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Orleans Nebraska Map

Explore Orleans, 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 Orleans, Nebraska

How to Use This Orleans, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.129177
Longitude	-99.45538
Population	341
Density	219.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68966
Area Code	308
County Seat	Alma
School District	Southern Valley Schools

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About Orleans, Nebraska

Orleans is a locality in Harlan County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 341. The population density is 219.4 people per km². Orleans is located at 40.1292°N, 99.4554°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Orleans is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68966.

Orleans commands a wide, level horizon where the sky exerts a heavy, blue pressure upon the prairie grasses. It lies 44.0 miles south-southwest of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 207°T), and is situated 22.0 miles south-southwest of Holdrege. Flag Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the soil here, its banks often fringed with the muted browns of dormant vegetation, providing a quiet corridor for the local wildlife. To the north, the terrain rises into subtle, wind-swept undulations that hint at the distance to Union Ridge, a faint, jagged line on the far edge of the world. The light in Orleans possesses a clarity that makes the shadows of grain elevators and silos appear unnaturally sharp, as if the sun has scrubbed the air of all artifice.

Orleans emerged from the expansion of the rail era, drawing its vitality from the deep, dark loam that supports a steady rhythm of harvest and planting. The economy remains anchored to the earth, defined by the seasonal cycles of corn and wheat that ripple across the plains in emerald or amber waves. Residents find common ground at the Harlan County Recreation Area, where the land opens up to offer a reprieve from the relentless geometry of the crop rows. While Coyote Canyon lies miles away, its presence is felt in the way the wind funnels across the open expanse, carrying the scent of dry dust and distant rain. Life in Orleans moves with the measured, deliberate pace of a place that understands its own scale against the vast, indifferent prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.5 mi, 191° S
Harlan County Lake (Recreation Area) — 1.0 mi, 258° W
Phelps County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 16.8 mi, 355° N
West Sacramento Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.3 mi, 024° NE
Sacramento-wilcox Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.0 mi, 034° NE
Franklin County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 22.1 mi, 055° NE
Phelps County Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 010° N
Franklin County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 26.6 mi, 094° E
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 165° S
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 26.7 mi, 165° S
Norton Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 30.7 mi, 229° SW
Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 33.5 mi, 230° SW
Sandy Channel State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 37.2 mi, 006° N
Cambridge Museum (Museum) — 39.1 mi, 286° W
Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 40.5 mi, 023° NE
Nebraska Wind Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 41.4 mi, 025° NE
Fort Kearny State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 43.2 mi, 033° NE
Kearney Area Childrens Museum (Museum) — 45.9 mi, 025° NE
Dawson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 47.3 mi, 342° N
Webster State Park (State Park) — 48.8 mi, 179° S
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 50.8 mi, 114° SE
Gibbon Heritage Center (Museum) — 53.4 mi, 037° NE
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 59.0 mi, 043° NE · 642 acres
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 59.4 mi, 057° NE
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 65.3 mi, 060° NE
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 69.1 mi, 128° SE
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 76.0 mi, 073° E
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 77.4 mi, 047° NE
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 79.3 mi, 045° NE

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