Explore Bazile Mills, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bazile Mills, 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 Bazile Mills.
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 | Bazile Mills |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Knox County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.512781 |
| Longitude | -97.905068 |
| Population | 26 |
| Density | 20.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 68729 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| County Seat | Center |
| School District | Creighton Community Public Schools |
Bazile Mills emerges from the expansive Nebraska plains as a quiet intersection of land and water, defined by the persistent, winding path of Bazile Creek. It lies 41.8 miles northwest of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 323°T), and is situated 23.6 miles south of Springfield. The horizon here functions as the primary fact of life, a vast, unbroken line that pulls the eye toward the distant silhouette of Council Hill, standing seven miles away as a solitary anchor in the level expanse. Sunlight at dusk catches the tallgrass, casting long, amber shadows that stretch across the fields and illuminate the subtle, rhythmic undulations of the prairie floor. This landscape, shaped by the slow, deliberate movement of the seasons, maintains a stark, quiet clarity where the air feels thin and sharp, unburdened by the density of the modern world.
Bazile Mills carries the weight of a frontier heritage, reflecting the persistent labor of those who once sought to harness the power of the water to sustain a burgeoning agrarian life. While the economy remains deeply anchored to the surrounding cattle country and the steady, productive cycle of the harvest, the influence of the region is felt in the steady, measured pace of the local day. Residents look toward the nearby Lewis And Clark Recreation Area or the waters of the Rod and Gun Club Reservoir for a sense of space, yet the character of Bazile Mills itself remains tied to the soil and the legacy of the pioneer spirit. Life here proceeds with a functional, unadorned grace, where the texture of the land and the memory of the early settlers continue to inform the quiet, persistent pulse of the locality.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bazile Mills, Nebraska. Coordinates: 42.512781, -97.905068. 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 Bazile Mills includes the ZIP code (68729), telephone area code (402), county seat of Knox County (Center), and school district assignment (Creighton Community 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 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. |