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Buccaneer Bay Nebraska Map

Explore Buccaneer Bay, 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 Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska

How to Use This Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Buccaneer Bay, 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 Buccaneer Bay.

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	Buccaneer Bay
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Cass County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.053
Longitude	-95.955
Population	1,418
Density	400.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	68048
Area Code	402, 531
County Seat	Plattsmouth
School District	Plattsmouth Community Schools

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About Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska

Buccaneer Bay is a locality in Cass County, Nebraska, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,418. The population density is 400.2 people per km². Buccaneer Bay is located at 41.0530°N, 95.9550°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68048.

Buccaneer Bay occupies a low-lying stretch of the Missouri River valley floor, where the Platte River maintains a patient, braided course through the silt and sediment of the eastern plains. It lies 6.7 miles south-southwest of Bellevue, NE (from Bellevue, NE: bearing 210°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-southeast of Papillion. The landscape surrounding Buccaneer Bay is defined by the absolute dominance of the horizon, a flat expanse where the tallgrass prairie once thrived before the plow altered the texture of the soil. When the sun retreats toward the western plains, the light flattens against the earth, turning the fields into a deep, bruised copper color that lingers until the stars claim the sky. To the west, the land rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of King Hill, providing a vertical relief to the otherwise horizontal expanse of the river valley.

Economically, Buccaneer Bay remains anchored to the rhythms of the agricultural cycle, sustained by the fertile deposits left behind by the Platte River throughout the centuries. The local character is shaped by the nearby Camp Maha/South Steps Platte River Corridor Habitat Protection, a site that preserves a fragment of the riparian woodland that once dominated the corridor. Travelers often move through the region by way of the Bellevue Loop Trail, which offers a path through the quiet, wind-scrubbed geography that lies just miles from the placid surface of Plattsmouth Reservoir 10-A. Life here is measured by the slow accumulation of seasons rather than the haste of industry, maintaining a quiet isolation that feels as ancient as the wind moving through the nearby cottonwood stands.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Oto Mission Historical Marker (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 042° NE
Camp Maha/South Steps Platte River Corridor Habitat Protection (Private Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 283° W
Two Springs Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 352° N
Randall W. Schilling Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 084° E
Woodland Fairy Tea Party (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 356° N
South Sarpy Trail (Local Recreation) — 3.8 mi, 360° N
Saint Mary's Island Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 082° E
Indian Springs Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 139° SE
Memorial Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 138° SE
Bellevue Historical Marker (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 019° N
State Mary's Bend Cutoff Site (State Recreation Area) — 4.4 mi, 073° E
Cass County Historical Museum (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 129° SE
All Gave Some, Some Gave All (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 019° N
Summit (Cinema) — 6.0 mi, 352° N
Bellevue Little Theatre (Theatre) — 6.5 mi, 028° NE
Pirate Stage (Theatre) — 7.1 mi, 343° N
Kramer Power Plant (Historic Ruins) — 7.3 mi, 031° NE
Broken Playground (Historic Ruins) — 7.5 mi, 025° NE
Thor MTB Trailhead (Viewpoint) — 7.6 mi, 024° NE
Tom's Treehouse (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 013° N
Nebraska Constitution Tree (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 013° N
Springfield Artworks (Gallery) — 9.5 mi, 282° W
Sokol South Omaha Czechoslovak Museum (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 004° N
Lake Manawa State Park (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 024° NE
Giant Chicken (Public Artwork) — 10.6 mi, 002° N
Louisville State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.0 mi, 255° W
El Museo Latino (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 002° N
Grewcock Elephant Habitat (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 007° N
Platte River State Park (State Park) — 12.8 mi, 253° W
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.8 mi, 001° N · 7,936 acres

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