hill marks the skyline, a reminder of the quiet elevation changes that ripple across the state. The light at dusk settles heavy and gold over the fields, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the open ground until the prairie turns a deep, bruised violet.

Laurel maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life built upon the cycles of the agricultural season and the resilience of those who cultivate the soil. Beyond the town limits, the land opens toward the sanctuary of the Thompson-Barnes Wildlife Management Area, while the waters of Fharenholtz Reservoir provide a quiet stillness in the nearby distance. The economy remains rooted in the productivity of the surrounding grain fields and the steady labor of regional farming, a tradition that has anchored the community since its early days of settlement. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring grain elevators that break the horizon and the quiet, rhythmic industry of a place that understands the weight of the harvest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Thompson-Barnes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 165° S
Sioux Strip Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 231° SW
Dixon County Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 094° E
Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 13.4 mi, 164° S
The Willow Bowl (Theatre) — 13.6 mi, 164° S
Wayne County Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 165° S
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 14.1 mi, 165° S
Wayne Rugby & Softball Park (Local Recreation) — 14.2 mi, 163° S
Graves Library Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 134° SE
Cedar County Historical Marker (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 326° NW
Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 325° NW
Winside Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 194° S
Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 036° NE
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 20.8 mi, 019° N · 870 acres
River Bend Vista (Viewpoint) — 20.9 mi, 020° N
Frost Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 21.1 mi, 019° N
Ponca State Park (State Park) — 21.7 mi, 059° NE
Towers of Time (Public Artwork) — 22.3 mi, 060° NE
Clay County (State Recreation Area) — 23.6 mi, 010° N
Austin-Whittemore House Museum (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 018° N
Coyote Theatre (Cinema) — 25.5 mi, 018° N
Warren Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 25.6 mi, 049° NE
Oscar Howe Gallery (Gallery) — 25.9 mi, 019° N
Spirit Mound (State Recreation Area) — 30.9 mi, 012° N
Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 32.0 mi, 055° NE
Stone State Park (State Park) — 32.0 mi, 078° E
The Block (Gallery) — 35.3 mi, 081° E
Sea Ray Sandbar (Attraction) — 47.4 mi, 117° SE

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