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Tekamah Nebraska Map

Explore Tekamah, 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 Tekamah, Nebraska

How to Use This Tekamah, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	41.778322
Longitude	-96.221128
Population	1,714
Density	421.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68061
Area Code	402, 531
County Seat	Tekamah
School District	Tekamah-Herman Community Schools

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About Tekamah, Nebraska

Tekamah is a locality in Burt County, Nebraska, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,714. The population density is 421.0 people per km². Tekamah is located at 41.7783°N, 96.2211°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tekamah is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68061.

Tekamah asserts itself upon the Nebraska landscape as a settlement defined by the persistent, rhythmic passage of Tekamah Creek, which carves a deliberate path through the surrounding fields. It lies 27.8 miles north-northeast of Fremont, NE (from Fremont, NE: bearing 31°T), and is situated 16.9 miles north-northwest of Blair. The horizon functions as the primary fact of life here, an infinite line where the deep, bruised purples of a prairie dusk meet the earth in a silent, unwavering embrace. Beyond the immediate grid of streets, the land swells into gentle, wind-swept rises that invite the eye to wander toward the distant silhouette of Blackbird Hill. A short distance away, the quiet surface of Tekamah-Mud Creek Reservoir 22-A mirrors the shifting clouds, providing a stillness that contrasts with the restless, amber stalks of grain that define the regional geometry.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of the local economy, a legacy of labor that stretches back to the early pioneers who recognized the fertility of this soil long before the town became a center of commerce. While the nearby Loess Hills State Forest offers a dense, wooded reprieve from the open expanse, the daily life of Tekamah remains anchored to the harvest and the steady, mechanical hum of regional industry. Residents often find their recreation along the Summit Lake Trail, tracing paths that have been worn smooth by generations of feet, or seeking the raw, unmanicured quietude of the Lower Bullard Bend Wildlife Management Area. The atmosphere here is one of deliberate endurance, where the tallgrass prairie still whispers its ancient, dry language against the modern architecture of grain elevators and storefronts.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Burt County Museum (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 009° N
Pelican Point State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.6 mi, 057° NE
Deer Island Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 062° NE
Bullard-Soldiers Bend (State Recreation Area) — 6.9 mi, 115° SE
Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 073° E
Murray Hall (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 078° E
Loess Hills State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 10.5 mi, 088° E
Mondamin Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 114° SE
Tower of the Four Winds (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 169° S
Madsen Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 16.1 mi, 168° S
Caboose (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 311° NW
Preparation Canyon State Park (State Park) — 17.6 mi, 061° NE
Lewis and Clark State Park (State Park) — 17.6 mi, 011° N
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.4 mi, 150° SE · 16k acres
Tree Shelter (Public Artwork) — 18.5 mi, 009° N
Pioneer Log Cabin (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 108° E
Magnolia Town Pump (Attraction) — 18.9 mi, 108° E
Monona County Veterans Memorial Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 019° N
Monona County Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 019° N
Steamboat Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 149° SE
Hooper (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 233° SW
Moorhead Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 21.5 mi, 062° NE
Museum of Religious Arts (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 118° SE
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.2 mi, 152° SE · 7,936 acres
Main Street 7 Theatre (Cinema) — 26.3 mi, 211° SW
Eppley Auditorium (Theatre) — 27.3 mi, 210° SW
Upper Lake Cunningham Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 29.5 mi, 164° S

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