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Athelstan Iowa Map

Explore Athelstan, 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 Athelstan, Iowa

How to Use This Athelstan, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	40.57224
Longitude	-94.542203
Population	6
Density	17.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	50836
Area Code	319
County Seat	Bedford
School District	Bedford Community School District

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About Athelstan, Iowa

Athelstan is a locality in Taylor County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 6. The population density is 17.8 people per km². Athelstan is located at 40.5722°N, 94.5422°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 50836.

Athelstan occupies a flat expanse of fertile earth where the sky asserts a vast, unyielding dominance over the horizon. It lies 23.4 miles northeast of Maryville, MO (from Maryville, MO: bearing 48°T), and is situated 34.9 miles south-southwest of Creston. The Platte River carves a serpentine path less than a mile from the center, its low banks lined with thickets that catch the amber light of late afternoon. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape stretches into a quiet geometry of soybean and corn rows, occasionally broken by the dark, wooded silhouettes of Sands Timber. On the clearest days, the distant Pinhook Hills appear as a faint, ink-washed smudge against the western sky, providing a muted boundary to the endless prairie. Bonnies Lake sits only three miles away, a still mirror reflecting the passing clouds and the occasional flight of migratory birds, reinforcing the sense of space that defines the local atmosphere.

Athelstan maintains a steady, agrarian pulse built upon the heavy labor of the harvest and the patient stewardship of the soil. The roots of the settlement run deep into a heritage of industrious migration, where the pragmatism of early farming families remains evident in the sturdy architecture and the methodical organization of the township. Commerce here is tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, characterized by a quiet, literate civility that favors the exchange of news at the grain elevator or the local post over the frantic pace of modern centers. Life in Athelstan moves with the deliberate weight of a pendulum, grounded in a collective understanding that the land demands both respect and constant attention. Even as the sun dips behind the plains, the lingering warmth in the dirt reminds those who remain that this place is a product of endurance and the singular, quiet beauty of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sands Timber (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 027° NE
Sheridan Access (State Recreation Area) — 4.8 mi, 219° SW
Boone Woods (Local Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 086° E
French Nature Preserve Wildlife Refuge (Local Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 005° N
Taylor County Historical Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 305° NW
Lake of Three Fires State Park (State Park) — 11.8 mi, 320° NW
Mt Ayr Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 056° NE
Winemiller Farm (Subterra 102) (State Recreation Area) — 12.4 mi, 337° NW
Mt. Ayr Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 054° NE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.9 mi, 175° S · 3,906 acres
Freedom Rock (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 229° SW
Maryville (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 228° SW
The Rose Theatre (Theatre) — 23.3 mi, 228° SW
First House in Maryville (Monument) — 23.4 mi, 228° SW
Centennial Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 23.5 mi, 230° SW
Nodaway Valley Historical Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 292° W
Clarinda Treatment Complex Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 297° NW
Kline Museum (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 353° N
Olson/Linn Museum (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 318° NW
Union County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 33.8 mi, 014° N
Oxbow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 36.5 mi, 081° E
Green Valley State Park (State Park) — 37.0 mi, 013° N
Swedish Heritage and Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 40.7 mi, 314° NW
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.8 mi, 229° SW · 15k acres
Lyman and Harriet Wight Home Site (Historic Ruins) — 50.8 mi, 145° SE
Osceola Statue (Attraction) — 50.9 mi, 051° NE
Fort Smtih (Historic Castle / Fort) — 57.8 mi, 197° S
Sinister Sidney (Attraction) — 58.6 mi, 282° W
CB&Q Locomotive 5614 (Attraction) — 58.6 mi, 196° S

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