Odessa Nebraska Map
Explore Odessa, 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 Odessa, Nebraska
How to Use This Odessa, Nebraska Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Odessa, 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 Odessa.
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 | Odessa |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Buffalo County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.701678 |
| Longitude | -99.256761 |
| Population | 132 |
| Density | 27.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 68861, 68845 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| County Seat | Kearney |
| School District | Kearney Public Schools |
About Odessa, Nebraska
Odessa is a locality in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 132. The population density is 27.9 people per km². Odessa is located at 40.7017°N, 99.2568°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 68861, 68845.Odessa occupies a quiet stretch of the Nebraska plains, where the horizon serves as the primary arbiter of the day. It lies 9.2 miles west of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 271°T), and is situated 19.0 miles north-northeast of Holdrege. The Kearney Canal slices through the landscape with purposeful intent, its steady flow cutting a line through the earth that defines the rhythm of the surrounding fields. Sunlight here possesses a particular clarity, bleaching the tallgrass to a pale, brittle gold by late summer and casting long, indigo shadows that stretch toward the Union Pacific State Recreation Area. Only a mile away, the surface of Walter Reservoir remains still, reflecting the expansive sky and the shifting clouds that drift over the flat, open expanse of the valley.
Agriculture dictates the tempo of life in Odessa, anchoring the local economy to the cycles of planting and harvest that have persisted for generations. The legacy of the pioneers lingers in the soil, a memory of those who first broke the prairie sod and recognized the value of the fertile, dark earth. While the frantic pace of modern life hums in the distance, the residents of Odessa maintain a deliberate focus on the practicalities of the land and the maintenance of their homesteads. For those seeking a longer route through the terrain, the Cottonmill Trail remains a notable path located several miles away, offering a way to traverse the wider region and experience the stark, unadorned beauty of the central plains.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Union Pacific State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 1.5 mi, 178° S
- Coot Shallows Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 235° SW
- Blue Hole East Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 252° W
- Cottonmill Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 5.5 mi, 086° E
- Fort Kearney Historical Marker (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 113° SE
- Meadowlark North Park (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 086° E
- Nebraska Wind Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 7.4 mi, 106° E
- Yanney Heritage Park (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 098° E
- Vietnam Memorial (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 086° E
- Kearney Area Childrens Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 077° E
- Phelps County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.1 mi, 197° S
- Dobytown Historical Marker (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 111° E
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Historical Marker (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 104° E
- Phelps County Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 201° S
- Gibbon Heritage Center (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 082° E
- Dawson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 283° W
- Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.2 mi, 084° E · 642 acres
- Robert Henri Museum (Museum) — 39.6 mi, 286° W
- Big Bird House (Attraction) — 40.0 mi, 100° E
- Art Center (Arts Centre) — 46.9 mi, 099° E
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About This Odessa Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Odessa, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.701678, -99.256761. 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 Odessa includes the ZIP code (68861, 68845), telephone area code (308), county seat of Buffalo County (Kearney), and school district assignment (Kearney 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
