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McLean Nebraska Map

Explore McLean, 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 McLean, Nebraska

How to Use This McLean, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	42.385558
Longitude	-97.46867
Population	33
Density	134.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68747
Area Code	402
County Seat	Pierce
School District	Osmond Community Schools

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About McLean, Nebraska

McLean is a locality in Pierce County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 33. The population density is 134.1 people per km². McLean is located at 42.3856°N, 97.4687°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. McLean is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68747.

McLean occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska plains where the horizon defines the limits of the sky and the movement of the wind. It lies 24.8 miles north of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 354°T), and is situated 33.7 miles south of Yankton. Broad fields of corn and soybean stretch toward the edges of the world, punctuated only by the occasional stand of shelterbelt trees and the subtle, rhythmic dip of the land. A mile from the center of McLean, the East Branch North Fork Elkhorn River carves a narrow, persistent path through the soil, its current often hidden by tall grasses that bow under the weight of the summer air. When the sun begins to retreat, the light turns a deep, bruised gold, casting elongated shadows that seem to anchor the earth firmly against the vast, empty heavens.

Agriculture remains the pulse of McLean, a tradition that has dictated the pace of life since the early settlers first broke the stubborn sod of the prairie. Beyond the immediate reach of the silos and farmsteads, the landscape offers a rugged, unadorned beauty, particularly at the Sioux Strip Wildlife Management Area, where the native grasses reclaim the ground in a tangle of bronze and amber. Those seeking the stillness of deeper waters occasionally travel thirteen miles to Pierce Lake, though the true character of the locality is found in the daily labor of the fields and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. Life in McLean persists with a quiet gravity, focused on the steady cycles of planting and harvest that have sustained the residents for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sioux Strip Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 107° E
Klown Doll Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 262° W
Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 032° NE
Cedar County Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 032° NE
Winside Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 134° SE
Verges Park Historical Marker (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 174° S
Yellowbanks Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 24.8 mi, 203° SW
Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 113° SE
Wayne County Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 114° SE
The Willow Bowl (Theatre) — 25.2 mi, 113° SE
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 25.4 mi, 115° SE
Meadow Grove Museum (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 209° SW
Lewis and Clark Lake (Recreation Area) — 31.3 mi, 356° N
Chief White Crane Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 32.0 mi, 001° N
Lewis And Clark Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 32.8 mi, 353° N
Gavins Point (Viewpoint) — 32.8 mi, 352° N
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 33.0 mi, 006° N · 870 acres
Memorial of White Buffalo Girl (Monument) — 33.7 mi, 238° SW
Frost Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 34.8 mi, 048° NE
Ancient Tortoise (Public Artwork) — 35.2 mi, 274° W
Cinema Magic (Cinema) — 35.2 mi, 006° N
Niobrara State Park (State Park) — 38.1 mi, 309° NW
Oscar Howe Gallery (Gallery) — 39.1 mi, 045° NE
Ponca State Park (State Park) — 40.4 mi, 067° NE
Warren Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 43.4 mi, 063° NE
Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 50.3 mi, 064° NE
The Block (Gallery) — 54.8 mi, 081° E
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 62.9 mi, 176° S
Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 67.4 mi, 309° NW · 2,165 acres
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 72.0 mi, 318° NW · 2,043 acres

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