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About Red Cloud, NE

Red Cloud sits in south-central Nebraska where US Highway 136 and State Highway 281 intersect. Most visitors drive Highway 136 from Superior to the east or Norton, Kansas to the west, while locals use Highway 281 to connect with farming communities throughout Webster County. The town preserves Willa Cather's childhood home and literary archives, celebrating the Pulitzer Prize winner who made this prairie landscape famous in American literature.

Where is Red Cloud, NE on the map?

Red Cloud, NE is in United States, at 40.086, -98.522 - about 32 km north of Lebanon, KS.

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The closest airport to Red Cloud, NE is Kearney Regional Airport, 116 km (about 1 h 30 min by car).

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