Explore Bradford, New Hampshire, 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 Bradford, New Hampshire. 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 New Hampshire 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 Bradford.
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 | Bradford |
| State | New Hampshire (NH) |
| County | Merrimack County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.270077 |
| Longitude | -71.960082 |
| Population | 372 |
| Density | 180.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 03221 |
| Area Code | 603 |
| County Seat | Concord |
| School District | Kearsarge Regional School District |
Bradford occupies a rugged stretch of the interior landscape where the West Branch Warner River cuts a persistent, winding path through the heavy granite earth. It lies 20.8 miles east-southeast of Claremont, NH (from Claremont, NH: bearing 111°T), and is situated 9.3 miles northwest of Henniker. The terrain rises sharply toward the summit of Hogg Hill, casting long shadows over the dense growth of the Bradford Pines State Forest that thrives in the cool, inland air. At Whitman Park, the ground settles into a quiet clearing, offering a space where the stillness of the woods meets the deliberate pace of the land. Two miles distant, the waters of Lake Massasecum hold the reflection of the sky, undisturbed by the rush of any distant coast, maintaining a steady, reflective silence that defines the character of the horizon.
Bradford maintains an economy rooted in the resilience of its inhabitants, who have long worked the timber and stone that define this northern terrain. The history of the region is written in the old stone walls that segment the fields, remnants of an era when Yankee independence and labor carved a living from the rocky soil. Residents often look toward the Monadnock Sunapee Trail for a connection to the wider wilderness, yet the focus remains on the immediate tasks of the season and the maintenance of the village center. Life here moves with a certain gravity, where the quality of light at dusk reveals the true, unadorned texture of the valley, and the sound of the river serves as a constant, low-frequency reminder of the land’s enduring vitality.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bradford, New Hampshire. Coordinates: 43.270077, -71.960082. 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 Bradford includes the ZIP code (03221), telephone area code (603), county seat of Merrimack County (Concord), and school district assignment (Kearsarge Regional 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. |