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Parks Nebraska Map

Explore Parks, 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 Parks, Nebraska

How to Use This Parks, Nebraska Map

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

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	Parks
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Dundy County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	40.04166
Longitude	-101.725172
Population	12
Density	26.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	69041
Area Code	308
County Seat	Benkelman
School District	Dundy County Stratton Public Schools

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About Parks, Nebraska

Parks is a locality in Dundy County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 12. The population density is 26.3 people per km². Parks is located at 40.0417°N, 101.7252°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 69041.

Parks emerges from the high plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, where the relentless horizontal pull of the prairie defines the visual field. It lies 90.2 miles southwest of North Platte, NE (from North Platte, NE: bearing 214°T), and is situated 33.1 miles south of Imperial. Rock Creek carves a persistent path through the local topography, its presence marked by a subtle shift in the green of the grasses and the way the light lingers on the water in the late afternoon. Two miles to the west, the erosion of Will Stafford Canyon offers a deeper, more shadowed texture to the land, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Roman Nose Ridge anchors the horizon against the vast Nebraska expanse. The air here holds a crisp, dry weight, carrying the scent of cured hay and the faint, mineral sharpness of the creek bed, grounding the traveler in a landscape that values patience over spectacle.

Parks functions as a silent witness to the cycles of the agricultural seasons, its economy inextricably linked to the cultivation of the surrounding soil and the rhythms of cattle country. The influence of the nearby Rock Creek State Recreation Area and the serene waters of Rock Creek Lake provide a necessary respite from the labor of the fields, offering a place where the local pace slows to match the stillness of the water. History here is kept in the quiet maintenance of the land and the endurance of those who work it, reflecting a legacy of resilience that persists long after the initial pioneers settled the sod. Life in Parks moves with a deliberate, steady cadence, unburdened by the clamor of larger centers and defined instead by the honest, unadorned beauty of a sunrise breaking over an unbroken line of grass.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rock Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 3.6 mi, 329° NW
South Fork Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 164° S
Texas Trail Canyon Historical Marker (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 260° W
Dundy County Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 087° E
Land and Sky (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 256° W
Pleasant Hill School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 14.3 mi, 247° SW
KS CO NB tripoint marker (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 261° W
German Plains School (Historic Ruins) — 17.8 mi, 233° SW
Motorcycle Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 192° S
St. Francis Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.7 mi, 198° S
Wray Museum (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 276° W
Little House Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 074° E
Enders Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 27.3 mi, 017° N
Chase County Museum (Museum) — 29.5 mi, 358° N
Champion Water Powered Mill Historical Marker (Monument) — 29.7 mi, 357° N
Swanson Lake (Resource Management Area) — 30.1 mi, 075° E
South Republican Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 32.5 mi, 213° SW
Bonny Lake State Park (State Park) — 36.6 mi, 222° SW
Bonny Lake State Park/South Republican State Wildlife Area (State Park) — 37.2 mi, 220° SW
Buffalo Statue (Public Artwork) — 39.7 mi, 114° SE
World's Largest Easel (Attraction) — 48.6 mi, 179° S
Sherman State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 58.4 mi, 183° S
Midway Theater (Cinema) — 58.5 mi, 210° SW
Mount Sunflower (Attraction) — 72.4 mi, 193° S
Big Springs Historical Marker (Attraction) — 73.2 mi, 340° N
Petrified Wood Art Gallery (Gallery) — 74.9 mi, 000° N

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