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Monroe Nebraska Map

Explore Monroe, 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 Monroe, Nebraska

How to Use This Monroe, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	41.474179
Longitude	-97.599493
Population	296
Density	586.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68647
Area Code	402
County Seat	Columbus
School District	Twin River Public Schools

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About Monroe, Nebraska

Monroe is a locality in Platte County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 296. The population density is 586.1 people per km². Monroe is located at 41.4742°N, 97.5995°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Monroe is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68647.

Monroe occupies a sliver of the vast, hushed expanse where the sky asserts its dominance over the earth, stretching wide and pale above the flat, fertile plains. It lies 12.4 miles west-northwest of Columbus, NE (from Columbus, NE: bearing 284°T), and is situated 28.0 miles west of Schuyler. The landscape surrounding Monroe is defined by the steady, unassuming presence of the Loup River, which meanders through the fields just a mile away, its slow current carving a soft, rhythmic boundary through the silt and soil. Vegetation here leans toward the resilient, with patches of native grasses bowing to the persistent Nebraska winds that dictate the movement of the clouds. At the edge of the immediate environment, the Lee Rupp Wildlife Management Area provides a quiet sanctuary where the local flora and fauna persist in a state of watchful stillness, undisturbed by the distant, mechanical hum of regional transit.

Monroe remains anchored to the patterns of the agrarian calendar, an economy built upon the steady yields of corn and soy that define the ambition of the local fields. History here is kept in the quiet maintenance of fence lines and the weathered siding of structures that have seen decades of harvest cycles pass without fanfare. Life in Monroe moves in accordance with the light, which turns a sharp, metallic gold during the late afternoon, illuminating the dust kicked up by machinery as it works the perimeter. While the Goedeken Reservoir lies a short nine miles away, the daily pulse of the inhabitants is tethered more closely to the soil beneath their boots and the immense, unblinking horizon that marks the limit of their world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lee Rupp Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 179° S
Lookingglass Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 179° S
Duncan 1871-1971 Historical Marker (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 137° SE
Bradshaw Park (Local Recreation) — 11.3 mi, 104° E
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 11.4 mi, 089° E
Gerrard Park (Local Park) — 11.4 mi, 100° E
Pawnee Park (Local Park) — 12.2 mi, 107° E
Wilderness Park Soccer Complex (Local Recreation) — 12.5 mi, 094° E
Platte County Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 103° E
Union Veterans of the Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 104° E
Columbus Powerhouse historical marker (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 093° E
Stage (Theatre) — 24.9 mi, 180° S
Madison County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 017° N
Gateway Theater (Cinema) — 25.7 mi, 306° NW
Schuyler/Colfax County Museum (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 094° E
Butler County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 122° SE
Clarkson Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 055° NE
Crossing the Plains Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 45.1 mi, 177° S
Branched Oak State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 49.7 mi, 132° SE
Pahuk (Historic Ruins) — 52.0 mi, 093° E
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.0 mi, 199° S · 324 acres
Pohawk Point (Viewpoint) — 52.8 mi, 093° E
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 55.1 mi, 228° SW
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 57.1 mi, 225° SW
Legendary Josh Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 59.5 mi, 134° SE
Hilltop Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 64.4 mi, 138° SE
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park (State Park) — 72.9 mi, 114° SE
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 74.3 mi, 229° SW · 642 acres

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