Enter your search query in the box below.

Wellfleet Nebraska Map

Explore Wellfleet, 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 Wellfleet, Nebraska

How to Use This Wellfleet, Nebraska Map

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

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

Latitude	40.75223
Longitude	-100.729869
Population	72
Density	102.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	69170
Area Code	308
County Seat	North Platte
School District	Maywood Public Schools

🌦 Goto Wellfleet Weather Page: Wellfleet, Nebraska — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wellfleet Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 294° NW
Cedar Valley Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 117° SE
Cedar Canyon State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 18.5 mi, 021° N
Maloney Reservoir State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.0 mi, 353° N
Road Ranches along the Platte Historical Marker (Attraction) — 23.9 mi, 036° NE
Fort McPherson and North Platte Historical Marker (Attraction) — 23.9 mi, 035° NE
Hugh Butler Lake (Resource Management Area) — 24.6 mi, 174° S
Memorial Fire Hydrant (Monument) — 24.9 mi, 026° NE
Fort Cody Trading Post (Attraction) — 25.0 mi, 356° N
AMC Classic North Platte 6 (Cinema) — 25.8 mi, 356° N
TEXACO Oil (Monument) — 26.6 mi, 045° NE
Fort Brady Museum (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 045° NE
Neville Center for the Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 26.7 mi, 357° N
Cody Park Railroad Museum (Museum) — 27.3 mi, 357° N
Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 30.6 mi, 321° NW
McCook Army Air Base Historical Marker (Monument) — 30.9 mi, 177° S
Sod House Museum (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 069° E
Harry Strunk Lake (Resource Management Area) — 31.7 mi, 131° SE
Wyoming Rainbow (Public Artwork) — 32.1 mi, 068° E
Pony Express Station Museum (Museum) — 32.3 mi, 067° NE
Great Platte River Road Historical Marker (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 325° NW
Museum of the High Plains (Museum) — 38.5 mi, 172° S
Petrified Wood Art Gallery (Gallery) — 57.5 mi, 297° NW
Cliff Church (Historic Ruins) — 63.3 mi, 039° NE
Nebraska National Forest (National Forest) — 71.8 mi, 010° N · 141k acres
Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 76.5 mi, 148° SE

Latest News: Wellfleet

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News