Explore King Lake, 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 King Lake, 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 King Lake.
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 | King Lake |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Douglas County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.31361 |
| Longitude | -96.301135 |
| Population | 114 |
| Density | 44.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 68064 |
| Area Code | 402, 531 |
| County Seat | Omaha |
| School District | Douglas County West Community Schools |
King Lake occupies a quiet stretch of the Nebraska plains where the horizon acts as the primary authority over the flat, expansive earth. It lies 11.9 miles northwest of Chalco, NE (from Chalco, NE: bearing 319°T), and is situated 2.3 miles east of Valley. The landscape is defined by the persistent, slow-moving presence of the Elkhorn River, which meanders just a mile away, carving its path through the silt and soil of the region. Kings Lake sits immediately adjacent, its waters reflecting the vast, uninterrupted sky that shifts from a bruised violet at dusk to an endless, pale blue by noon. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain is characterized by the subtle, persistent texture of prairie grass, which ripples in the wind like the surface of a shallow, terrestrial sea.
History in King Lake is measured less by stone monuments and more by the enduring labor of those who settled this cattle country. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, with agricultural cycles dictating the pace of daily life as surely as the sun dictates the quality of the light. Residents often find their way to Waterloo Park, a nearby green space that serves as a quiet reprieve, or seek the longer paths available along the Zorinsky Park Trail for a moment of solitude. The life of the place is modest and grounded, far removed from the bustle of urban centers, keeping a steady, deliberate tempo that honors the long, sun-drenched days of the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of King Lake, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.31361, -96.301135. 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 King Lake includes the ZIP code (68064), telephone area code (402, 531), county seat of Douglas County (Omaha), and school district assignment (Douglas County West Community 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. |