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Odell Nebraska Map

Explore Odell, 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 Odell, Nebraska

How to Use This Odell, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.050003
Longitude	-96.803359
Population	260
Density	381.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68415
Area Code	402
County Seat	Beatrice
School District	Diller-Odell Public Schools

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About Odell, Nebraska

Odell is a locality in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 260. The population density is 381.7 people per km². Odell is located at 40.0500°N, 96.8034°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Odell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68415.

Odell manifests as a quiet intersection of earth and sky where the horizon serves as the primary fact of life for any soul standing on its soil. It lies 15.4 miles south of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 191°T), and is situated 16.6 miles north-northwest of Marysville. Big Indian Creek carves a persistent, narrow path through the landscape, its banks lined with the stubborn resilience of prairie grasses that bend but never break under the weight of the wind. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, honeyed quality, stretching the shadows of fence posts across the fields until they seem to dissolve into the deepening gray of the plains. Only three miles away, the Diamond Lake Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of silence, a place where the stillness is interrupted only by the rustle of dry stalks and the occasional, sharp cry of a hawk circling the open expanse.

Odell retains the echoes of a rail-driven heritage, its foundations laid when the promise of the iron road brought travelers to plant their lives in the thick, dark loam of the region. Agriculture dictates the pulse of the local economy, a cycle marked by the heavy machinery of harvest and the patient waiting of the dormant winter months. The rhythm of daily existence remains tethered to the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, where the work of the hands is held in high regard and the changing color of the crops serves as the town’s most reliable calendar. Life here moves with a gravity that honors the pioneer memory, grounding the inhabitants in a landscape that demands both labor and a deep, unspoken respect for the vast, unencumbered space that surrounds them.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Diamond Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 264° W
Arrowhead Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 314° NW
Oregon Trail Marker (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 241° SW
Immanuel Lutheran School Museum (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 167° S
Chautauqua Park (Local Park) — 14.2 mi, 013° N
Underbridge Mario (Public Artwork) — 14.6 mi, 012° N
Nichols Park Rock (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 009° N
The Carnegie Building (Gallery) — 15.3 mi, 011° N
Homestead Land Grant (Conservation Area) — 15.8 mi, 355° N
Success Was Only Natural (Viewpoint) — 16.3 mi, 356° N
Homestead National Monument Heritage Center (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 356° N
Rockford Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.3 mi, 043° NE
Freeman Graves (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 356° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 16.5 mi, 150° SE
Washington State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.3 mi, 245° SW
Jefferson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 286° W
Tuttle Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 25.7 mi, 164° S
Monument to the Ice Age (Attraction) — 26.6 mi, 163° S
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.0 mi, 321° NW · 124 acres
Wilber Czech Museum (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 344° N
Phillips 66 (Museum) — 34.4 mi, 083° E
Bruning Army Airfield (Historic Ruins) — 39.0 mi, 301° NW
Cassell Open Air Theatre (Theatre) — 40.3 mi, 349° N
Nebraska Communities Playhouse (Arts Centre) — 40.4 mi, 013° N
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 41.7 mi, 175° S
Roca Berry Farm (Attraction) — 41.9 mi, 009° N
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 46.2 mi, 251° W
Church Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 49.5 mi, 011° N
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 65.8 mi, 077° E
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 76.8 mi, 310° NW · 324 acres

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