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Bard California Map

Explore Bard, California, 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 Bard, California

How to Use This Bard, California Map

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

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	Bard
State	California (CA)
County	Imperial County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	32.789212
Longitude	-114.556062
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	92222
Area Code	714
County Seat	El Centro

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About Bard, California

Bard is a locality in Imperial County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Bard is located at 32.7892°N, 114.5561°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 92222.

Bard occupies a sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches flat and wide, defined by the relentless clarity of a desert sky. It lies 5.9 miles northeast of Yuma, AZ (from Yuma, AZ: bearing 42°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north-northeast of Desert View. To the north, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Ogilby Hills provides the only disruption to the level floor of the basin, while the life-giving presence of the Colorado River runs just a mile away, carving a thin, verdant ribbon through the parched earth. Nearby, the still waters of Bard Lake catch the white-hot intensity of the afternoon sun, mirroring a sky that rarely knows the mercy of a cloud. The air here carries the dry, mineral scent of baked silt and sparse scrub, a stillness that feels ancient and waiting, broken only by the occasional shimmering heat haze that dances across the North Gila Valley.

Agriculture dictates the tempo of existence in Bard, as the irrigation networks draw from the river to sustain a grid of fields that defy the surrounding aridity. This reliance on the water has shaped the local rhythm for generations, grounding the identity of the people in the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest. Beyond the cultivated rows, the nearby State Trust Land offers a stark, open wilderness where the earth remains largely untouched by the plow, preserving the raw character of the low-desert landscape. Life in Bard is marked by a quiet, steady persistence, a communal acknowledgement that survival in such a bright, demanding climate requires both patience and a deep, practical intimacy with the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 180° S
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 000° N
Little Picacho Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 4.0 mi, 360° N · 39k acres
Picacho Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 4.7 mi, 310° NW
Yuma Territory Live Steamers (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 216° SW
Headstream and McVey (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 215° SW
Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park (State Park) — 5.7 mi, 222° SW
Siphon Outlet (Viewpoint) — 5.7 mi, 222° SW
Bureau of Reclamation (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 222° SW
West Wetlands Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 228° SW
Army of the West Mormon Batallion Statue (Public Artwork) — 6.6 mi, 232° SW
Bumper Boats (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 181° S
"_uma" Sign (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 153° SE
Araz Stage Station Ruins (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 252° W
United States Marine Corps (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 194° S
Cibola Raider (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 224° SW
Cobra Gunship Helicopter Display (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 071° E
Pilot Knob Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 11.1 mi, 251° W
Tank in cemetery; military memorial. (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 144° SE
Imperial Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.3 mi, 008° N · 16k acres
Picacho State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.2 mi, 352° N
Jail (Historic Ruins) — 16.3 mi, 350° N
Ampitheater (Theatre) — 16.5 mi, 348° N
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.0 mi, 002° N · 1,774 acres
Windmill Water Pump (Historic Ruins) — 17.2 mi, 344° N
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.4 mi, 060° NE · 1.3M acres
ICC museo UABC (Museum) — 53.0 mi, 261° W
Cinema Curto (Theatre) — 54.9 mi, 261° W
Port Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 56.9 mi, 358° N
Palo Verde Historical Museum (Museum) — 56.9 mi, 358° N

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