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Barnes City Iowa Map

Explore Barnes City, 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 Barnes City, Iowa

How to Use This Barnes City, Iowa Map

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

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	Barnes City
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Mahaska County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.508337
Longitude	-92.468242
Population	156
Density	102.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50027
Area Code	515
County Seat	Oskaloosa
School District	North Mahaska Community School District

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About Barnes City, Iowa

Barnes City is a locality in Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 156. The population density is 102.1 people per km². Barnes City is located at 41.5083°N, 92.4682°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Barnes City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50027.

Barnes City unfolds across a vast expanse of tilled earth, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the deliberate geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 17.3 miles north-northeast of Oskaloosa, IA (from Oskaloosa, IA: bearing 32°T), and is situated 33.9 miles north of Ottumwa. Pleasant Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the landscape, its banks providing a narrow corridor of wild grass and brush that offers a stark contrast to the disciplined rows of the surrounding farms. The light here at dusk possesses a singular clarity, turning the sky a deep, bruised violet while the dark, loamy soil seems to exhale the day’s stored heat. Only a mile away, the Hawthorn Lake Wildlife Management Area serves as a sanctuary for local fauna, providing a textured canopy of woodland that softens the edges of the open prairie.

Barnes City maintains a pace defined by the seasonal cycles of the harvest, its economy anchored firmly in the productivity of the surrounding acres. The settlement carries the quiet gravity of a place where generations have labored in the fields, fostering an unshowy civility that values industry and self-reliance above all else. Residents often look toward the larger regional landscape, knowing that Lake Ponderosa lies just seven miles away as a destination for respite from the labor of the season. Life in Barnes City persists with a steady, literate stillness, marked by the simple, enduring architecture of midwestern life and the persistent, gentle rustle of wind moving through the stalks of grain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hawthorn Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 180° S
Fox Forest Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 318° NW
Union Mills Access (State Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 237° SW
Diamond Lake Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 328° NW
Fleming Woods State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 308° NW
Deep River Recreation Area (Local Park) — 7.0 mi, 046° NE
Robertson's Access (Local Park) — 9.2 mi, 270° W
What Cheer Brick School Museum (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 141° SE
Millgrove Access (State Recreation Area) — 10.8 mi, 276° W
Nelson Pioneer Farm Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 213° SW
Lake Keomah State Park (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 193° S
Wagaman Mill Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 287° W
Chief Mahaska Statue (Monument) — 17.3 mi, 212° SW
The Morgan Cabin (Monument) — 18.1 mi, 212° SW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 18.4 mi, 213° SW
Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 319° NW
Van Wyk Winery (Historic Castle / Fort) — 20.1 mi, 284° W
Jasper County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 20.1 mi, 284° W
Dumonts' Museum of Dreamworld Collectibles (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 138° SE
Jacob Krumm East Access (Nature Reserve) — 21.1 mi, 311° NW
Jacob Krumm Ahrens Access (Nature Reserve) — 21.3 mi, 310° NW
Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 23.5 mi, 304° NW
Klokkenspel (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 253° W
Douwstra Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.5 mi, 253° W
Cox-Snow Music Center (Arts Centre) — 24.6 mi, 253° W
Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (Stadium) — 24.9 mi, 253° W
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.7 mi, 021° N · 24k acres
HA Lynn Football Stadium (Stadium) — 33.0 mi, 292° W
Capitol II (Cinema) — 33.0 mi, 294° NW
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.0 mi, 275° W · 12k acres

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