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Peru Nebraska Map

Explore Peru, 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 Peru, Nebraska

How to Use This Peru, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.474169
Longitude	-95.733605
Population	648
Density	475.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68421
Area Code	402
County Seat	Auburn
School District	Auburn Public Schools

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About Peru, Nebraska

Peru is a locality in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 648. The population density is 475.7 people per km². Peru is located at 40.4742°N, 95.7336°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Peru is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68421.

Peru claims a high, terraced perch above the expansive Missouri River floodplain, where the earth drops away into a sprawling mosaic of alluvial soil and dense timber. It lies 46.5 miles south of Bellevue, NE (from Bellevue, NE: bearing 170°T), and is situated 7.9 miles northeast of Auburn. The landscape surrounding Peru is defined by the heavy, loess-bluff topography that rises abruptly from the lowlands, creating a rugged horizon of steep ridges and deep, shadowed ravines. A mile to the east, the Peru Bottoms Wildlife Management Area provides a quiet corridor of riparian woodland and seasonal wetlands, while the rhythmic, narrow currents of Buck Creek carve through the base of the bluffs. Far to the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of Pigeon Ridge anchors the view, a reminder of the vast scale of the interior plains that stretch toward the horizon.

Education and the slow accumulation of academic history define the character of Peru, anchored by the long-standing presence of the state’s oldest college. This institution serves as the primary engine of the local economy, pulling the pace of the streets into a seasonal cadence dictated by the academic calendar. Beyond the quiet, brick-lined paths of the campus, the region retains a deep connection to the agricultural cycles of the surrounding prairie, where the soil is thick and dark. Those who traverse the local landscape might venture seven miles to reach the Steamboat Trace Trail, a pathway that follows the old rail lines, or travel nine miles to observe the quiet, basin-like geography of Happy Hollow. Even the water here remains sequestered in the land, with the calm, still surface of Ely Reservoir resting five miles away, reflecting a sky that seems to press closer to the earth than anywhere else.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Peru State College Historical Marker (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 151° SE
PSC Theatre & Auditorium (Theatre) — 0.1 mi, 059° NE
Peru Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 009° N
Kansas Bend (State Recreation Area) — 1.4 mi, 084° E
Peru Boat Ramp Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 071° E
Watson Access (State Recreation Area) — 3.4 mi, 059° NE
Brownville Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 143° SE
Brownville Historical Marker (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 142° SE
Muir House Historical Marker (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 142° SE
Museum of Missouri River History (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 141° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.7 mi, 229° SW
Rock Port Rest Area & Missouri Welcome Center (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 119° SE
Waubonsie State Park (State Park) — 12.5 mi, 011° N
Earth Lodge (Historic Ruins) — 14.3 mi, 339° N
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 15.4 mi, 148° SE
Nebraska City Museum of Firefighting (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 334° NW
Old Freighters Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 335° NW
J. Sterling Morton Monument (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 332° NW
Osage Orange Grove (Viewpoint) — 16.1 mi, 333° NW
Fremont County Historical Society (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 014° N
Sinister Sidney (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 015° N
Dinosaur (Public Artwork) — 27.0 mi, 135° SE
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.6 mi, 137° SE · 15k acres
Leary Site (Historic Ruins) — 37.2 mi, 151° SE
Davies Amphitheater (Theatre) — 39.5 mi, 360° N
Woodland Fairy Tea Party (Attraction) — 45.0 mi, 345° N
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.1 mi, 122° SE · 3,906 acres

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