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Bradford Iowa Map

Explore Bradford, 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 Bradford, Iowa

How to Use This Bradford, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.636716
Longitude	-93.252388
Population	84
Density	34.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	50658, 50041, 50441
Area Code	319, 515
County Seat	Hampton
School District	Hampton-Dumont Community School District

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About Bradford, Iowa

Bradford is a locality in Franklin County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 84. The population density is 34.9 people per km². Bradford is located at 42.6367°N, 93.2524°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 50658, 50041, 50441.

Bradford emerges from the flat expanse of the plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, defined by the relentless geometry of tilled fields that stretch toward the horizon. It lies 36.0 miles south of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 184°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north of Iowa Falls. The horizon itself remains vast and unencumbered, save for the subtle rise of distant ground that suggests the weight of the land, while the air carries a crisp, lingering scent of turned soil and dry corn stalks. Beaver Creek carves a shallow, wandering path just a mile away, its banks providing a narrow green corridor that breaks the monotony of the soybean rows, while the nearby Mallory Memorial Park offers a quiet grove of trees that serves as a sanctuary from the open wind. As the sun descends, the light turns a bruised, dusty gold, casting long, thin shadows that emphasize the solitude of the barns and the steady, unshowy endurance of the local topography.

Agriculture remains the singular pulse of Bradford, with the rhythms of the planting and harvest seasons dictating the cadence of daily life. The history of the area is etched in the modest frame houses and the sturdy, pragmatic architecture of the grain elevators that stand as sentinels over the regional economy. Residents maintain a reserved, literate civility, a quiet inheritance from the generations of settlers who found in this fertile loam a place to build a life defined by work rather than spectacle. Though Beeds Lake sits nine miles away to offer a rare reprieve of still water, the character of Bradford is found in the deep, dark soil beneath one's boots and the persistent, industrious spirit of a place that understands its own value in the quiet labor of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mallory Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 020° N
Maynes Grove (Local Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 035° NE
Spainhower Tract (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 058° NE
Franklin County Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 013° N
Dow House (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 184° S
Iowa Falls Historical Museum - Sue Crotty Hisotrical Mueseum (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 184° S
Union Depot (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 182° S
Iowa Falls Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 187° S
Spring Creek Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 343° N
Beed's Lake State Park (State Park) — 9.0 mi, 000° N
Coulter Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 301° NW
Ackley Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 120° SE
Big Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 102° E
Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 276° W
Quasdorf Wagon, Machine and Blacksmith Shop Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 277° W
Ruby Woodland (State Recreation Area) — 14.9 mi, 149° SE
West Fork Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.4 mi, 046° NE
Pine Lake State Park (State Park) — 20.0 mi, 155° SE
Grand Theatre (Cinema) — 20.6 mi, 158° S
Civil War Statue (Public Artwork) — 20.6 mi, 158° S
Story City Carousel (Attraction) — 35.4 mi, 209° SW
Mason City Communit Theatre (Theatre) — 35.5 mi, 004° N
Rancho Deluxe (Attraction) — 35.8 mi, 005° N
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 37.2 mi, 005° N
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 38.0 mi, 005° N
McElroy Communication Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 39.6 mi, 081° E
Neumann Auditorium (Theatre) — 39.7 mi, 081° E
Palace Theater (Cinema) — 40.2 mi, 081° E
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.9 mi, 302° NW · 12k acres
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.8 mi, 141° SE · 24k acres

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