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Princeton Nebraska Map

Explore Princeton, 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 Princeton, Nebraska

How to Use This Princeton, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.573613
Longitude	-96.704743
Population	51
Density	67.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	68404
Area Code	402
County Seat	Lincoln
School District	Norris School District 160

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About Princeton, Nebraska

Princeton is a locality in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 51. The population density is 67.9 people per km². Princeton is located at 40.5736°N, 96.7047°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68404.

Princeton occupies a quiet reach of the Great Plains where the sky dictates the reach of the day and the tallgrass prairie shivers under the relentless passage of the wind. It lies 15.8 miles south of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 187°T), and is situated 5.1 miles southwest of Hickman. The land here holds a spare, muscular grace, defined by the slow, rhythmic accumulation of silt and the persistent gravity of the horizon. Nearby, the Middle Branch Big Nemaha River carves a shallow, unassuming path through the dark earth, while the still waters of Upper Big Nemaha Reservoir 15-A mirror the shifting violet bruised light of an approaching storm. The air tastes of dry soil and coming rain, a sharpening of the senses that persists long after the sun has slipped behind the flat edge of the world.

History in Princeton remains etched into the fence lines and the weathered grain of old silos, remnants of a time when the plow first turned this stubborn sod to feed a growing nation. The local economy persists as a quiet dialogue between the farmer and the unpredictable climate, with the labor of the fields providing a steady, grounding pulse to the lives of those who remain. Beyond the immediate grids of grain and pasture, the Stagecoach Recreation Area offers a reprieve of wilder growth for those seeking the stillness of the plains, while the Hickman Trail provides a corridor for the persistent traveler to traverse the quietude of the regional landscape. Life here moves at the speed of seasonal change, measured not by the clock, but by the slow, inevitable turning of the harvest and the deep, silent frost that settles over the earth when the year finally draws to its close.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Stagecoach Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 2.8 mi, 068° E
Stagecoach Lake (Recreation Area) — 2.9 mi, 047° NE
Stagecoach Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 065° NE
Stagecoach Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 3.0 mi, 065° NE
Hiking Trails (Viewpoint) — 4.1 mi, 056° NE
Nebraska Communities Playhouse (Arts Centre) — 5.0 mi, 050° NE
Schaefer Tract (Local Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 022° N
Roca Berry Farm (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 017° N
Wagon Train State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.8 mi, 061° NE
Wagon Train Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 059° NE
Jamaica North Trail Corridor (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 007° N
Wilderness Park (Local Park) — 8.6 mi, 006° N
Bobcat Prairie (Local Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 327° NW
Church Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 13.0 mi, 018° N
Cassell Open Air Theatre (Theatre) — 13.3 mi, 285° W
Pickrell Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 186° S
Harrington Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 14.1 mi, 345° N
Union College Rockpile (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 011° N
Verley Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 14.2 mi, 342° N
Smoke Signal (Public Artwork) — 14.3 mi, 348° N
Robber's Cave Tours (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 359° N
Wilber Czech Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 245° SW
Nebraska Copy of Liberty Bell (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 006° N
Veterans Memorial Garden (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 006° N
Seacrest Field (Stadium) — 16.3 mi, 016° N
Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 357° N
Great Plains Art Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 000° N
Lincoln Fire & Rescue Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 002° N
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.2 mi, 243° SW · 124 acres
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park (State Park) — 36.6 mi, 033° NE

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