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Beacon Iowa Map

Explore Beacon, 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 Beacon, Iowa

How to Use This Beacon, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.27695
Longitude	-92.679638
Population	445
Density	170.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52534
Area Code	712
County Seat	Oskaloosa
School District	Oskaloosa Community School District

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About Beacon, Iowa

Beacon is a locality in Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 445. The population density is 170.5 people per km². Beacon is located at 41.2769°N, 92.6796°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Beacon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52534.

Beacon holds its ground amidst the vast, tilled expanses of Iowa where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the deliberate lines of corn and soybean fields. It lies 2.3 miles southwest of Oskaloosa, IA (from Oskaloosa, IA: bearing 234°T), and is situated 15.3 miles southeast of Pella. The landscape here is defined by the slow, persistent movement of Muchakinock Creek, which carves a path through the earth less than a mile from the center of Beacon, its waters reflecting the heavy, bruised purples of a Midwestern dusk. To the east, the terrain yields to the quiet stillness of Lake Keomah, a seven-mile reach that offers a reprieve from the relentless geometry of the surrounding farmland. Only a mile away, the quiet woods of Edmundson Park provide a sanctuary of oak and hickory, where the air retains a damp, cool weight even when the summer sun beats hard against the soil.

Beacon emerged from the earth as a byproduct of the coal industry, a place where the deep, carbon-rich veins beneath the soil once dictated the rhythm of daily life and drew laborers from across the sea. The architecture of the streets carries the echo of those early, industrial days, marked by a sturdy, unadorned utility that refuses to chase the fickle trends of the modern era. While the mines have long since fallen silent, the people of Beacon maintain a quiet, literate civility, a way of moving through the world that values the harvest and the neighborly favor over the noise of distant commerce. Life here proceeds with a deliberate pace, colored by the seasonal turn of the crops and the simple, enduring fact of the land, which demands a patient sort of devotion from those who choose to remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Edmundson Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 069° E
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 1.2 mi, 068° E
The Morgan Cabin (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 069° E
Chief Mahaska Statue (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 056° NE
Hull Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 274° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 081° E
Lomax-Swanson Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 180° S
Eveland Access (State Recreation Area) — 4.0 mi, 223° SW
Mahaska Care Facility Memorial (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 276° W
Nelson Pioneer Farm Museum (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 038° NE
Russell Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 022° N
Winford Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 002° N
Lake Keomah State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 086° E
Bluff Creek OHV Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.6 mi, 214° SW
Vermeer Museum and Global Pavilion (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 312° NW
Rolscreen Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 305° NW
Fire Station Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 306° NW
Douwstra Auditorium (Theatre) — 15.1 mi, 305° NW
Cox-Snow Music Center (Arts Centre) — 15.2 mi, 304° NW
Klokkenspel (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 306° NW
Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (Stadium) — 15.6 mi, 305° NW
Monroe County Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 201° S
Elk Rock State Park (State Park) — 21.4 mi, 293° NW
Van Wyk Winery (Historic Castle / Fort) — 22.5 mi, 338° N
Map Ref. 41°N 93°W (Public Artwork) — 25.4 mi, 221° SW
Jacob Krumm Ahrens Access (Nature Reserve) — 30.1 mi, 350° N
Jacob Krumm East Access (Nature Reserve) — 30.1 mi, 350° N
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.3 mi, 302° NW · 12k acres
HA Lynn Football Stadium (Stadium) — 34.6 mi, 325° NW
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.6 mi, 303° NW · 12k acres

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