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Walton Nebraska Map

Explore Walton, 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 Walton, Nebraska

How to Use This Walton, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.798611
Longitude	-96.561957
Population	351
Density	38.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	68520, 68461
Area Code	402
County Seat	Lincoln
School District	Waverly School District 145

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About Walton, Nebraska

Walton is a locality in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 351. The population density is 38.0 people per km². Walton is located at 40.7986°N, 96.5620°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 68520, 68461.

Walton occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska plains where the horizon acts as the primary fact of life, dictating the scale of everything beneath the wide, shifting sky. It lies 5.5 miles east of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 91°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-southwest of Waverly. The landscape here is defined by a slow, rhythmic transition of grasses that sway under the weight of the wind, punctuated by the modest, purposeful flow of Stevens Creek as it carves a shallow path through the earth. Nearby, the stillness of Monahan Reservoir offers a reflective surface that catches the pale, bruised light of late afternoon, mirroring the clouds that drift over the open fields. Beyond the immediate periphery, the Mopac Trail Corridor provides a linear passage through the quietude, inviting the observant traveler to witness the subtle texture of the prairie as it breathes through the changing seasons.

Walton traces its roots to the steady, labor-intensive cycles of a regional economy anchored in the soil and the iron pulse of the rail. The architecture of the locality reflects a utilitarian history, where the utilitarian form of grain silos and low-slung structures speaks to a life governed by harvest and the slow, deliberate turn of the calendar. Residents often seek the quiet paths of the Trendwood Park Trail to find a moment of reprieve, moving through a space that balances the persistence of agricultural tradition with the quiet persistence of modernity. There is a specific quality to the air here, sharpened by the absence of obstruction, which allows the dusk to settle with a heavy, golden clarity that makes the simple geometry of the landscape feel remarkably permanent.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Boy Scouts Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 0.5 mi, 030° NE
Mopac Trail Corridor (Local Recreation) — 1.9 mi, 277° W
84th Street Trail (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 272° W
Trail Rider (Public Artwork) — 2.3 mi, 286° W
Stevens Creek Park Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 337° NW
Seacrest (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 273° W
Burns (Local Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 339° N
Holmes Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 3.3 mi, 248° W
Holmes Lake (Recreation Area) — 3.7 mi, 248° W
Mahoney Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 321° NW
Church Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 227° SW
William Jennings Bryan (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 267° W
Union College Rockpile (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 251° W
Veterans Memorial Garden (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 269° W
Nebraska Copy of Liberty Bell (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 269° W
Lincoln Fire & Rescue Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 280° W
University of Nebraska State Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 281° W
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center (Cinema) — 7.5 mi, 280° W
Great Plains Art Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 279° W
Robber's Cave Tours (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 260° W
Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 278° W
Wagon Train State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.1 mi, 188° S
Harrington Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 11.2 mi, 260° W
Hands-On Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 11.3 mi, 262° W
Bison Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 11.6 mi, 261° W
Roca Berry Farm (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 210° SW
Legendary Josh Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 12.7 mi, 292° W
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park (State Park) — 19.7 mi, 040° NE
Platte River State Park (State Park) — 21.7 mi, 053° NE
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.2 mi, 029° NE · 16k acres

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