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Max Nebraska Map

Explore Max, 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 Max, Nebraska

How to Use This Max, Nebraska Map

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

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	Max
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Dundy County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	40.113884
Longitude	-101.402664
Population	50
Density	87.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	69037
Area Code	308
County Seat	Benkelman
School District	Dundy County Stratton Public Schools

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About Max, Nebraska

Max is a locality in Dundy County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 50. The population density is 87.4 people per km². Max is located at 40.1139°N, 101.4027°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 69037.

Max occupies a singular expanse of high plains where the sky asserts its dominance over the earth, dictating the color of the day with shifts of amber and bruised violet. It lies 77.4 miles south-southwest of North Platte, NE (from North Platte, NE: bearing 206°T), and is situated 30.6 miles south-southeast of Imperial. The landscape around Max unfolds in a quiet, deliberate rhythm, defined by the steady, low-slung presence of the Republican River, which carves a modest path through the soil just a mile away, and the rugged, arid contours of Boston Canyon. To the west, the horizon remains an unyielding line, a constant reminder of the distance to Old Baldy, which appears only as a faint, jagged suggestion against the fading light. The air here holds the dry, metallic scent of sun-warmed wheat and turned earth, carrying a stillness that feels heavy with the patient endurance of the prairie.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Max, its economy tied to the seasonal demands of the fields and the livestock that move through the surrounding pastures. The proximity of Swanson Lake offers a rare, expansive blue interruption to the golden monotony of the plains, providing a sanctuary for migratory birds and a quiet retreat for those who know the land’s hidden corners. Anderson Reservoir, resting three miles out, serves as a testament to the local necessity of managing the life-giving water that sustains this region. Life in Max moves with the unhurried gravity of a place where history is not found in monuments, but in the stubborn survival of farmsteads and the way the wind incessantly combs through the shortgrass, whispering of the generations who first staked their claims upon this demanding, beautiful expanse.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dundy County Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 237° SW
Little House Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 075° E
Swanson Lake (Resource Management Area) — 12.3 mi, 078° E
South Fork Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.1 mi, 233° SW
Rock Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.9 mi, 266° W
Hitchcock County Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 078° E
Enders Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 21.8 mi, 343° N
Frenchman Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.0 mi, 044° NE
Texas Trail Canyon Historical Marker (Monument) — 24.8 mi, 256° W
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 28.6 mi, 138° SE
Metal Garden (Public Artwork) — 28.6 mi, 138° SE
Land and Sky (Attraction) — 29.2 mi, 255° W
Chase County Museum (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 324° NW
Champion Water Powered Mill Historical Marker (Monument) — 30.7 mi, 323° NW
Motorcycle Museum (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 222° SW
Pleasant Hill School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 32.0 mi, 251° W
German Plains School (Historic Ruins) — 35.0 mi, 244° SW
South Republican Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 47.5 mi, 228° SW
Sappa Park (Local Recreation) — 51.2 mi, 112° E
Bonny Lake State Park (State Park) — 52.6 mi, 232° SW
Bonny Lake State Park/South Republican State Wildlife Area (State Park) — 53.0 mi, 231° SW
World's Largest Easel (Attraction) — 56.0 mi, 197° S
Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 68.7 mi, 011° N
Ash Hollow Historical Marker (Attraction) — 70.3 mi, 351° N
Ogallala Historical Marker (Attraction) — 70.3 mi, 351° N
Petrified Wood Art Gallery (Gallery) — 71.8 mi, 347° N
Midway Theater (Cinema) — 72.4 mi, 220° SW

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