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Alvord Iowa Map

Explore Alvord, 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 Alvord, Iowa

How to Use This Alvord, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	43.342199
Longitude	-96.30114
Population	206
Density	137.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51230
Area Code	563
County Seat	Rock Rapids
School District	West Lyon Community School District

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About Alvord, Iowa

Alvord is a locality in Lyon County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 206. The population density is 137.8 people per km². Alvord is located at 43.3422°N, 96.3011°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alvord is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51230.

Alvord marks a quiet intersection of sky and soil where the horizon expands in every direction, measured only by the seasonal turn of corn and soybeans. It lies 38.5 miles north of Le Mars, IA (from Le Mars, IA: bearing 350°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north of Rock Valley. Mud Creek meanders through the landscape, its channel carving a subtle, persistent path that sustains the verdant vitality of the surrounding fields. The air here holds a crisp, clean weight, carrying the scent of tilled earth and the distant, dry rustle of prairie grass. While the distant Cactus Hills remain mere shadows against the deepening violet of a summer dusk, the immediate land is defined by a rigorous, flat geometry that stretches toward the edges of the world, offering a vast, open stage for the shifting light.

Alvord carries the steady, industrious pulse of a region built upon the quiet persistence of its settlers, where the labor of the farm dictates the cadence of the day. Economic life remains tethered to the bounty of the loess-rich soil, creating a landscape of functional beauty where grain elevators stand as the primary architecture of the skyline. Residents find their recreation in the nearby Doon Wildlife Area, a space that preserves the wilder, unplowed character of the plains, or perhaps travel the nine miles to seek the solitude of The Pahoja Recreation Trail. Life in Alvord favors a deliberate, unadorned civility, echoing the heritage of those who first broke this sod and established a durable, grounded way of being that remains largely unchanged by the clamor of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Doon Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 129° SE
Rock River Access - Amba Tract (Local Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 161° S
Inwood Iowa Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 249° W
Lake Pahoja Recreation Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 289° W
Historic School Museum (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 290° W
Lyon County Historical Society Museum Complex (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 047° NE
Rock Island Depot Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 046° NE
Big Sioux River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 267° W
Canton Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 12.4 mi, 265° W
Tri-State Marker (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 325° NW
Oak Ridge Game Production Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 217° SW
Canton Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 14.8 mi, 261° W
Lyon County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 089° E
Newton Hills (State Recreation Area) — 15.6 mi, 235° SW
Blood Run (State Recreation Area) — 16.8 mi, 300° NW
TePaske Theatre (Theatre) — 18.9 mi, 159° S
The Gift (Public Artwork) — 19.2 mi, 160° S
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 19.2 mi, 161° S
Sioux Center Area Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 161° S
Tower (Viewpoint) — 19.7 mi, 013° N
Blue Mounds State Park (State Park) — 24.4 mi, 010° N
Calliope Village (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 202° S
Sheldon Prairie Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 116° SE
JK Gallery (Gallery) — 25.4 mi, 304° NW
Eastbank Art Gallery (Gallery) — 25.5 mi, 304° NW
Rehfeld's Art & Framing (Gallery) — 25.6 mi, 304° NW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.5 mi, 001° N · 12k acres
Split Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 37.2 mi, 355° N
Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 46.1 mi, 359° N · 302 acres
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 54.3 mi, 217° SW · 870 acres

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