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Communities Around Merritt:

1 1/2 hours or less:

Valentine NE 30.2 miles northeast = 35min -- take 97 to the southwest

Ainsworth NE 75.4 miles east = 1hr 17min -- take 20 to the northwest, then 97 to the southwest

Mission SD 61.8 miles north = 1hr 6min -- take 83 south, then 97 to the south west

Mullen NE 45.6 miles = 48min -- take 97 to the north

Thedford NE 59.2 miles = 1hr5 min -- take 83 north 23.5 mi to Brownlee Rd turnoff, take Brownlee Rd 25.8 mi to 97, take 97 to north for 9.3 mi

2 hours or more

O'Neill NE 140 miles = 2hr 23min -- take 20 to the west, then 97 to the southwest

Taylor NE 127 miles = 2hr 13min -- take 91 west to Dunning, take 2 west-north-west to Thedford, then 83 north then Brownlee Rd, then 97 north

Burwell NE 142 miles = 2 hr 30min

Broken Bow NE 123 miles = 2 hr 11min - 

Cozad NE 164 miles = 2hr 44min -- take I-80 or 30 to

 83/97 in NorthPlatte, then 97 north

North Platte NE  116 miles = 2hr 1min -- take  97 north

Grand Island NE 204 miles = 3hr 33min -- take 2 then 2/92 then 2 to 83 then Brownlee Rd to 97 then 97

Burke SD 126 miles = 2hr 8 min --  

Chamberlain SD  162 miles = 2hr 58 min