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Lake Waconda Nebraska Map

Explore Lake Waconda, 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 Lake Waconda, Nebraska

How to Use This Lake Waconda, Nebraska Map

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

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	Lake Waconda
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Cass County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.843
Longitude	-95.853
Population	127
Density	74.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	68455
Area Code	402
County Seat	Plattsmouth
School District	Conestoga Public Schools

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About Lake Waconda, Nebraska

Lake Waconda is a locality in Cass County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 127. The population density is 74.0 people per km². Lake Waconda is located at 40.8430°N, 95.8530°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68455.

Lake Waconda maintains a stillness that defines the surrounding Nebraska prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the land itself. It lies 20.4 miles south of Bellevue, NE (from Bellevue, NE: bearing 174°T), and is situated 6.0 miles south-southeast of Beaver Lake. The water sits heavy and flat, reflecting the pale, expansive light of a sun that seems to linger longer here than anywhere else. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into subtle, grass-covered swells that hide the distant silhouette of King Hill. A mile to the east, the quiet movement of Ervine Creek cuts through the soil, carving a path toward the horizon that serves as the primary orientation for all who live nearby. The air here holds a clean, dry weight, smelling faintly of turned earth and the tallgrass that shivers in the constant, restless breeze of the plains.

History at Lake Waconda is measured in the slow accumulation of seasons rather than the loud markers of industry, rooted in a landscape that has long favored the patient labor of those who work the soil. The nearby Auldon Bar Wildlife Management Area preserves a portion of the original prairie, offering a sanctuary for the migratory birds that pass through the basin each year. Life functions at the pace of the agricultural calendar, where the local economy turns on the yields of surrounding fields and the quiet commerce of the county. Despite the solitude, the region possesses a distinct sense of permanence, defined by the way the evening shadows stretch across the fields of Dutch Hollow and the unwavering, silent presence of the water under the vast, unblinking dome of the sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Auldon Bar Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 040° NE
Rakes Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 357° N
Bartlett Access (State Recreation Area) — 3.9 mi, 037° NE
Pinky's Glen (Local Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 062° NE
Waubonsie Access (State Recreation Area) — 11.0 mi, 172° S
Old Freighters Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 183° S
The Tulip Tree (Viewpoint) — 11.2 mi, 187° S
J. Sterling Morton Monument (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 186° S
Nebraska City Museum of Firefighting (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 182° S
Cass County Historical Museum (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 351° N
Earth Lodge (Historic Ruins) — 12.2 mi, 175° S
Fremont County Historical Society (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 121° SE
Sinister Sidney (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 120° SE
Waubonsie State Park (State Park) — 13.6 mi, 143° SE
Reasoner School (Historic Ruins) — 15.1 mi, 032° NE
Memory Lane Museum Complex (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 277° W
Davies Amphitheater (Theatre) — 15.3 mi, 024° NE
Oto Mission Historical Marker (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 346° N
Woodland Fairy Tea Party (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 343° N
Bellevue Historical Marker (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 348° N
Bellevue Little Theatre (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 354° N
Platte River State Park (State Park) — 20.5 mi, 301° NW
Summit (Cinema) — 21.4 mi, 343° N
Springfield Artworks (Gallery) — 22.1 mi, 318° NW
Tom's Treehouse (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 352° N
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.5 mi, 354° N · 7,936 acres
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.9 mi, 349° N · 16k acres

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