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Bayard Nebraska Map

Explore Bayard, Nebraska, 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 Bayard, Nebraska

How to Use This Bayard, Nebraska Map

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

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.

CityBayard
StateNebraska (NE)
CountyMorrill County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude41.75497
Longitude-103.324102
Population1,140
Density633.3 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code69334
Area Code308
County SeatBridgeport
School DistrictBayard Public Schools

About Bayard, Nebraska

Bayard is a locality in Morrill County, Nebraska, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,140. The population density is 633.3 people per km². Bayard is located at 41.7550°N, 103.3241°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Bayard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 69334.

Bayard occupies a wide, deliberate space where the flat expanse of the shortgrass prairie meets the quiet, persistent movement of the Wildhorse Drain. It lies 19.3 miles east-southeast of Scottsbluff, NE (from Scottsbluff, NE: bearing 113°T), and is situated 18.0 miles east-southeast of Gering. The horizon functions as the primary fact of life here, a sweeping line that demands attention and renders the sky an immense, shifting canvas of pale blue and bruised gold. To the south, the profile of the Wildcat Hills provides a jagged, distant anchor against the clouds, while the nearby terrain dips into the dry, shadowed creases of Wildhorse Canyon. The air carries a scent of parched earth and distant alfalfa, a dry clarity that sharpens the edges of every fence post and grain silo, grounding the traveler in a landscape where the light at dusk lingers with a thin, melancholic grace.

Bayard emerged from the steady pulse of agricultural necessity, its economy tethered to the rhythmic demands of irrigation and the seasonal harvest of sugar beets. The history of the place is marked by the slow, determined labor of those who turned this soil, their legacy echoed in the quiet maintenance of the Chet and Jane Fleisbach Wildlife Management Area, where the native grasses reclaim the margins of the land. Life in Bayard moves according to the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of the outside world, a steady cadence that remains undisturbed by the occasional ripple of wind across the fields. Residents might look toward Hall Reservoir for a respite from the heat, yet the true character of the locality remains tied to the dusty, sun-bleached roads and the enduring, stoic architecture of a region built to withstand the long, unyielding Nebraska winters.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bayard Chimney Rock Museum (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 188° S
  • Chet and Jane Fleisbach Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 145° SE
  • Arnold Trupp Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 355° N
  • North Platte River Alkaline Wetlands Acquisition (Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 112° E
  • Bridgeport State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.7 mi, 114° SE
  • North Platte National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.9 mi, 327° NW · 5,832 acres
  • Lake Minatare (Recreation Area) — 14.2 mi, 325° NW
  • Courthouse and Jail Rocks Historical Marker (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 114° SE
  • Rebecca Winters Gravesite (Monument) — 16.3 mi, 292° W
  • Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 17.7 mi, 257° W
  • North Platte Valley Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 284° W
  • Oregon Trail Park Stadium (Stadium) — 18.0 mi, 283° W
  • Union Pacific Steam Powered Locomotive (Monument) — 18.1 mi, 287° W
  • Scotts Bluff National Monument (National Monument) — 19.2 mi, 282° W · 3,162 acres
  • Western Nebraska Mexican American Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 295° NW
  • Corn Maze at Legacy of the Plains (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 284° W
  • South Overlook (Viewpoint) — 20.1 mi, 286° W
  • Banner County Museum (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 238° SW
  • Prairie Schooner Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 143° SE
  • Alliance (Cinema) — 33.3 mi, 044° NE
  • Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.4 mi, 070° E · 93k acres
  • The Fourd Seasons (Public Artwork) — 36.0 mi, 042° NE
  • The Golden Link Historical Marker (Attraction) — 43.2 mi, 164° S
  • Cheyenne County Historical Marker (Attraction) — 43.2 mi, 164° S
  • Cabelas Wildlife Display (Attraction) — 48.1 mi, 157° SE
  • Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (National Monument) — 48.9 mi, 337° NW · 2,253 acres
  • Nebraska National Forest (National Forest) — 55.6 mi, 353° N · 141k acres
  • Pawnee National Grassland (National Grassland) — 56.8 mi, 201° S · 193k acres
  • Chappell Memorial Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 63.6 mi, 136° SE
  • Early Colorado Homesite (Historic Ruins) — 75.9 mi, 191° S

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About This Bayard Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bayard, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.75497, -103.324102. 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 Bayard includes the ZIP code (69334), telephone area code (308), county seat of Morrill County (Bridgeport), and school district assignment (Bayard Public Schools).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.