Madison Nebraska Map
Explore Madison, 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 Madison, Nebraska
How to Use This Madison, Nebraska Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Madison, 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 Madison.
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 | Madison |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Madison County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.82834 |
| Longitude | -97.455048 |
| Population | 2,283 |
| Density | 750.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 68748 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| County Seat | Madison |
| School District | Madison Public Schools |
About Madison, Nebraska
Madison is a locality in Madison County, Nebraska, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,283. The population density is 750.2 people per km². Madison is located at 41.8283°N, 97.4550°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Madison is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68748.Madison emerges from the expansive Nebraska plains as a quiet grid of streets defined by the steady, unpretentious flow of Taylor Creek. It lies 14.0 miles south of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 188°T), and is situated 27.9 miles north of Columbus. The landscape here is a wide, open theater of sky, where the horizon serves as the primary fact of life, stretching flat and unbroken until it meets the soft, hazy edges of the prairie. In the late afternoon, the light turns a deep, honeyed gold, catching the dust motes above the fields and casting long, thin shadows across the earth. Seven miles to the west, Grevson Reservoir holds a mirror to the clouds, providing a still, quiet reprieve from the persistent rustle of the wind through the tallgrass. The air carries the faint, clean scent of dry soil and curing hay, a reminder that the physical character of Madison is inseparable from the immense, cultivated expanse that surrounds it.
Agricultural cycles dictate the rhythm of life in Madison, where the economy is rooted in the productivity of the surrounding farmland and the labor of those who manage it. The county-seat clock tower stands as a formal anchor in the center of the grid, a silent witness to the generations who have worked this soil since the early days of settlement. Nine miles away, the Wood Duck Wildlife Management Area offers a protected corridor for local flora and fauna, maintaining a pocket of wilder ground amidst the systematic order of the surrounding crops. Life in Madison moves with a deliberate, measured pace, reflecting the pragmatism of a community built on industry and the endurance of the land. It is a place that values the steady accumulation of effort, where the seasonal harvest serves as both the calendar and the heartbeat of the local experience.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Madison County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 264° W
- Wood Duck Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 044° NE
- Oak Valley Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 315° NW
- Maple Creek Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 12.4 mi, 127° SE
- Skyview Park (Local Park) — 14.4 mi, 003° N
- Verges Park Historical Marker (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 007° N
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 14.7 mi, 009° N
- Maskentine Lake Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 14.7 mi, 048° NE
- Clarkson Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 112° E
- Meadow Grove Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 314° NW
- Stanton County Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 057° NE
- Howells Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 107° E
- Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 24.6 mi, 171° S
- Columbus Powerhouse historical marker (Monument) — 26.1 mi, 166° S
- Wunderlichts (Monument) — 27.7 mi, 167° S
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About This Madison Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Madison, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.82834, -97.455048. 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 Madison includes the ZIP code (68748), telephone area code (402), county seat of Madison County (Madison), and school district assignment (Madison 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. |
