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Bridgewater Iowa Map

Explore Bridgewater, 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 Bridgewater, Iowa

How to Use This Bridgewater, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.244987
Longitude	-94.668862
Population	148
Density	198.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50837
Area Code	319
County Seat	Greenfield
School District	Nodaway Valley Community School District

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About Bridgewater, Iowa

Bridgewater is a locality in Adair County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 148. The population density is 198.4 people per km². Bridgewater is located at 41.2450°N, 94.6689°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bridgewater is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50837.

Bridgewater holds its place upon the vast, open expanse of the Iowa prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky asserts an immense, unvarnished authority over the earth. It lies 47.9 miles west-southwest of Waukee, IA (from Waukee, IA: bearing 238°T), and is situated 20.5 miles northwest of Creston. The landscape is defined by the steady, rhythmic swells of tilled fields, where the dark, fertile soil yields orderly rows of corn and soybeans that seem to pulse with the slow, seasonal breathing of the plains. A mile to the east, the West Fork Middle Nodaway River traces a quiet, winding path through the silt, providing a subtle vein of moisture that feeds the surrounding grasses. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, heavy clarity, casting long, bruised shadows across the Bridgewater Dump Station, which serves as a solitary, pragmatic punctuation mark on the edge of the quietude.

History in Bridgewater is written in the endurance of the soil and the quiet persistence of those who work it, reflecting a legacy of agrarian labor that has long anchored the local economy. The town maintains an unshowy, literate civility, a place where the daily pace is dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic tempo of distant cities. Though the silence of the plains often feels absolute, the proximity of Nodaway Lake nine miles away offers a rare interruption to the terrestrial monotony, a mirror reflecting the vast clouds that drift perpetually westward. Here, the culture is one of measured observation, rooted in the Scandinavian and German heritage of the pioneers who first broke this ground, leaving behind a quiet resilience that persists in the stillness of every afternoon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bridgewater Dump Station (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 171° S
Mormon Trail Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 092° E
Adair Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 052° NE
E. Rex Sullivan Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 148° SE
Ethel Woodside Prairie (State Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 145° SE
Ken Sidey Nature Area (Local Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 072° E
Adair County Historical Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 068° E
Lake Icaria Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 184° S
Lake Anita State Park (State Park) — 12.5 mi, 336° NW
Kline Museum (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 169° S
Green Valley State Park (State Park) — 16.3 mi, 122° SE
Adams County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 18.1 mi, 191° S
Tree in the Road (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 334° NW
Tree on the road (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 334° NW
Union County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 133° SE
Soldiers Monument (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 302° NW
Cass County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 268° W
Audubon County Courthouse Museum (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 336° NW
Olson/Linn Museum (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 217° SW
Swedish Heritage and Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 28.9 mi, 231° SW
Dexfield Park - Bonnie and Clyde Shootout (Monument) — 31.5 mi, 046° NE
John Wayne (Public Artwork) — 34.6 mi, 080° E
Vet's Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 43.9 mi, 310° NW
Mouth of Nickinabockina Cutoff Ditch (Attraction) — 45.9 mi, 309° NW
Treynor High School Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 48.8 mi, 269° W
Blue Zoo (Aquarium) — 50.0 mi, 064° NE
Jordan Creek Amphitheater (Theatre) — 50.1 mi, 063° NE
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 66.4 mi, 283° W · 7,936 acres

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