diff --git a/src/static_aabb2d_index.rs b/src/static_aabb2d_index.rs
index 1bf0eaf..7fdbbac 100644
--- a/src/static_aabb2d_index.rs
+++ b/src/static_aabb2d_index.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+use fmt::Debug;
 use num_traits::{Bounded, Num, NumCast};
-use std::cmp::{max, min};
 use std::fmt;
+use std::{
+    cmp::{max, min},
+    collections::BinaryHeap,
+};
 
 /// Trait used by the [StaticAABB2DIndex] that is required to be implemented for type T.
 /// It is blanket implemented for all primitive numeric types.
-pub trait IndexableNum: Copy + Num + PartialOrd + Default + Bounded + NumCast {
+pub trait IndexableNum: Debug + Copy + Num + PartialOrd + Default + Bounded + NumCast {
     /// Simple default min implementation for [PartialOrd] types.
     #[inline]
     fn min(self, other: Self) -> Self {
@@ -863,6 +867,64 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// Type alias for priority queue used for nearest neighbor searches.
+///
+/// See: [StaticAABB2DIndex::visit_neighbors_with_queue].
+pub type NeighborPriorityQueue<T> = BinaryHeap<NeighborsState<T>>;
+
+/// Holds state for priority queue used in nearest neighbors query.
+///
+/// Note this type is public for use in passing in an existing priority queue but
+/// all fields and constructor are private for internal use only.
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct NeighborsState<T>
+where
+    T: IndexableNum,
+{
+    index: usize,
+    is_leaf_node: bool,
+    dist: T,
+}
+
+impl<T> NeighborsState<T>
+where
+    T: IndexableNum,
+{
+    fn new(index: usize, is_leaf_node: bool, dist: T) -> Self {
+        NeighborsState {
+            index,
+            is_leaf_node,
+            dist,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Eq for NeighborsState<T> where T: IndexableNum {}
+
+impl<T> Ord for NeighborsState<T>
+where
+    T: IndexableNum,
+{
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
+        if let Some(ord) = self.partial_cmp(other) {
+            ord
+        } else {
+            // if ordering not possible (due to NAN) then just consider equal
+            std::cmp::Ordering::Equal
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> PartialOrd for NeighborsState<T>
+where
+    T: IndexableNum,
+{
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<std::cmp::Ordering> {
+        // flip ordering (compare other to self rather than self to other) to prioritize minimum dist in priority queue
+        other.dist.partial_cmp(&self.dist)
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T> StaticAABB2DIndex<T>
 where
     T: IndexableNum,
@@ -1079,4 +1141,97 @@ where
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /// Visit all neighboring items in order of minimum euclidean distance to the point defined by `x` and `y` until `visitor` returns false.
+    ///
+    /// ## Notes
+    /// * The visitor function must return false to stop visiting items or all items will be visited.
+    /// * The visitor function receives the index of the item being visited and the squared euclidean distance to that item from the point given.
+    /// * Because distances are squared (`dx * dx + dy * dy`) be cautious of smaller numeric types overflowing (e.g. it's easy to overflow an i32 with squared distances).
+    /// * If the point is inside of an item's bounding box then the euclidean distance is defined as 0.
+    /// * If repeatedly calling this method then [StaticAABB2DIndex::visit_neighbors_with_queue] can be used to avoid repeated allocations for the priority queue used internally.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn visit_neighbors<F>(&self, x: T, y: T, visitor: &mut F)
+    where
+        F: FnMut(usize, T) -> bool,
+    {
+        let mut queue = NeighborPriorityQueue::with_capacity(self.boxes.len());
+        self.visit_neighbors_with_queue(x, y, visitor, &mut queue);
+    }
+
+    /// Works the same as [StaticAABB2DIndex::visit_neighbors] but accepts an existing binary heap to be used as a priority queue to avoid allocations.
+    pub fn visit_neighbors_with_queue<F>(
+        &self,
+        x: T,
+        y: T,
+        visitor: &mut F,
+        queue: &mut NeighborPriorityQueue<T>,
+    ) where
+        F: FnMut(usize, T) -> bool,
+    {
+        // small helper function to compute axis distance between point and bounding box axis
+        fn axis_dist<U>(k: U, min: U, max: U) -> U
+        where
+            U: IndexableNum,
+        {
+            if k < min {
+                min - k
+            } else if k > max {
+                k - max
+            } else {
+                U::zero()
+            }
+        }
+
+        let mut node_index = self.boxes.len() - 1;
+        queue.clear();
+
+        'search_loop: loop {
+            let upper_bound_level_index = match self.level_bounds.binary_search(&node_index) {
+                // level bound found, add one to get upper bound
+                Ok(i) => i + 1,
+                // level bound not found (node_index is between bounds, do not need to add one to get upper bound)
+                Err(i) => i,
+            };
+
+            // end index of the node
+            let end = min(
+                node_index + self.node_size,
+                self.level_bounds[upper_bound_level_index],
+            );
+
+            // add nodes to queue
+            for pos in node_index..end {
+                let aabb = get_at_index!(self.boxes, pos);
+                let dx = axis_dist(x, aabb.min_x, aabb.max_x);
+                let dy = axis_dist(y, aabb.min_y, aabb.max_y);
+                let dist = dx * dx + dy * dy;
+                let index = *get_at_index!(self.indices, pos);
+                let is_leaf_node = node_index < self.num_items;
+                queue.push(NeighborsState::new(index, is_leaf_node, dist));
+            }
+
+            let mut continue_search = false;
+            // pop and visit items in queue
+            while let Some(state) = queue.pop() {
+                if state.is_leaf_node {
+                    // visit leaf node
+                    if !visitor(state.index, state.dist) {
+                        // stop visiting if visitor returns false
+                        break 'search_loop;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    // update node index for next iteration
+                    node_index = state.index;
+                    // set flag to continue search
+                    continue_search = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if !continue_search {
+                break 'search_loop;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/test.rs b/tests/test.rs
index 003cbba..0450917 100644
--- a/tests/test.rs
+++ b/tests/test.rs
@@ -360,3 +360,75 @@ fn visit_query_stops_early() {
     let expected_superset_indexes: HashSet<usize> = [6, 29, 31, 75].iter().cloned().collect();
     assert!(results.is_subset(&expected_superset_indexes));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn visit_neighbors_max_results() {
+    let index = create_test_index();
+    let mut results = Vec::new();
+    let max_results = 3;
+    let mut visitor = |i, _| {
+        results.push(i);
+        results.len() < max_results
+    };
+
+    index.visit_neighbors(50, 50, &mut visitor);
+    results.sort();
+    let expected_indexes = vec![6, 31, 75];
+    assert_eq!(results, expected_indexes);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn visit_neighbors_max_distance() {
+    let index = create_test_index();
+    let mut results = Vec::new();
+    let max_distance = 12.0;
+    let max_distance_squared = max_distance * max_distance;
+    let mut visitor = |i, d| {
+        if (d as f64) < max_distance_squared {
+            results.push(i);
+            return true;
+        }
+        false
+    };
+
+    index.visit_neighbors(50, 50, &mut visitor);
+    results.sort();
+    let expected_indexes = vec![6, 29, 31, 75, 85];
+    assert_eq!(results, expected_indexes);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn visit_neighbors_max_results_filtered() {
+    let index = create_test_index();
+    let mut results = Vec::new();
+    let max_results = 6;
+    let mut visitor = |i, _| {
+        // filtering by only collecting indexes which are even
+        if i % 2 == 0 {
+            results.push(i);
+            return results.len() < max_results;
+        }
+        true
+    };
+
+    index.visit_neighbors(50, 50, &mut visitor);
+    results.sort();
+    let expected_indexes = vec![6, 16, 18, 24, 54, 80];
+    assert_eq!(results, expected_indexes);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn visit_neighbors_all_items() {
+    let index = create_test_index();
+    let mut results = Vec::new();
+    let mut visitor = |i, _| {
+        results.push(i);
+        // visit all items by always returning true
+        true
+    };
+
+    index.visit_neighbors(50, 50, &mut visitor);
+    results.sort();
+    let expected_indexes = (0..index.count()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    assert_eq!(results, expected_indexes);
+}