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Bradgate Iowa Map

Explore Bradgate, 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 Bradgate, Iowa

How to Use This Bradgate, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.803028
Longitude	-94.418027
Population	75
Density	55.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50520
Area Code	319
County Seat	Dakota City
School District	Gilmore City-Bradgate Community School District

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About Bradgate, Iowa

Bradgate is a locality in Humboldt County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 75. The population density is 55.4 people per km². Bradgate is located at 42.8030°N, 94.4180°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bradgate is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50520.

Bradgate anchors itself firmly upon the vast, fertile expanse of the Iowa prairie, where the horizon stretches in an unbroken line of soil and sky. It lies 24.6 miles north-northwest of Fort Dodge, IA (from Fort Dodge, IA: bearing 329°T), and is situated 11.8 miles west-northwest of Humboldt. The Des Moines River carves a quiet, persistent path less than a mile from the center, its channel a dark vein threading through the deep loess deposits that define this heavy, productive earth. Here, the light of late afternoon catches the dust rising from the fields, casting long, amber shadows that cling to the rows of corn and soybeans like a soft, golden velvet. Residents find a singular stillness in the way the wind moves across the flat plains, a rhythmic pulse that seems to dictate the slow, measured pace of the days.

Bradgate remains a testament to the industry of those who first broke this sod, leaving a legacy of Scandinavian and German resilience that still permeates the local character. The Three Rivers Trail offers a direct, unadorned connection to the land, serving as a corridor for those who walk the path of the riverbed just as the early settlers once traced the waterways for survival. Life in Bradgate revolves around the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest, an economy built on the sturdy, honest fiber of Midwestern agriculture. Though Lizard Lake lies nine miles to the east, the true essence of the place is found closer to home, in the quiet, literate civility of neighbors who recognize that the beauty of the prairie lies not in dramatic peaks, but in the profound, quiet depth of the open, tilled ground.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Three Rivers Trail (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 199° S
Willows Access (State Recreation Area) — 0.2 mi, 212° SW
Bradgate Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 140° SE
Stearn's Woods (Local Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 279° W
Martin Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 296° NW
Three River Trail Bluff (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 273° W
Ottosen Potholes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 080° E
Hams Access (State Recreation Area) — 3.7 mi, 327° NW
Poduska Farm (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 260° W
West Bend Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 352° N
Humboldt County Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 116° SE
Pocahontas Statue (Public Artwork) — 13.1 mi, 248° W
Fleege Farm (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 264° W
Ambrose A. Call State Park (State Park) — 18.9 mi, 026° NE
Camp Algona POW Museum (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 026° NE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.8 mi, 047° NE · 12k acres
Hawkeye Community Theater (Theatre) — 23.4 mi, 149° SE
Twin Lakes State Park (State Park) — 24.1 mi, 206° SW
Wild Rose Casino and Resort (Attraction) — 24.8 mi, 330° NW
Robert Emmet Statue (Monument) — 25.0 mi, 328° NW
Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 27.2 mi, 334° NW
Eagle Grove War Memorial (Monument) — 27.9 mi, 110° E
Lone Rock (Attraction) — 29.1 mi, 009° N
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.4 mi, 024° NE · 5,668 acres
Boneyard Hollow (Attraction) — 32.9 mi, 148° SE
Copperas Beds (Attraction) — 33.5 mi, 150° SE
MIA-POW Display (Monument) — 35.7 mi, 032° NE
Lake City Capri Theater (Cinema) — 40.3 mi, 204° SW
J. Leslie Rollins Stadium (Stadium) — 41.7 mi, 255° W
Southpark 7 Theatres (Cinema) — 43.6 mi, 301° NW

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