Explore Mitchell, 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 Mitchell, 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 Mitchell.
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 | Mitchell |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Scotts Bluff County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 41.940244 |
| Longitude | -103.808557 |
| Population | 1,548 |
| Density | 890.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 69357 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| County Seat | Gering |
| School District | Mitchell Public Schools |
Mitchell reveals itself through the steady, low-slung horizon of the high plains, where the sky claims more territory than the earth below. It lies 8.9 miles northwest of Scottsbluff, NE (from Scottsbluff, NE: bearing 305°T), and is situated 11.0 miles northwest of Gering. The Mitchell Drain cuts a quiet, persistent line through the landscape, acting as a rhythmic pulse for the surrounding fields that stretch toward the subtle silhouette of Bald Peak seven miles distant. To the east, the stillness of Lewis Lake offers a cool counterpoint to the dry, sun-bleached grasses, while the nearby Clive Ostenberg Flyway provides a sanctuary where the light at dusk turns the prairie into a bruised, golden violet. The terrain feels ancient and unadorned, a vast expanse where the wind carries the scent of turned soil and the weight of a climate that demands resilience from everything it touches.
Agriculture serves as the bedrock of Mitchell, with the economy anchored by the seasonal cycles of harvest and the patient labor of those who work the land. Beyond the immediate fields, the rugged contours of Browns Canyon remind travelers of the geological currents that shaped this region long before the first homesteads arrived. While the Monument Valley Trail - Scottsbluff lies nine miles away, the sense of isolation here is not one of abandonment but of deliberate space, allowing for a life defined by the slow turn of the seasons. Residents maintain a quiet, steady pace, moving through their days with the awareness that they inhabit a landscape where the primary fact of existence is the immense, open Nebraska sky.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mitchell, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.940244, -103.808557. 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 Mitchell includes the ZIP code (69357), telephone area code (308), county seat of Scotts Bluff County (Gering), and school district assignment (Mitchell 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. |