Woodland Hills Nebraska Map

About Woodland Hills, Nebraska

Woodland Hills is a locality in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 232. The population density is 250.2 people per km². Woodland Hills is located at 40.7511°N, 96.4210°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68347.

Woodland Hills emerges from the expansive Nebraska prairie as a collection of modest structures defined by the vast, unyielding horizon. It lies 13.3 miles east-southeast of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 105°T), and is situated 12.8 miles south-southeast of Waverly. Hooper Creek carves a quiet, seasonal path through the surrounding fields just one mile from the center, its banks supporting the verdant growth that gives Woodland Hills its name. Sunlight here possesses a singular, clarifying quality, turning the late-summer tallgrass into a sea of amber that ripples under the constant, restless wind. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the landscape opens into the characteristic flatness of the region, where the sky claims the majority of the view and the air carries the faint, dry scent of soil and turning grain.

Settlement in Woodland Hills followed the slow migration of farmers drawn to the fertility of the plains, establishing an economy anchored firmly in the rhythms of the harvest and the stewardship of livestock. The legacy of these early pioneers remains visible in the sturdy, deliberate architecture of the downtown district, where the daily pace is measured not by clocks, but by the necessities of the seasons. Residents often seek the quiet expanse of the Triple Creek Wildlife Management Area six miles away, or find reflection in the stillness of Eagle Lake, which lies four miles from the town’s edge. Life in Woodland Hills maintains a steady, grounded character, reflecting a quiet endurance that honors the labor of those who first broke this ground and the persistent, quiet beauty of the Nebraska plains.

About This Woodland Hills Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Woodland Hills, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.7511, -96.421. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Woodland Hills includes the ZIP code (68347), telephone area code (402), county seat of Otoe County (Nebraska City), and school district assignment (Palmyra District OR-1).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.