Beatrice, NE

united states

Beatrice sits 40 miles south of Lincoln via US Highway 77, serving as the Gage County seat in Nebraska's agricultural heartland. The city connects to surrounding areas through US 136 running east-west and State Highway 4 from the west, with most visitors arriving from Lincoln or Interstate 80. The Homestead National Monument just outside town marks where the very first homestead claim was filed under the 1862 Homestead Act.