Bakersfield Missouri Map
Explore Bakersfield, Missouri, 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 Bakersfield, Missouri
How to Use This Bakersfield, Missouri Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bakersfield, Missouri. 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 Missouri 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 Bakersfield.
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 | Bakersfield |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Ozark County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 36.522564 |
| Longitude | -92.1421 |
| Population | 186 |
| Density | 52.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 65609 |
| Area Code | 417 |
| County Seat | Gainesville |
| School District | Bakersfield R-IV School District |
About Bakersfield, Missouri
Bakersfield is a locality in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 186. The population density is 52.4 people per km². Bakersfield is located at 36.5226°N, 92.1421°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bakersfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 65609.Bakersfield emerges from the quiet, limestone-heavy landscape where the steady current of Bennetts Bayou carves a path through the earth. It lies 21.4 miles southwest of West Plains, MO (from West Plains, MO: bearing 229°T), and is situated 18.7 miles northeast of Mountain Home. The terrain surrounding Bakersfield is defined by the deep, shadowed creases of Plumb Hollow, where the morning mist clings to the damp soil and the light turns a bruised, soft violet against the timberline. Seven miles to the north, the rounded summit of Turkey Knob breaks the horizon, serving as a silent, unchanging landmark for those navigating the winding roads that cut through the thickets. While the proximity to Norfork Lake brings a subtle shift in the humidity, the air remains crisp and inland, carrying the scent of dry leaves and turned dirt across the open acreage.
Agriculture and the rhythms of a rural economy define the daily existence in Bakersfield, where the labor of the land dictates the speed of the passing hours. Life here has long been anchored to the resilience of the soil and the legacy of families who settled in these hollows, finding stability in the modest yields of the region. Residents often turn toward the Norfork Recreation Area for a reprieve from the quiet toil of the seasons, finding a shared stillness in the landscape that remains largely undisturbed by the frantic pace of the wider world. Whether looking toward the distant slope of Turkey Knob or watching the water move through the bed of Bennetts Bayou, the people of Bakersfield maintain a connection to the geography that is as grounded as the bedrock beneath their feet.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Norfork Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 4.5 mi, 210° SW
- Norfork Lake (Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 211° SW
- State Line (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 255° W
- House Ruins (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 230° SW
- Patrick Bridge Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.2 mi, 335° NW
- Sheriff's Hollow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.8 mi, 351° N
- Devils Backbone Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.6 mi, 360° N · 6,691 acres
- Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 12.6 mi, 360° N · 1.5M acres
- Mountain Home Farmer's Market (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 226° SW
- Mountain Home High School A-7 Corsair (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 227° SW
- Paper Airplane Donald's Imagination (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 224° SW
- Grizzly Statue (Public Artwork) — 21.4 mi, 048° NE
- Ozark National Forest (National Forest) — 22.7 mi, 204° SW · 1.1M acres
- Rock Garden (Attraction) — 28.5 mi, 202° S
- Trail Head Lower Wilderness. (Attraction) — 31.0 mi, 216° SW
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About This Bakersfield Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bakersfield, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.522564, -92.1421. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Bakersfield includes the ZIP code (65609), telephone area code (417), county seat of Ozark County (Gainesville), and school district assignment (Bakersfield R-IV School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
