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Bern Kansas Map

Explore Bern, Kansas, 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 Bern, Kansas

How to Use This Bern, Kansas Map

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

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	Bern
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Nemaha County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.962222
Longitude	-95.971942
Population	161
Density	218.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66408
Area Code	913
County Seat	Seneca
School District	Prairie Hills Unified School District 113

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About Bern, Kansas

Bern is a locality in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 161. The population density is 218.9 people per km². Bern is located at 39.9622°N, 95.9719°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bern is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66408.

Bern holds its position upon the high, open plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a relentless, wide-reaching sky. It lies 52.9 miles west-northwest of Atchison, KS (from Atchison, KS: bearing 302°T), and is situated 10.0 miles west-northwest of Sabetha. The land here acts as a vast, hushed stage for the wind, which moves through the tallgrass with a low, persistent hum that seems to alter the very weight of the air. To the north, the elevation shifts ever so slightly, a subtle tilt of the earth that draws the eye toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Albany Hill. Near the edge of the settlement, the quiet waters of Fourmile Creek carve a narrow, winding path through the silt, lined by the rough, silvered bark of cottonwoods that stand as solitary sentinels against the glare of the afternoon sun.

Bern endures as a quiet anchor for the surrounding agricultural expanse, its character forged by the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the tempo of daily life. The economy remains tethered to the fertility of the soil, with grain elevators rising like monoliths above the grid of streets, marking the intersection of labor and the seasons. Beyond the immediate reach of the dwellings, the Iron Horse Trail Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary where the original prairie flora persists, undisturbed by the plow or the fence line. In the amber light of dusk, the stillness of the fields reminds the observer that Bern was built by those who traded the familiar for the vast, leaving a legacy of persistence that lingers in the cool, darkening shadows of the grain bins.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Iron Horse Trail Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 324° NW
Windmill (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 029° NE
Totem Pole (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 022° N
Four Mile Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 018° N
Sommerset Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 9.6 mi, 110° E
Ray of Sunshine (Public Artwork) — 9.8 mi, 114° SE
North Ball Complex (Local Recreation) — 9.8 mi, 110° E
Pawnee City Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 318° NW
Pawnee County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 316° NW
Phillips 66 (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 316° NW
Table Rock Argus (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 336° NW
Table Rock Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 336° NW
Verdon State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.1 mi, 045° NE
Richardson County Museum (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 071° E
Hiawatha Area Arts and Theater Society (Theatre) — 24.3 mi, 108° E
HCC Art at the Barn (Arts Centre) — 27.6 mi, 107° E
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 29.0 mi, 044° NE
Leary Site (Historic Ruins) — 30.6 mi, 085° E
Historic Caretakers Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 30.8 mi, 129° SE
Big Lake State Park (State Park) — 32.7 mi, 076° E
Brownville Historical Marker (Attraction) — 34.4 mi, 029° NE
Muir House Historical Marker (Attraction) — 34.4 mi, 029° NE
Rockford Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 36.3 mi, 299° NW
Holton Community Theatre (Theatre) — 36.7 mi, 160° S
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.6 mi, 074° E · 15k acres
Alcove Spring (Viewpoint) — 40.3 mi, 249° W
Monument to the Ice Age (Attraction) — 41.3 mi, 242° SW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.4 mi, 085° E · 3,906 acres

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