Buccaneer Bay Nebraska Map

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.

About This Buccaneer Bay Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buccaneer Bay, Nebraska. Coordinates: 41.053, -95.955. 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 Buccaneer Bay includes the ZIP code (68048), telephone area code (402, 531), county seat of Cass County (Plattsmouth), and school district assignment (Plattsmouth Community Schools).

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.