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Minden Nebraska Map

Explore Minden, 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 Minden, Nebraska

How to Use This Minden, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.498186
Longitude	-98.967005
Population	3,118
Density	546.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	68959, 68924
Area Code	308
County Seat	Minden
School District	Minden Public Schools

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About Minden, Nebraska

Minden is a locality in Kearney County, Nebraska, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,118. The population density is 546.5 people per km². Minden is located at 40.4982°N, 98.9670°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Minden is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 68959, 68924.

Minden occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska plains where the horizon functions as the primary fact of life, stretching out in a flat, relentless reach that demands a steady gaze. It lies 15.5 miles south-southeast of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 153°T), and is situated 30.0 miles west-southwest of Hastings. The landscape here is defined by the subtle, rhythmic shifts of the prairie, where the light at dusk settles over the fields in long, amber ribbons that blur the distinction between the earth and the darkening sky. Just a mile away, Sand Creek carves a low, unassuming path through the soil, while the still, reflective surface of Hubert Reservoir holds the vastness of the clouds in its quiet basin. Within the town limits, Chautauqua Park offers a verdant anchor, its trees providing a necessary verticality against the sweeping, horizontal pull of the surrounding farmland.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Minden, driving an economy that tracks the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons from planting to harvest. The architecture of the streets carries the weight of a pioneer memory, anchored by the sturdy, authoritative presence of the county-seat clock tower that keeps time for a population accustomed to the quiet pace of the interior plains. History is not merely a record here but a living weight, felt in the way the wind moves through the tallgrass and the unpretentious resilience of the storefronts that have weathered generations of change. Life in Minden moves with the gravity of a place that knows its own center, grounded in the dark, fertile soil and the enduring, clear-eyed work of those who tend it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Jaycee Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 117° SE
Chautauqua Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 077° E
Legion Ball Field (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 033° NE
Kearney County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.6 mi, 216° SW
Northeast Sacramento Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 194° S
Wetland Habitat Restoration, Protection, Enhancement (Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 091° E
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Historical Marker (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 005° N
Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 348° N
Fort Kearny State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.7 mi, 355° N
Dobytown Historical Marker (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 337° NW
Phelps County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.7 mi, 274° W
Bassway Strip Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.4 mi, 355° N
Nebraska Wind Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 14.4 mi, 326° NW
Windmill State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.6 mi, 024° NE
Kearney Area Childrens Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 339° N
Gibbon Heritage Center (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 020° N
Phelps County Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 264° W
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.8 mi, 040° NE · 642 acres
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 25.1 mi, 074° E
Franklin County Museum (Museum) — 27.3 mi, 178° S
Crosier Asmat Museum (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 077° E
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 31.8 mi, 078° E
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 41.2 mi, 049° NE
Mall 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 43.0 mi, 045° NE
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 47.3 mi, 095° E
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 50.6 mi, 156° SE
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 54.6 mi, 200° S
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.7 mi, 071° E · 324 acres
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 73.9 mi, 157° SE
Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 75.8 mi, 154° SE

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