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Bayard Iowa Map

Explore Bayard, Iowa, 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 Bayard, Iowa

How to Use This Bayard, Iowa Map

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

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	Bayard
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Guthrie County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.85193
Longitude	-94.558308
Population	405
Density	353.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50029
Area Code	515
County Seat	Guthrie Center
School District	Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District

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About Bayard, Iowa

Bayard is a locality in Guthrie County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 405. The population density is 353.0 people per km². Bayard is located at 41.8519°N, 94.5583°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bayard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50029.

Bayard anchors itself amidst a vast, geometric expanse of tilled earth, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under an uncompromising sky. It lies 21.7 miles southeast of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 133°T), and is situated 14.6 miles southwest of Jefferson. The landscape around Bayard consists of deep, fertile soil that dictates the rhythm of the seasons, shifting from the pale stubble of winter to the dense, emerald canopy of midsummer corn and soybeans. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Willow Creek carve a modest path through the fields, providing a thin, shaded corridor for local wildlife, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Buffalo Ridge occasionally teases the eye from the far western reaches of the plains. Light here possesses a singular, heavy clarity, especially at dusk, when the sun pulls long, amber shadows across the furrows and casts the entire prairie in a somber, muted glow.

Agriculture remains the lifeblood of the economy, a legacy of the German and Scandinavian settlers who first broke this sod and organized the land into the grid that defines the local character. Beyond the fields, the quietude of the Mccord Pond Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal wetlands, serving as a rare, untamed counterpoint to the relentless productivity of the surrounding farms. While residents occasionally travel the four miles to Lake Panorama for recreation, the daily experience of Bayard is defined by an unshowy, literate civility and a deliberate, steady pace. Life here moves with the mechanical hum of machinery during the harvest and the profound, heavy silence of the plains during the snow-bound months, grounded in a heritage that values the weight of a man's word and the endurance of his labor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mccord Pond Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 248° W
White Rock Conservancy (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 230° SW
Willow Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 319° NW
Christy Pond (Local Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 282° W
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 288° W
Coon Rapids Sculpture Park (Public Artwork) — 5.6 mi, 276° W
Greene County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.4 mi, 335° NW
Dunbar Slough Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 6.4 mi, 335° NW
Springbrook State Park (State Park) — 6.6 mi, 142° SE
Springbrook Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 141° SE
Middle Raccoon River Access (Local Park) — 10.4 mi, 293° NW
Guthrie County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.6 mi, 110° E
Jefferson Telephone Company Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 040° NE
Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 040° NE
Lindsey Memorial (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 040° NE
Greene County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 040° NE
Farmstead Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 312° NW
Marlowe Ray Wildlife Management Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.3 mi, 140° SE
Little Red Schoolhouse Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 240° SW
Carroll 5 Theater (Cinema) — 21.7 mi, 313° NW
Municipal Band Shell (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 093° E
Forest Park Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 094° E
Tree in the Road (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 211° SW
Tree on the road (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 211° SW
Lake City Capri Theater (Cinema) — 30.1 mi, 343° N
Table Rock (Viewpoint) — 35.9 mi, 074° E
Rail Explorers: Boone, IA (Attraction) — 37.3 mi, 066° NE
"twister Hill" (Attraction) — 37.6 mi, 055° NE
Vet's Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 41.9 mi, 251° W
Donna Reed Center for Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 42.5 mi, 286° W

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