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Prairie Home Nebraska Map

Explore Prairie Home, 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 Prairie Home, Nebraska

How to Use This Prairie Home, Nebraska Map

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

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	Prairie Home
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Lancaster County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.864721
Longitude	-96.520843
Population	38
Density	32.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	68527
Area Code	402
County Seat	Lincoln
School District	Waverly School District 145

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About Prairie Home, Nebraska

Prairie Home is a locality in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 38. The population density is 32.1 people per km². Prairie Home is located at 40.8647°N, 96.5208°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68527.

Prairie Home occupies a vast expanse of open, high-plains landscape where the horizon serves as the primary constant, pulling the eye toward an infinite sky. It lies 8.9 miles east-northeast of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 60°T), and is situated 3.7 miles south of Waverly. The terrain is defined by the subtle, rhythmic swell of the earth, covered in a resilient mix of grasses that shift from pale ochre to deep emerald depending on the season’s rain. Three miles away, the quiet presence of Jones Reservoir offers a reflective stillness to the landscape, while the nearby banks of Camp Creek provide a sheltered corridor for cottonwoods and local wildlife to thrive. At dusk, the quality of light here possesses a peculiar, translucent clarity, turning the long shadows of the prairie into deep indigo pools that make the immense stillness feel almost tangible.

Prairie Home maintains an economy deeply rooted in the cycles of the soil, where the labor of agricultural production dictates the slow, deliberate pace of daily life. The heritage of the region is whispered in the persistent, dry rustle of corn stalks and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that dots the surrounding fields. Residents often look toward the Murdock Trail Corridor for recreation, finding a sense of connection to the land that remains largely unchanged by the frantic pace of modern centers. While the Eighty-Fourth Street Trail remains five miles away, its existence marks the quiet reach of connectivity in an otherwise solitary expanse. Here, the history of the plains is not a matter of archives, but a living practice of endurance and respect for the wide, unchanging reach of the Nebraska earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Murdock Trail Corridor (Local Recreation) — 2.5 mi, 254° W
Wayne Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 353° N
Burns (Local Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 244° SW
Stevens Creek Park Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 241° SW
Mahoney (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 258° W
Boy Scouts Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 4.6 mi, 205° SW
Mahoney Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 255° W
Trail Rider (Public Artwork) — 5.9 mi, 228° SW
Seacrest Field (Stadium) — 6.8 mi, 229° SW
Holmes Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 7.5 mi, 227° SW
Greenwood Depot Museum (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 032° NE
William Jennings Bryan (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 235° SW
Woods Auditorium (Theatre) — 9.2 mi, 228° SW
Veterans Memorial Garden (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 239° SW
Union College Rockpile (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 228° SW
Nebraska Copy of Liberty Bell (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 240° SW
Lincoln Fire & Rescue Museum (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 250° W
University of Nebraska State Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 252° W
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center (Cinema) — 10.1 mi, 251° W
Great Plains Art Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 251° W
Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 252° W
Little Salt Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 300° NW
Robber's Cave Tours (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 239° SW
Bess Streeter Aldrich Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 097° E
Jack Sinn Memorial Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.4 mi, 350° N
Legendary Josh Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 13.9 mi, 271° W
Willow Point Gallery (Gallery) — 14.4 mi, 033° NE
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 045° NE
Wagon Train State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.0 mi, 194° S
Platte River State Park (State Park) — 17.4 mi, 061° NE

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