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Afton Iowa Map

Explore Afton, Iowa, 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 Afton, Iowa

How to Use This Afton, Iowa Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Afton, Iowa. 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 Iowa 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 Afton.

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	Afton
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Union County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.027491
Longitude	-94.198008
Population	874
Density	335.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50830
Area Code	319
County Seat	Creston
School District	East Union Community School District

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About Afton, Iowa

Afton is a locality in Union County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 874. The population density is 335.4 people per km². Afton is located at 41.0275°N, 94.1980°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Afton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50830.

Afton sits amidst an expanse of rolling tilled land where the horizon line is defined by the steady, rhythmic intersection of earth and sky. It lies 40.4 miles southwest of Indianola, IA (from Indianola, IA: bearing 236°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east-southeast of Creston. The landscape surrounding Afton is a patchwork of soybean and corn fields, their textures shifting from the vibrant green of early summer to the brittle, golden husks of harvest. A mile to the north, the waters of Lake Afton catch the low, slanted light of dusk, reflecting a sky that feels immense and unburdened by the clutter of larger metropolises. Nearby, the water of Star Branch carves a quiet, meandering path through the loam, its presence marked by the deepening of shadows in the shallow ravines. The air here carries the scent of turned soil and cooling prairie grass, a stillness that settles over the fields long before the sun dips below the western edge of the plains.

History in Afton is written into the endurance of its storefronts and the quiet, deliberate pace of those who walk its sidewalks. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, a legacy of the German and Scandinavian settlers who first broke the prairie sod to establish a life on the high ground. Residents often spend their afternoons at Garfield Park, where the wide, open spaces offer a vantage point to observe the slow transition of the seasons across the Iowa landscape. There is an unshowy, literate civility to the way the days unfold, a preference for the reliable cycles of agriculture over the frantic pulse of the outside world. It is a place where the weight of the past is not a burden but a steady foundation, felt in the solid brick of the older buildings and the persistent, industrious character of the people who call Afton their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Garfield Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 271° W
Three Mile Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 353° N
Twelve Mile Lake (Union) Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 304° NW
Three Mile Lake County Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 354° N
Talmage Hill Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 090° E
Groesbeck County Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 033° NE
Unknown Field (Local Recreation) — 8.3 mi, 286° W
Union County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 277° W
Green Valley State Park (State Park) — 10.6 mi, 304° NW
The Mormon Trail / Utopian Experiments in Southern Iowa (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 093° E
Kline Museum (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 269° W
Osceola Statue (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 089° E
John Wayne (Public Artwork) — 23.2 mi, 024° NE
Adair County Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 324° NW
Adams County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 28.1 mi, 265° W
Decatur County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 30.8 mi, 130° SE
Oxbow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 31.2 mi, 145° SE
Lake of Three Fires State Park (State Park) — 32.2 mi, 231° SW
Taylor County Historical Museum (Museum) — 37.0 mi, 228° SW
Warren County Historical Museum (Museum) — 39.5 mi, 055° NE
Carver Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 40.3 mi, 054° NE
Painted Pony (Gallery) — 40.4 mi, 055° NE
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 40.4 mi, 054° NE
Olson/Linn Museum (Museum) — 41.1 mi, 261° W
Blue Zoo (Aquarium) — 42.4 mi, 029° NE
Jordan Creek Amphitheater (Theatre) — 42.6 mi, 029° NE
Giraffe Feeding (Attraction) — 45.2 mi, 041° NE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.7 mi, 197° S · 3,906 acres
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.6 mi, 053° NE · 12k acres

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