Yankee Hill Nebraska Map

About Yankee Hill, Nebraska

Yankee Hill is a locality in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 286. The population density is 27.3 people per km². Yankee Hill is located at 40.7639°N, 96.7309°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 68523, 68522.

Yankee Hill defines itself through the long, horizontal reach of the prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the earth. It lies 4.2 miles southwest of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 233°T), and is situated 15.3 miles northeast of Crete. Salt Creek carves a quiet, persistent channel through the local terrain, its waters marking the low points of a landscape defined by subtle shifts in elevation. The Optimist Youth Sports Complex occupies the center of the immediate environment, providing a focal point of activity where the grass is kept short and the air carries the scent of turned soil. Beyond the manicured fields, the Bison Trail offers a path for those who wish to traverse the open plains, tracing a line through the grasses that have stood here since the first settlers looked out at the unending horizon.

History in Yankee Hill lingers in the steady, agrarian pulse of the region, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of the land and the endurance of local farmsteads. The presence of Yankee Hill Lake four miles away serves as a reminder of the water that sustains this interior expanse, grounding the community in the practical needs of the plains. Life moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, shaped by the light that turns the dry stalks of autumn into pale gold and the deep, silent frost of winter. Whether watching the sun drop behind the distant, shadowed contours of the earth or listening to the wind move across the open spaces, one recognizes that Yankee Hill persists as a quiet intersection of human effort and the vast, indifferent beauty of the Nebraska landscape.

About This Yankee Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Yankee Hill, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.763891, -96.730851. 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 Yankee Hill includes the ZIP code (68523, 68522), telephone area code (402), county seat of Lancaster County (Lincoln), and school district assignment (Lincoln Public Schools).

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.