Paxton, NE

Paxton is a small Nebraska town of 622 people along US Highway 30, about 20 miles east of Ogallala. It sits in cattle ranching country where the Sandhills meet the prairie, serving as a quiet stop on the old Lincoln Highway transcontinental route. The town's grain elevator towers over the railroad tracks and can be seen for miles across the flat grasslands.

Airports closest to Paxton, NE are Ogallala Municipal Airport Searle Field and North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field.