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Allen Nebraska Map

Explore Allen, Nebraska, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Allen, Nebraska

How to Use This Allen, Nebraska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Allen, Nebraska. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Nebraska or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Allen.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Allen
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Dixon County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.416388
Longitude	-96.845318
Population	355
Density	368.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68710
Area Code	402
County Seat	Ponca
School District	Allen Consolidated Schools

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About Allen, Nebraska

Allen is a locality in Dixon County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 355. The population density is 368.5 people per km². Allen is located at 42.4164°N, 96.8453°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Allen is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68710.

Allen spreads its quiet grid across the northeastern Nebraska plains, where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day’s length. It lies 22.4 miles west of South Sioux City, NE (from South Sioux City, NE: bearing 260°T), and is situated 15.6 miles northeast of Wayne. The land here is defined by a rigorous, open geometry, characterized by broad stretches of fertile soil that rise toward the modest elevation of Cottonwood Hill four miles to the west. A mile to the south, the banks of Otter Creek cut a shallow, winding path through the silt, providing a thin, verdant ribbon of vegetation that contrasts with the surrounding expanse of shortgrass prairie. In the deeper shadows of Tar Box Hollow, two miles away, the wind loses its sharp edge, and the light at dusk takes on a bruised, violet quality that seems to compress the vast sky against the earth.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Allen, dictating the seasonal migration of machinery and the slow, deliberate pace of commerce that defines the local economy. The legacy of those who first broke this sod persists in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of the grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the clouds, marking the town’s silhouette. For those seeking the stillness of the landscape, the Fharenholtz Reservoir sits four miles distant, holding the sky in its glass-still surface, while the Thompson-Barnes Wildlife Management Area twelve miles away offers a preserve for the native grasses and fauna that once claimed the entire region. Life in Allen moves in synchrony with the harvest, a persistent, quiet endurance that values the integrity of the soil and the clarity of the wide, empty air above it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dixon County Museum (Museum) — 0.0 mi, 102° E
Graves Library Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 186° S
Thompson-Barnes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 233° SW
Ponca State Park (State Park) — 13.5 mi, 028° NE
Towers of Time (Public Artwork) — 13.9 mi, 029° NE
Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.8 mi, 216° SW
The Willow Bowl (Theatre) — 15.0 mi, 216° SW
Wayne Rugby & Softball Park (Local Recreation) — 15.1 mi, 212° SW
Wayne County Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 216° SW
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 15.5 mi, 215° SW
Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 355° N
Adams Nature Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.6 mi, 064° NE
River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.2 mi, 066° NE
Warren Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 18.9 mi, 022° N
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 19.5 mi, 049° NE
O'Connor House Museum Complex (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 110° E
The Railroad Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 067° NE
Stone State Park (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 068° E
Theophile Bruguier Monument (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 075° E
Chief War Eagle Memorial (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 075° E
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 21.2 mi, 346° N · 870 acres
Frost Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 21.6 mi, 346° N
Stone State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 21.8 mi, 055° NE
The Block (Gallery) — 23.2 mi, 075° E
Riviera Theatre 4 (Cinema) — 23.3 mi, 077° E
Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 23.7 mi, 035° NE
Clay County (State Recreation Area) — 25.4 mi, 342° N
Oscar Howe Gallery (Gallery) — 25.7 mi, 351° N
Sea Ray Sandbar (Attraction) — 36.2 mi, 125° SE
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 72.8 mi, 145° SE · 16k acres

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