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Battle Creek Iowa Map

Explore Battle Creek, 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 Battle Creek, Iowa

How to Use This Battle Creek, Iowa Map

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

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	Battle Creek
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Ida County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.315544
Longitude	-95.598614
Population	700
Density	472.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51006
Area Code	563
County Seat	Ida Grove
School District	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School District

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About Battle Creek, Iowa

Battle Creek is a locality in Ida County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 700. The population density is 472.5 people per km². Battle Creek is located at 42.3155°N, 95.5986°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Battle Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51006.

Battle Creek unfolds across a landscape of disciplined, geometric agriculture where the Maple River carves a quiet, serpentine path through the dark, loamy soil. It lies 30.0 miles southwest of Storm Lake, IA (from Storm Lake, IA: bearing 222°T), and is situated 24.1 miles north-northwest of Denison. The horizon is defined by the modest rise of Battle Hill, which breaks the vast, flat expanse of the surrounding fields, while the nearby Pleasant Valley offers a subtle dip in the terrain that catches the long, amber light of late afternoon. Beyond the tilled acreage, the air maintains a crisp, inland clarity, occasionally shifting to carry the scent of damp earth and drying corn stalks. Residents often find their way toward the Crawford Creek Recreation Area, where the land opens into managed spaces that feel distinct from the relentless order of the neighboring soybean rows.

History in Battle Creek remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the seasons and the enduring legacy of the early settlers who broke this prairie sod. The local economy persists as a reflection of the regional agricultural yield, maintaining a steady, unshowy pace that favors stability over rapid expansion. While the distant, glacial-sculpted geography of the Loess Hills marks the western edge of the region, the life here is shaped by the immediate proximity of the river and the quiet, literate civility of its people. Life moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, informed by a heritage that values the practical over the ornamental, ensuring that even on the quietest evenings, the character of Battle Creek stays firmly rooted in the cycles of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Crawford Creek Recreation Area (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 186° S
Moorehead Park (Local Park) — 6.4 mi, 068° E
Thul Woodland (Local Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 190° S
State Theatre (Cinema) — 12.3 mi, 013° N
Shagbark Hills (Local Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 316° NW
Fighter jets (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 319° NW
Sioux Bend Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 318° NW
Washta Access (State Recreation Area) — 16.9 mi, 336° NW
Inkpaduta Historical Marker (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 256° W
Odebolt Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 091° E
Smithland Town Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 250° W
Pawnee Recreation Area Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 18.6 mi, 247° SW
Sioux City - Smithland - Stagecoach Trail (Monument) — 18.7 mi, 252° W
Firefighter Memorial Benches (Monument) — 21.8 mi, 354° N
Quimby Centenial Train Mural (Public Artwork) — 21.8 mi, 354° N
Loess Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.0 mi, 233° SW
Donna Reed Center for Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 24.1 mi, 149° SE
Train (Attraction) — 26.4 mi, 297° NW
Old Town (Attraction) — 26.4 mi, 297° NW
Lake View Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 091° E
Bald Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 093° E
J. Leslie Rollins Stadium (Stadium) — 29.9 mi, 041° NE
Living Heritage Tree Museum (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 042° NE
Sanford Museum and Planetarium (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 005° N
Moorhead Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 30.1 mi, 206° SW
Preparation Canyon State Park (State Park) — 32.7 mi, 208° SW
Lewis and Clark State Park (State Park) — 34.3 mi, 237° SW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.5 mi, 011° N · 12k acres
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.5 mi, 201° S · 16k acres

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