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Waco Nebraska Map

Explore Waco, 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 Waco, Nebraska

How to Use This Waco, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.896956
Longitude	-97.463383
Population	296
Density	462.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68460
Area Code	402
County Seat	York
School District	Centennial Public Schools

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About Waco, Nebraska

Waco is a locality in York County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 296. The population density is 462.7 people per km². Waco is located at 40.8970°N, 97.4634°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Waco is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68460.

Waco occupies a vast, level expanse of the Great Plains where the sky exerts a heavy, singular influence over the grid of the earth. It lies 37.1 miles south of Columbus, NE (from Columbus, NE: bearing 188°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east-northeast of York. The horizon functions as the primary fact of life here, a crisp line that separates the deep, fertile soil from the expansive, changing light of a Nebraska afternoon. To the east, the land holds a quiet stillness, broken only by the thin, intermittent veins of Beaver Creek, which meanders through the landscape three miles away. A mile to the south, the York County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory birds, offering a patch of wilder, uncultivated grasses that catch the wind in long, rhythmic shivers. When the sun dips low, the flat fields take on a bruised, violet hue, and the silence of the plains feels less like an absence of sound and more like a deliberate, expectant pause in the day.

Waco emerged from the necessity of the railroad, serving as a pulse point for the surrounding agricultural industry that defines the local economy. The legacy of the pioneers remains etched in the stoic architecture of the grain elevators that rise like monoliths above the fields, signaling a reliance on the harvest that has persisted for generations. While the York-Harrison Park Trails lie eight miles distant, the life of the inhabitants remains tethered to the immediate rhythms of the local acreage and the seasonal cycles of crop and yield. Life in Waco moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the frantic speed of the wider world, favoring instead the steady labor of the farm and the enduring social bonds of a small, interconnected population. Farther out, the quiet waters of Wessels Reservoir mirror the wide, open sky, providing a reflective surface for the clouds that drift endlessly across the prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

York County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 328° NW
Spikerush Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 298° NW
Marsh Duck Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 126° SE
Seward County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.8 mi, 068° E
Mincks Park And Family Aquatic Center (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 255° W
Cornerstone Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 6.3 mi, 264° W
Clayton Museum of Ancient History (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 252° W
Linear Park (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 247° SW
Anna Bemis Palmer Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 254° W
Crossing the Plains Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 7.1 mi, 224° SW
Seward County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 108° E
Stage (Theatre) — 16.5 mi, 335° NW
Fillmore County Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 199° S
Heartfelt Memorial (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 086° E
Bartels Museum of Rocks and Minerals (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 086° E
War Memorial (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 348° N
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.1 mi, 249° W · 324 acres
Heber Hord House historical marker (Monument) — 31.8 mi, 299° NW
Cassell Open Air Theatre (Theatre) — 32.9 mi, 125° SE
Legendary Josh Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 35.4 mi, 093° E

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