Wellfleet Nebraska Map

About Wellfleet, Nebraska

Wellfleet is a locality in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 72. The population density is 102.6 people per km². Wellfleet is located at 40.7522°N, 100.7299°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wellfleet is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 69170.

Wellfleet anchors itself within a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic presence of Medicine Creek, which carves a modest path through the surrounding prairie. It lies 25.7 miles south of North Platte, NE (from North Platte, NE: bearing 176°T), and is situated 32.2 miles west-southwest of Gothenburg. The horizon serves as the primary fact of life here, stretching flat and wide until it meets the soft, bruised colors of a Nebraska dusk. Three miles to the north, the rugged depressions of Lake Canyon break the monotony of the plains, offering a subtle variation in the topography that shifts with the angle of the sun. The air carries the scent of dry earth and cured grasses, a stillness that suggests a land where the physical scale of the earth far exceeds the reach of any single human endeavor.

Wellfleet maintains a quiet connection to its past through a local economy deeply rooted in the traditions of the plains, where the labor of the season is etched into the cycles of the cattle country. Life moves with a deliberate pace, far removed from the press of modern industry, finding its focus instead in the stewardship of the land and the nearby Wellfleet Wildlife Management Area. While Lake Maloney lies nineteen miles away, the immediate terrain remains dominated by the quiet solitude of the fields. Here, the character of the inhabitants is shaped by the vast, open sky, fostering a resilience that recognizes the beauty in the spare, unadorned utility of the horizon.

About This Wellfleet Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wellfleet, Nebraska. Coordinates: 40.75223, -100.729869. 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 Wellfleet includes the ZIP code (69170), telephone area code (308), county seat of Lincoln County (North Platte), and school district assignment (Maywood Public Schools).

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.