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Milford Nebraska Map

Explore Milford, 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 Milford, Nebraska

How to Use This Milford, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.774451
Longitude	-97.050589
Population	2,155
Density	1023.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68405
Area Code	402
County Seat	Seward
School District	Milford Public Schools

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About Milford, Nebraska

Milford is a locality in Seward County, Nebraska, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,155. The population density is 1023.4 people per km². Milford is located at 40.7745°N, 97.0506°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Milford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68405.

Milford occupies a quiet stretch of the Nebraska plains where the horizon acts as the primary fact of life, flattening the sky into a vast, pale dome that dictates the rhythm of the day. It lies 20.1 miles west of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 265°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south-southeast of Seward. The Big Blue River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its heavy, slow-moving water fringed by the persistent green of cottonwoods and willows that break the monotony of the surrounding agricultural expanse. Only a mile away, the surface of Horseshoe Lake catches the flat, golden light of late afternoon, mirroring the shifting clouds in a way that makes the earth feel temporary and light. Three miles to the distance, the Blue Bluffs Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of uncultivated prairie, where the tallgrass bends in rhythmic waves under the constant, restless wind of the plains.

Milford maintains a steady, industrious character tied deeply to the soil and the cycles of the harvest, its economy anchored by the legacy of milling and the steady pulse of local enterprise. The houses here suggest a modesty of purpose, with porches that face the street as if waiting for the evening cool to settle over the flat yards. Generations have organized their lives around the seasonal shifts of the fields, turning the labor of the land into a quiet, enduring social order that feels as solid as the limestone foundations of the older buildings. Even as the modern world pulls at the edges of the grid, Milford remains governed by the slow, deliberate pace of those who understand that the prosperity of the region is written in the depth of the topsoil and the reliability of the seasonal rains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Blue Bluffs Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 151° SE
Arrival Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 3.3 mi, 351° N
Twin Lakes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 053° NE
Twin Lakes Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.6 mi, 045° NE
Twin Lakes (Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 053° NE
Blue River State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 215° SW
Saline County Museum (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 200° S
Seward County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 296° NW
Pawnee Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.7 mi, 054° NE
Bartels Museum of Rocks and Minerals (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 348° N
Heartfelt Memorial (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 348° N
Seward County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.3 mi, 310° NW
Cassell Open Air Theatre (Theatre) — 11.8 mi, 153° SE
Wildwood Park (Local Park) — 12.0 mi, 155° SE
Verley Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 13.8 mi, 092° E
Bison Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 14.1 mi, 091° E
Hilltop Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 14.2 mi, 090° E
Legendary Josh Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 15.3 mi, 065° NE
Lincolns Emergence as an Aviation Center Historical Marker (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 073° E
Lincoln Aviation Personalities Before 1930 Historical Marker (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 073° E
Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 081° E
Robber's Cave Tours (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 089° E
The Haymarket Theatre (Theatre) — 18.1 mi, 081° E
Great Plains Art Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 081° E
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center (Cinema) — 18.4 mi, 081° E
University of Nebraska State Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 080° E
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.0 mi, 193° S · 124 acres
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park (State Park) — 41.7 mi, 066° NE
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.0 mi, 269° W · 324 acres

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