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Ames Nebraska Map

Explore Ames, 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 Ames, Nebraska

How to Use This Ames, Nebraska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ames, 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 Ames.

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	Ames
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Dodge County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.452224
Longitude	-96.624471
Population	14
Density	16.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	68621
Area Code	402
County Seat	Fremont
School District	North Bend Central Public Schools

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About Ames, Nebraska

Ames is a locality in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 14. The population density is 16.5 people per km². Ames is located at 41.4522°N, 96.6245°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68621.

Ames rests upon the expansive, open plains of eastern Nebraska, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 6.7 miles west-northwest of Fremont, NE (from Fremont, NE: bearing 281°T), and is situated 16.6 miles north of Wahoo. The horizon remains the primary fact of life here, a flat and unrelenting line that stretches toward the distant shadow of Indian Peak. Nearby, the moisture of Meadow Lake provides a subtle cool to the air during the heat of midsummer, while the path of the Ames Cutoff Ditch traces a quiet, earthen scar across the surrounding fields. The wind moves through the tallgrass with a steady, rhythmic frequency, flattening the stalks into amber waves that shimmer under the relentless, high-noon sun.

Agriculture defines the economy of Ames, as the soil serves as the bedrock for a way of life deeply connected to the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest. History lingers in the quietude of the land, reflecting a heritage of pioneer resilience that predates the modern infrastructure of the nearby Fremont Lakes State Recreation Area. Life in Ames follows the deliberate pace of the rural Midwest, where the hum of machinery often serves as the only interruption to the stillness of the afternoon. As the sun dips low, the light turns a bruised, dusty violet, casting long, lean shadows from the silos that stand as sentinels over the vast, productive silence of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fremont Lakes State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 1.9 mi, 095° E
Pahuk (Historic Ruins) — 1.9 mi, 134° SE
Pohawk Point (Viewpoint) — 2.6 mi, 120° SE
Bramble Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 241° SW
Cedar Bluffs (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 163° S
Christensen Fields (Local Recreation) — 5.0 mi, 093° E
Davenport Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 097° E
Nebraska Railroad Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 093° E
Luther Hormel Memorial Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 117° SE
Louis E May Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 095° E
All Gave Some | Some Gave All (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 101° E
Welcome to Fremont Historic Downtown (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 100° E
Eppley Auditorium (Theatre) — 7.1 mi, 099° E
Main Street 7 Theatre (Cinema) — 7.2 mi, 090° E
Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 7.6 mi, 097° E
Lake Wanahoo State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 12.0 mi, 179° S
Musbach Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 352° N
Saunders County Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 180° S
Valley Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 124° SE
Powder Horn Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.9 mi, 349° N
Gallery of Art and Design (Public Artwork) — 24.2 mi, 122° SE
Tower of the Four Winds (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 074° E
Madsen Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 25.2 mi, 074° E
CHI Health Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 26.4 mi, 120° SE
West Omaha Rock (Attraction) — 26.6 mi, 115° SE
Upper Lake Cunningham Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 29.6 mi, 101° E
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.8 mi, 082° E · 16k acres
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.2 mi, 090° E · 7,936 acres
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park (State Park) — 32.7 mi, 151° SE
Platte River State Park (State Park) — 37.7 mi, 147° SE

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