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Alden Iowa Map

Explore Alden, 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 Alden, Iowa

How to Use This Alden, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.511576
Longitude	-93.380309
Population	763
Density	191.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50006
Area Code	515
County Seat	Eldora
School District	Alden Community School District

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About Alden, Iowa

Alden is a locality in Hardin County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 763. The population density is 191.2 people per km². Alden is located at 42.5116°N, 93.3803°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50006.

Alden rises from the fertile expanse of the Midwestern plains, where the Iowa River carves a deliberate, limestone-lined path through the landscape. It lies 35.8 miles north-northeast of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 20°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west of Iowa Falls. The horizon is defined by an immense, open sky that shifts from bruised violet to a pale, clinical gold as the sun retreats behind the distant, shadowed silhouette of Mormon Ridge. At the Alden River Access, the water moves with a heavy, deliberate grace, pulling silt and memory past banks thick with willow and cottonwood. The air here holds a distinct, earthy sharpness, a scent of damp loam and cooling stone that lingers long after the day’s heat has dissipated from the tilled fields.

Alden reflects the quiet, methodical industry of a place built upon the deep, dark soil of the prairie, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of trade and labor. Grain elevators stand as slender, utilitarian monuments to a regional economy rooted in the soybean and corn harvest, their silhouettes marking the intersection of history and modern agriculture. While Gehrkes Lake waits eight miles away in the silence of the countryside, the life of the inhabitants remains tethered to the river's slow persistence and the unshowy, literate civility of the surrounding plains. The streets maintain a deliberate stillness, reflecting a heritage of migration and resilience that persists in the sturdy brick facades and the steady, unassuming focus of those who call Alden home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Alden River Access (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 050° NE
Bessman-Kemp Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 355° N
Calkin's Nature Center (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 092° E
American Legion Field (Local Recreation) — 4.3 mi, 084° E
Iowa River Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 334° NW
Iowa Falls Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 084° E
Dow House (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 083° E
Iowa Falls Historical Museum - Sue Crotty Hisotrical Mueseum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 083° E
Union Depot (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 084° E
Whitetail Flats Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 320° NW
Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 329° NW
Quasdorf Wagon, Machine and Blacksmith Shop Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 329° NW
Radcliffe Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 191° S
Ackley Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 080° E
Pine Lake State Park (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 123° SE
Civil War Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.8 mi, 126° SE
Grand Theatre (Cinema) — 17.8 mi, 126° SE
Big Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.7 mi, 074° E
Beed's Lake State Park (State Park) — 18.8 mi, 020° N
Story City Carousel (Attraction) — 24.7 mi, 205° SW
Acorn Music Hall (Theatre) — 34.2 mi, 200° S
North Grand Cinema (Cinema) — 34.3 mi, 201° S
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 35.6 mi, 204° SW
Octagon Center for the Arts (Gallery) — 35.6 mi, 200° S
Ames City Auditorium (Theatre) — 35.6 mi, 200° S
Boneyard Hollow (Attraction) — 36.4 mi, 258° W
Copperas Beds (Attraction) — 37.1 mi, 257° W
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.1 mi, 314° NW · 12k acres
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 59.2 mi, 131° SE · 24k acres

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