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Bardwell Kentucky Map

Explore Bardwell, Kentucky, 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 Bardwell, Kentucky

How to Use This Bardwell, Kentucky Map

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

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	Bardwell
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Carlisle County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	36.870611
Longitude	-89.009787
Population	714
Density	319.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	42023
Area Code	270, 364
County Seat	Bardwell
School District	Carlisle County School District

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About Bardwell, Kentucky

Bardwell is a locality in Carlisle County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 714. The population density is 319.1 people per km². Bardwell is located at 36.8706°N, 89.0098°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bardwell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42023.

Bardwell anchors a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of Central Creek, which carves its path through the loam just beyond the edge of the residential grid. It lies 27.0 miles west-southwest of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 237°T), and is situated 18.4 miles west-southwest of Massac. The terrain here rises and dips with a soft, deliberate rhythm, carrying the golden light of late afternoon across fields that seem to hold the heat of the sun long after the shadows lengthen. To the east, the faint, hazy silhouette of O’Bryan Ridge interrupts the horizon, a distant reminder of the structural shifts that shaped this corner of the Commonwealth. Within the immediate vicinity, the verdant, manicured grounds of Bardwell Ralph Graves Memorial City Park offer a reprieve from the open expanse, where the air often carries the heavy, sweet scent of drying hay and the damp earth near the creek bed.

Bardwell serves as a steady, unassuming center for an economy deeply rooted in the cycles of agriculture and the methodical labor of the field. The local identity remains tethered to the patterns of the harvest, reflecting a history of settlement that prioritized the fertility of the soil and the proximity to reliable, if modest, waterways. Life in Bardwell moves at a pace set by the seasonal turn of the crops rather than the frantic pulse of industrial centers, fostering a quietude that persists even as the modern world encroaches. Five miles away, the stillness of Straight Slough offers a natural counterpoint to the town’s daily industry, providing a place where the stillness of the water mirrors the patient, methodical character of those who have made their lives in this particular bend of the Kentucky interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bardwell Ralph Graves Memorial City Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 271° W
Carlisle County Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 043° NE
Coil Estate Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 354° N
Doug Travis Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 261° W
Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site (State Park) — 8.2 mi, 327° NW
Burial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 8.3 mi, 327° NW
Chief's Mound (Historic Ruins) — 8.3 mi, 327° NW
Columbus-Belmont State Park (State Park) — 8.7 mi, 218° SW
Proceeding On (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 317° NW
Lowest Point in Illinois (Viewpoint) — 10.7 mi, 317° NW
Murphy's Pond (State Recreation Area) — 11.9 mi, 136° SE
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 12.5 mi, 316° NW
Caboose (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 317° NW
Cairo River Wall Murals (Public Artwork) — 12.8 mi, 317° NW
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 314° NW
Desert Storm Memorial (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 315° NW
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.3 mi, 326° NW · 33k acres
Cotton Belt Caboose (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 253° W
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 24.0 mi, 313° NW
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.5 mi, 076° E · 19k acres
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 24.6 mi, 325° NW · 274k acres
Superman Museum & Gift Shop (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 038° NE
Lois Lane Statue (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 038° NE
Fort Massac (Attraction) — 25.0 mi, 041° NE
Noble Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 25.3 mi, 054° NE
Red Devil Stadium (Stadium) — 26.6 mi, 167° S
Bricolage Art Collective (Gallery) — 27.3 mi, 057° NE
Market House Theatre (Theatre) — 27.3 mi, 057° NE
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 32.8 mi, 334° NW · 7,712 acres
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 43.9 mi, 080° E · 171k acres

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