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Mason City Nebraska Map

Explore Mason City, 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 Mason City, Nebraska

How to Use This Mason City, Nebraska Map

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

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	Mason City
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Custer County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.223064
Longitude	-99.300375
Population	151
Density	122.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68855
Area Code	308
County Seat	Broken Bow
School District	Litchfield Public Schools

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About Mason City, Nebraska

Mason City is a locality in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 151. The population density is 122.5 people per km². Mason City is located at 41.2231°N, 99.3004°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mason City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68855.

Mason City occupies a quiet expanse of the Great Plains where the horizon serves as the primary fact of life, dictating the scale of everything beneath the vast, unobstructed sky. It lies 37.9 miles north-northwest of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 343°T), and is situated 21.5 miles southeast of Broken Bow. Mud Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the local terrain, its banks offering a subtle counterpoint to the broad, open stretches of shortgrass prairie that define the landscape. A mile away, the slight depression of Lazy Hollow breaks the monotony of the flatlands, providing a sheltered corridor where the wind’s constant hum settles into a low, rhythmic sigh. When the light of dusk hits the golden grasses, the entire region takes on a metallic, burnished quality, turning the earth into a canvas of shifting ochre and deep, cooling gray.

Mason City remains anchored to the rhythms of agricultural cycles, where the economy is inextricably tied to the health of the soil and the output of the surrounding grain fields and cattle pastures. The legacy of early settlement persists in the measured, deliberate pace of daily life, reflecting a resilience born from generations of laboring under the heavy Nebraska sun. Residents occasionally venture toward the water at Knapp Reservoir or find respite in the natural expanse of Bowman Lake State Recreation Area, yet the identity of Mason City is forged primarily within the local storefronts and the quiet intersections of its streets. While the distant French Tableland provides a faint, elevated edge to the far western view, the true character of the place is found in the persistence of its people and the steady, quiet endurance of the plains themselves.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bowman Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.3 mi, 077° E
Sherman County Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 078° E
Pressey Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.3 mi, 262° W
Sherman Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 20.7 mi, 064° NE
Melham Park (Local Park) — 21.5 mi, 307° NW
CCC Camp Ravenna Nebraska Historical Marker (Monument) — 25.3 mi, 125° SE
Post South Loup Fork 'Fort Banishment' Historical Marker (Monument) — 25.3 mi, 125° SE
Nebraska State Grange Historical Marker (Monument) — 26.1 mi, 305° NW
Berggren-Young Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 27.9 mi, 310° NW
Seven Valleys Museum (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 278° W
Farwell Museum (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 091° E
Kearney Area Childrens Museum (Museum) — 35.8 mi, 162° S
Dawson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 37.9 mi, 216° SW
Marcia Smith Auditorium (Theatre) — 37.9 mi, 353° N
Cliff Church (Historic Ruins) — 38.2 mi, 296° NW
Sandhill Cranes (Public Artwork) — 38.8 mi, 165° S
Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 38.9 mi, 169° S
Fort Kearny State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 40.8 mi, 157° SE
Indian Hill Cemetery (Historic Ruins) — 41.9 mi, 027° NE
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.3 mi, 135° SE · 642 acres
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 51.9 mi, 112° E
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 53.5 mi, 115° SE
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 59.9 mi, 136° SE
Nebraska National Forest (National Forest) — 61.7 mi, 312° NW · 141k acres
Road Ranches along the Platte Historical Marker (Attraction) — 61.7 mi, 258° W
Fort McPherson and North Platte Historical Marker (Attraction) — 62.1 mi, 258° W
John W. And Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 68.4 mi, 349° N · 4,806 acres

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