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Maskell Nebraska Map

Explore Maskell, 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 Maskell, Nebraska

How to Use This Maskell, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	42.689998
Longitude	-96.982545
Population	58
Density	142.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	68751, 68757
Area Code	402
County Seat	Ponca
School District	Hartington Newcastle Public Schools

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About Maskell, Nebraska

Maskell is a locality in Dixon County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 58. The population density is 142.6 people per km². Maskell is located at 42.6900°N, 96.9825°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Maskell is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 68751, 68757.

Maskell occupies a quiet stretch of the Nebraska plains where the earth opens wide under a sky that seems to possess more weight than the soil itself. It lies 32.6 miles west-northwest of South Sioux City, NE (from South Sioux City, NE: bearing 297°T), and is situated 6.7 miles south-southwest of Vermillion. Lime Creek carves a persistent, narrow path through the terrain, its waters charting a slow course that defines the immediate topography of the fields. To the west, the rounded rise of Pumpkin Hill breaks the monotony of the horizon, providing a solitary anchor for the gaze. The light here arrives thin and sharp in the early hours, catching the dried stalks of prairie grasses and turning the landscape into a study of pale gold and deepening gray. Only two miles away, the Missouri National Recreational River offers a wider, wilder presence, a reminder of the raw, unhurried forces that shaped this expanse long before the first fence posts were driven into the ground.

Maskell carries the quiet gravity of a place defined by its long relationship with the cycle of the harvest and the stubborn resilience of those who settle in the path of the wind. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the land, where the labor of the season dictates the pace of the day and the contents of the conversation at the edge of the fields. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring utility of the homesteads and the persistence of the roads that link the farms to the wider world. While Horseshoe Lake sits twenty-three miles distant, the life of Maskell remains focused on the immediate, tangible reality of the plains. There is a distinct, understated beauty in the way the sun retreats behind the distant, nameless ridges at dusk, leaving the silence of the prairie to settle over the grain elevators and the quiet, weathered storefronts.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 2.2 mi, 039° NE · 870 acres
River Bend Vista (Viewpoint) — 2.3 mi, 044° NE
Frost Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 2.4 mi, 034° NE
Mulberry Bend Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 046° NE
Clay County (State Recreation Area) — 5.3 mi, 349° N
Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 115° SE
Cotton Park (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 024° NE
Austin-Whittemore House Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 021° N
Wiseman Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 309° NW
Coyote Theatre (Cinema) — 6.7 mi, 023° NE
Barstow Park (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 017° N
William Shakespeare (Public Artwork) — 7.1 mi, 024° NE
Oscar Howe Gallery (Gallery) — 7.1 mi, 025° NE
Union County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.8 mi, 072° E
Ponca State Park (State Park) — 11.9 mi, 101° E
Spirit Mound (State Recreation Area) — 12.2 mi, 004° N
Warren Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 14.0 mi, 094° E
Union County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 090° E
Cedar County Historical Marker (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 251° W
Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 252° W
Dixon County Museum (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 160° S
Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.6 mi, 089° E
Riverside Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 24.0 mi, 301° NW
Cinema Magic (Cinema) — 25.4 mi, 304° NW
Stone State Park (State Park) — 27.0 mi, 109° E
The Railroad Museum (Museum) — 28.0 mi, 113° SE
Graves Library Museum (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 168° S
Briar Cliff University Theater (Theatre) — 30.5 mi, 111° E
The Block (Gallery) — 32.0 mi, 113° SE
Calliope Village (Attraction) — 33.3 mi, 049° NE

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