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Naponee Nebraska Map

Explore Naponee, 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 Naponee, Nebraska

How to Use This Naponee, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.076679
Longitude	-99.141477
Population	83
Density	138.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68960
Area Code	308
County Seat	Franklin
School District	Franklin Public Schools

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About Naponee, Nebraska

Naponee is a locality in Franklin County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 83. The population density is 138.7 people per km². Naponee is located at 40.0767°N, 99.1415°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Naponee is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68960.

Naponee sits upon a broad, sun-bleached expanse of the Great Plains where the horizon defines the limits of the world. It lies 43.1 miles south of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 184°T), and is situated 27.9 miles south-southeast of Holdrege. Turkey Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its banks fringed with hardy brush that turns a brittle, metallic gold when the frost arrives. To the west, the land rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Indian Hill, while the water of Rasmussen Reservoir holds the reflection of the vast, shifting sky just two miles away. The air here carries the scent of dry soil and cured grass, and at dusk, the light stretches across the fields in long, amber fingers, illuminating the quiet persistence of the prairie.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Naponee, with silos and steel fences marking the rhythm of a life tied to the cycle of planting and harvest. The economy relies on the stubborn productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the soil yields its bounty to those who know how to work the heavy, dark loam. Residents often look toward the open recreation provided by Harlan County Lake to find a reprieve from the heat of midsummer afternoons. Life in Naponee moves with an unhurried gravity, shaped by the memory of those who first broke this sod and the enduring, silent presence of the plains that stretch out in every direction.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Harlan County Lake (Recreation Area) — 2.6 mi, 262° W
Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 2.8 mi, 267° W
Franklin County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 080° E
Francis Wachs Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 164° S
Franklin County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 13.0 mi, 018° N
Limestone Bluffs Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 108° E
Kearney County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 20.4 mi, 002° N
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 24.1 mi, 204° SW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 204° SW
Phelps County Historical Museum (Museum) — 29.5 mi, 335° NW
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 34.4 mi, 120° SE
Statue of Liberty Replica (Monument) — 36.3 mi, 149° SE
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 39.4 mi, 091° E
Fort Kearny State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 40.4 mi, 010° N
Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 41.0 mi, 359° N
Nebraska Wind Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 41.1 mi, 001° N
Kearney Area Childrens Museum (Museum) — 45.3 mi, 004° N
Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 46.0 mi, 246° SW
Webster State Park (State Park) — 47.7 mi, 199° S
Gibbon Heritage Center (Museum) — 48.8 mi, 018° N
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 49.0 mi, 043° NE
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.3 mi, 027° NE · 642 acres
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 53.8 mi, 048° NE
Crosier Asmat Museum (Museum) — 54.1 mi, 048° NE
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 54.3 mi, 136° SE
Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 54.6 mi, 053° NE
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 61.7 mi, 066° NE
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 69.1 mi, 035° NE
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 71.5 mi, 034° NE
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 78.7 mi, 053° NE · 324 acres

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