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Ulysses Nebraska Map

Explore Ulysses, 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 Ulysses, Nebraska

How to Use This Ulysses, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	41.071956
Longitude	-97.201984
Population	196
Density	348.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68669
Area Code	402
County Seat	David City
School District	Seward Public Schools

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About Ulysses, Nebraska

Ulysses is a locality in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 196. The population density is 348.7 people per km². Ulysses is located at 41.0720°N, 97.2020°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ulysses is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68669.

Ulysses commands a wide, level expanse of the Nebraska plains where the horizon functions as the primary measure of the world. It lies 26.2 miles south-southeast of Columbus, NE (from Columbus, NE: bearing 161°T), and is situated 12.6 miles north-northwest of Seward. The Big Blue River carves a quiet, persistent path less than a mile from the center, its channel shaded by native hardwoods that break the relentless sweep of the prairie grasses. To the northeast, the waters of Kratochvil Reservoir offer a localized stillness, reflecting the vast, shifting colors of a sky that seems to possess more weight than the earth itself. The air here carries the scent of turned soil and dry stalks, a scent that intensifies as the sun dips low, turning the fields into long, amber shadows that stretch toward the distant edges of the state.

Ulysses maintains the steady, pragmatic pace of a locale built upon the deep, dark loam that defines the regional economy. Agriculture serves as the pulse of the daily cycle, dictating the movement of machinery and the ebb and flow of commerce across the surrounding grid of section roads. For those who seek the wilder remnants of the landscape, the Redtail Wildlife Management Area lies ten miles away, preserving a fragment of the tallgrass environment that once dominated the entire vista. Life in Ulysses is defined by this proximity to the seasons, where the persistence of the Big Blue River and the quiet industry of the harvest create a rhythm as reliable as the turning of the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Redtail Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 086° E
Plum Creek Park (Local Park) — 11.6 mi, 148° SE
The Light Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 12.2 mi, 152° SE
Heartfelt Memorial (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 152° SE
Bartels Museum of Rocks and Minerals (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 152° SE
Seward County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.3 mi, 183° S
Oak Glen Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.4 mi, 120° SE
Butler County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 016° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 13.8 mi, 017° N
Branched Oak Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.9 mi, 113° SE
Seward County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 183° S
Branched Oak State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 17.0 mi, 114° SE
Branched Oak Lake (Recreation Area) — 17.1 mi, 114° SE
York County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 17.8 mi, 233° SW
War Memorial (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 294° NW
Stage (Theatre) — 20.8 mi, 278° W
Pawnee Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 21.4 mi, 133° SE
Clayton Museum of Ancient History (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 235° SW
Anna Bemis Palmer Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 235° SW
Legendary Josh Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 25.8 mi, 123° SE
Union Veterans of the Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 26.1 mi, 342° N
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 29.5 mi, 342° N
Hilltop Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 30.1 mi, 133° SE
Verley Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 30.1 mi, 134° SE
Bison Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 30.2 mi, 133° SE
Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 125° SE
The Haymarket Theatre (Theatre) — 31.2 mi, 124° SE
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center (Cinema) — 31.5 mi, 124° SE
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.6 mi, 241° SW · 324 acres
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 66.8 mi, 063° NE · 16k acres

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