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Elwood Nebraska Map

Explore Elwood, 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 Elwood, Nebraska

How to Use This Elwood, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.590284
Longitude	-99.860954
Population	658
Density	490.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68937
Area Code	308
County Seat	Elwood
School District	Elwood Public Schools

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About Elwood, Nebraska

Elwood is a locality in Gosper County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 658. The population density is 490.5 people per km². Elwood is located at 40.5903°N, 99.8610°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68937.

Elwood emerges from the vast, open expanse of the Great Plains as a quiet sentinel of the high prairie, defined primarily by the immense, uncluttered reach of the horizon. It lies 14.6 miles south-southwest of Lexington, NE (from Lexington, NE: bearing 205°T), and is situated 19.8 miles south-southeast of Cozad. The landscape surrounding Elwood is characterized by a subtle, tectonic patience, where the land stretches in long, golden swells of grass that catch the light of a descending sun, turning the earth into a sea of burnished copper. To the west, the distant shadow of Union Ridge rises like a muted charcoal stroke against the sky, while the local terrain drains toward the modest, meandering path of Elk Creek. Only a short distance away, the Elwood Reservoir offers a rare stillness, its waters reflecting the wide, cloud-swept Nebraska sky, while the nearby Elwood Reservoir Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary where the grasses sigh under the weight of a constant, wandering wind.

Agriculture dictates the tempo of existence here, as the economic heartbeat of Elwood pulses in rhythm with the planting and harvest of the surrounding fields. History is written in the deep, dark soil and the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of a place built by those who understood that prosperity is earned through endurance and the careful stewardship of the land. Deep cuts in the earth, such as the rugged, shadowed depths of Plum Creek Canyon, reveal the ancient, layered geology that lies beneath the topsoil, reminding inhabitants that the surface is merely a thin skin over a much older story. Life in Elwood moves with a deliberate, steady pace, where the sound of a distant tractor or the low of cattle serves as the primary music of the day, reinforcing a culture that values the quiet dignity of a sunrise over the clamor of a more frantic world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Elwood Reservoir Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 356° N
Johnson Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.3 mi, 014° N
Gosper County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.4 mi, 087° E
Gallagher Canyon State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.6 mi, 329° NW
Darr Strip Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 357° N
Phelps County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 14.1 mi, 100° E
Optimist Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 14.4 mi, 020° N
Plum Creek Park (Local Park) — 14.5 mi, 023° NE
Dawson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 027° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 19.3 mi, 342° N
Up 25335 (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 341° N
The 100th Meridian Historical Marker (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 341° N
Robert Henri Museum (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 341° N
One Hundredth Meridian Museum (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 341° N
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 341° N
Cambridge Museum (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 217° SW
Phelps County Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 109° E
Wyoming Rainbow (Public Artwork) — 28.1 mi, 326° NW
Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 37.3 mi, 081° E
Road Ranches along the Platte Historical Marker (Attraction) — 43.6 mi, 314° NW
Fort McPherson and North Platte Historical Marker (Attraction) — 44.2 mi, 314° NW
Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 53.5 mi, 185° S
Fort Cody Trading Post (Attraction) — 59.4 mi, 308° NW
AMC Classic North Platte 6 (Cinema) — 59.8 mi, 308° NW
Neville Center for the Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 60.3 mi, 309° NW
Cliff Church (Historic Ruins) — 60.6 mi, 355° N
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.7 mi, 080° E · 642 acres
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 64.3 mi, 154° SE
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 78.0 mi, 090° E

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