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Melia Nebraska Map

Explore Melia, 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 Melia, Nebraska

How to Use This Melia, Nebraska Map

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

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.

CityMelia
StateNebraska (NE)
CountySarpy County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude41.09611
Longitude-96.275573
Population98
Density26.3 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code68028
Area Code402, 531
County SeatPapillion
School DistrictGretna Public Schools

About Melia, Nebraska

Melia is a locality in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 98. The population density is 26.3 people per km². Melia is located at 41.0961°N, 96.2756°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68028.

Melia occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska prairie where the horizon acts as the primary fact of existence, dictating the scale of everything beneath the vast, vaulted sky. It lies 8.9 miles southwest of Chalco, NE (from Chalco, NE: bearing 227°T), and is situated 3.6 miles south-southwest of Gretna. Sunlight here possesses a distinct, pale clarity, casting long shadows across the grasses that ripple in a constant, low-frequency hum of wind. Buffalo Creek winds through the terrain just one mile away, its banks marked by the persistent, rhythmic growth of wild brush and mud-slicked edges. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape opens into a wide, undulating plain that feels ancient and indifferent to the passing hours, though the faint silhouette of Bodleys Hill remains a distant anchor for the eye on the furthest edge of the north. Melia maintains an atmosphere of solitude, defined by the stillness of the air and the way the light turns a bruised, electric violet during the final minutes of dusk.

Economic life in Melia remains tethered to the patient cycles of the land, drawing its vitality from the surrounding agricultural grid that has sustained families for generations. Residents often look toward The Fields At Gretna for recreation, finding a necessary counterpoint to the quiet labor of the plains, while the Schramm Park National Recreation Trail sits only five miles out, offering a path for those who seek the deeper, wooded silence of the river valley. The proximity of Big Sandy Lake, resting three miles from the center of activity, provides a rare, reflective surface that mirrors the shifting clouds and the changing colors of the seasons. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a long-settled place, where the history of the soil is held in the memories of those who watch the crops rise and fall, honoring a legacy of endurance that persists in the quiet, steady rhythm of the daily commute and the evening quietude.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • The Fields At Gretna (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 043° NE
  • Plum Creek Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 022° N
  • Linoma Lighthouse (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 227° SW
  • Catfish Run Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 228° SW
  • Schramm Park State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.6 mi, 169° S
  • Eugene T. Mahoney State Park (State Park) — 4.7 mi, 202° S
  • Prehistorical Burial Site Historical Marker (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 204° SW
  • Gretna Fish Hatchery Historical Marker (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 164° S
  • Bison (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 190° S
  • Jack Anderson Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 5.7 mi, 231° SW
  • Wehrspann Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 061° NE
  • Elk Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.1 mi, 193° S
  • Blush's Boutique (Gallery) — 6.2 mi, 231° SW
  • Willow Point Gallery (Gallery) — 6.3 mi, 231° SW
  • Memorial to the American Bandshell Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 6.9 mi, 199° S
  • Platte River State Park (State Park) — 7.4 mi, 161° S
  • Springfield Community Hall historical marker (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 098° E
  • Springfield Artworks (Gallery) — 7.5 mi, 098° E
  • Two Rivers Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 334° NW
  • Two Rivers State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.7 mi, 337° NW
  • Alamo Drafthouse (Theatre) — 10.1 mi, 055° NE
  • CHI Health Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 12.3 mi, 023° NE
  • Greenwood Depot Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 223° SW
  • Westwood Cinema 8 (Cinema) — 12.8 mi, 043° NE
  • Nebraska Jewish Historical Society: Henry and Dorothy Riekes Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 036° NE
  • Meyers Stamp Center (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 034° NE
  • West Omaha Rock (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 024° NE
  • Valley Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 345° N
  • Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.6 mi, 033° NE · 7,936 acres
  • Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.8 mi, 026° NE · 16k acres

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About This Melia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Melia, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.09611, -96.275573. 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 Melia includes the ZIP code (68028), telephone area code (402, 531), county seat of Sarpy County (Papillion), and school district assignment (Gretna 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.