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Bardwell Texas Map

Explore Bardwell, Texas, 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 Bardwell, Texas

How to Use This Bardwell, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bardwell, Texas. 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 Texas 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 Bardwell.

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	Bardwell
State	Texas (TX)
County	Ellis County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.269035
Longitude	-96.696103
Population	625
Density	791.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	75101
Area Code	214, 469
County Seat	Waxahachie
School District	Ennis Independent School District

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About Bardwell, Texas

Bardwell is a locality in Ellis County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 625. The population density is 791.2 people per km². Bardwell is located at 32.2690°N, 96.6961°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bardwell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75101.

Bardwell emerges from the flat, expansive plains of North Texas where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of relentless, pale sky. It lies 5.9 miles southwest of Ennis, TX (from Ennis, TX: bearing 225°T), and is situated 12.0 miles southeast of Waxahachie. The land here holds a quiet gravity, characterized by open fields and the low, persistent hum of insects that thrive in the heat radiating from the dark earth. Only a mile away, the waters of Bardwell Lake mirror the shifting intensity of the sun, providing a cooling stillness to the immediate landscape, while the modest currents of Elm Branch carve a slow path through the silty soil. In the far distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of Rainbow Ridge marks the limit of the view, a reminder of the tectonic shifts that defined the wider region long before the first fence lines were drawn.

Bardwell maintains a deliberate pace, its economy anchored by the agrarian rhythms of the surrounding blackland prairie and a lingering connection to the heritage of the early railroad expansion. Life here is measured by the seasonal turning of the crops and the steady traffic of those seeking respite at the nearby Bardwell Recreation Area, where the land invites a slower engagement with the outdoors. Residents often traverse the local paths, including the Waxahachie Trail, finding in the dry, seasoned air a sense of permanence that defies the rapid development encroaching from the north. The spirit of the place is found in the quietude of a porch at dusk, where the shadows lengthen across the grass and the day settles into a profound, uncomplicated silence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bardwell Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.7 mi, 077° E
Bardwell Lake (Recreation Area) — 1.4 mi, 092° E
Bluebonnet Park (Local Park) — 3.7 mi, 040° NE
Thomas C. Neel (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 343° N
Lake Clark Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 030° NE
Ennis Kachina Prairie (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 029° NE
Frederick Harrison Rankin (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 040° NE
Wayman Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 043° NE
Ennis Railroad and Cultural Heritage Museum (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 078° E
Waxahachie Rodeo Complex (Local Recreation) — 11.5 mi, 311° NW
Waxahachie Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 11.7 mi, 324° NW
Richard Ellis Statue (Public Artwork) — 12.0 mi, 312° NW
Bruco, The Texas Italian Caterpillar (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 248° W
Roundabout Stage (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 299° NW
Falconry Stage (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 299° NW
Tiger Stadium (Stadium) — 16.5 mi, 141° SE
Pioneer Village of Navarro County (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 133° SE
Pearce Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 139° SE
Old Maypearl Depot (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 278° W
Snake Encounters (Attraction) — 24.3 mi, 343° N
Oldest Wilmer Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 24.4 mi, 010° N
Cedar Hill Museum of History (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 327° NW
Cedar Hill State Park (State Park) — 28.1 mi, 322° NW
Talala Overlook (Viewpoint) — 29.5 mi, 325° NW
Reflections Art Gallery (Gallery) — 31.0 mi, 235° SW
Hillsboro Arts League (Gallery) — 31.1 mi, 235° SW
Purtis Creek State Park (State Park) — 40.4 mi, 081° E
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 77.7 mi, 111° E · 16k acres

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