Explore Callaway, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Callaway, 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 Callaway.
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 | Callaway |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Custer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.29195 |
| Longitude | -99.922621 |
| Population | 563 |
| Density | 311.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 68825 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| County Seat | Broken Bow |
| School District | Callaway Public Schools |
Callaway rises from the expansive Nebraska prairie as a quiet anchor amidst the vast, shifting geometry of the plains. It lies 36.6 miles north-northwest of Lexington, NE (from Lexington, NE: bearing 345°T), and is situated 16.5 miles west-southwest of Broken Bow. The South Loup River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its currents threading past the town like a slow, silver pulse that defines the local topography. To the west, the distant profile of Murphy Table breaks the flat horizon, while the nearby expanse of Sand Valley offers a subtle, sunken relief against the surrounding grasslands. The light here is a heavy, golden weight that settles over the fields at dusk, turning the tallgrass into a shimmering sea of amber that seems to stretch toward the infinite reach of the sky.
Callaway exists as a durable manifestation of the region's agricultural endurance, where the pace of life is dictated by the turning seasons and the demands of cattle country. The local economy remains tethered to the soil, drawing its character from generations of families who have worked the land, finding a steady rhythm in the cycle of planting and harvest. Those who seek a connection to the wilder aspects of this environment often look toward the Pressey Wildlife Management Area, a space where the native prairie persists in its unadorned state. Whether one is passing through or calling the place home, the identity of Callaway is forged in the quiet persistence of its people, who operate with the steady, grounded awareness of those living beneath a landscape that demands both respect and resilience.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Callaway, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.29195, -99.922621. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Callaway includes the ZIP code (68825), telephone area code (308), county seat of Custer County (Broken Bow), and school district assignment (Callaway Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |