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Lawrence Nebraska Map

Explore Lawrence, 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 Lawrence, Nebraska

How to Use This Lawrence, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.291957
Longitude	-98.260048
Population	272
Density	253.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68957
Area Code	308
County Seat	Nelson
School District	Lawrence-Nelson Public Schools

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About Lawrence, Nebraska

Lawrence is a locality in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 272. The population density is 253.1 people per km². Lawrence is located at 40.2920°N, 98.2600°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lawrence is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68957.

Lawrence occupies a vast, open expanse where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day, dictating the reach of the light and the depth of the shadows. It lies 21.4 miles south-southeast of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 162°T), and is situated 44.0 miles south of Grand Island. Dry Creek carves a shallow, intermittent path through the local terrain just one mile away, its bed often holding more memory of moisture than actual water during the long, dry stretches of summer. The earth here is a sturdy, worked soil, giving way to the quiet, subtle shifts of the prairie that stretch outward until they dissolve into the pale, distant haze of the sky. At dusk, the quality of the light takes on a particular, heavy gold that seems to press against the fences and the grain silos, turning the routine silhouettes of the landscape into something stark and luminous. While the land remains largely flat, the occasional elevation suggests the slow, tectonic patience of the region, grounding Lawrence in a geography that demands a steady, persistent sort of attention from those who walk its edges.

Agriculture anchors the rhythm of Lawrence, where the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest define the economy and the movement of the people. The legacy of early settlement persists in the deliberate, functional architecture of the streets, reflecting a history built on the necessity of self-reliance and the quiet strength of the agrarian life. Residents sometimes travel to the Bulrush Wildlife Management Area, located eleven miles away, to find a stillness that feels untouched by the machinery of the fields. During the quieter hours, one might catch the faint, shifting colors of the water at Dolnicek Reservoir, situated two miles from the center, where the surface mirrors the passing clouds with a glassy, unhurried intensity. Life in Lawrence follows a trajectory marked by the slow turn of the seasons and the shared, unspoken recognition that the land is both the provider and the boundary for everything that happens here.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Indian Raids Historical Marker (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 076° E
Bulrush Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 054° NE
Bluewing Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 067° NE
Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 12.6 mi, 020° N
Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ne (Resource Management Area) — 12.7 mi, 008° N
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 14.1 mi, 045° NE
Crystal Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.5 mi, 320° NW
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 16.4 mi, 201° S
Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 351° N
Heritage Room Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 101° E
The Pintail Initiative: A Race Against Time (Conservation Area) — 20.4 mi, 054° NE
Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 151° SE
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 21.5 mi, 344° N
Crosier Asmat Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 344° N
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 24.7 mi, 328° NW
Kearney County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 25.9 mi, 286° W
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 28.1 mi, 158° S
Martin Brothers Memorial (Monument) — 34.4 mi, 339° N
Susan O. Hail Grave (Monument) — 34.6 mi, 317° NW
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 36.2 mi, 208° SW
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.2 mi, 028° NE · 324 acres
Ermas Desire Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 36.8 mi, 354° N
Thayer County Museum (Museum) — 37.1 mi, 094° E
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.5 mi, 327° NW · 642 acres
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 41.7 mi, 352° N
Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 43.5 mi, 085° E
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 44.9 mi, 352° N
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 46.0 mi, 133° SE
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 53.5 mi, 185° S
Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 53.9 mi, 299° NW

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