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Nelson Nebraska Map

Explore Nelson, 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 Nelson, Nebraska

How to Use This Nelson, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.201677
Longitude	-98.06782
Population	456
Density	215.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68961
Area Code	308
County Seat	Nelson
School District	Lawrence-Nelson Public Schools

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About Nelson, Nebraska

Nelson is a locality in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 456. The population density is 215.8 people per km². Nelson is located at 40.2017°N, 98.0678°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Nelson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68961.

Nelson rises from the expanse of the Nuckolls County plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 31.5 miles south-southeast of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 147°T), and is situated 33.5 miles southwest of Geneva. Elk Creek marks the boundary of the local geography, carving a subtle, serpentine path through the surrounding fields that dictates the rhythm of the soil and the movement of the light. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the land shifts into a textured carpet of prairie grasses, interrupted only by the distant, muted silhouette of The Island, which anchors the far-reaching western view. The air here holds a distinct stillness, particularly at dusk, when the vastness of the Nebraska sky turns a bruised, darkening violet and the shadows of the grain elevators stretch long and thin across the gravel.

Agriculture remains the singular, enduring pulse of Nelson, dictating the seasonal migration of labor and the heavy, mechanical hum of harvest that occasionally breaks the silence of the streets. The architecture of the center is defined by the sturdy, brick-built legacy of the county seat, where the clock tower keeps a steady, rhythmic watch over the local trade and the modest commerce of the storefronts. Residents often look toward the quiet waters of Wehrman Reservoir for respite, or observe the seasonal shifts in the landscape near the Smartweed Marsh Wildlife Management Area, where the native flora reclaims its space in the wilder corners of the county. Life in Nelson persists with a deliberate, grounded quality, sustained by a deep-seated familiarity with the cycles of the earth and the unyielding reach of the open plain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Indian Raids Historical Marker (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 000° N
Heritage Room Museum (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 074° E
Smartweed Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 017° N
Bluewing Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 004° N
Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 179° S
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 16.3 mi, 359° N
Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ne (Resource Management Area) — 16.4 mi, 015° N
Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 16.4 mi, 352° N
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 18.5 mi, 241° SW
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 19.9 mi, 179° S
Lovewell Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 20.1 mi, 179° S
Crystal Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 26.0 mi, 312° NW
Thayer County Museum (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 082° E
Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 27.1 mi, 082° E
Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 27.6 mi, 332° NW
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 31.3 mi, 329° NW
Crosier Asmat Museum (Museum) — 32.1 mi, 329° NW
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 34.4 mi, 138° SE
Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 34.7 mi, 074° E
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 34.9 mi, 138° SE
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 35.7 mi, 320° NW
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 37.4 mi, 227° SW
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.9 mi, 010° N · 324 acres
Ermas Desire Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 45.0 mi, 342° N
Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 48.5 mi, 154° SE
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.5 mi, 321° NW · 642 acres
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 49.6 mi, 195° S
Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 49.9 mi, 197° S
Hornady Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 50.2 mi, 341° N

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