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Beaman Iowa Map

Explore Beaman, 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 Beaman, Iowa

How to Use This Beaman, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.219708
Longitude	-92.823534
Population	161
Density	332.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50609
Area Code	319
County Seat	Grundy Center
School District	BCLUW Community School District

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About Beaman, Iowa

Beaman is a locality in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 161. The population density is 332.4 people per km². Beaman is located at 42.2197°N, 92.8235°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Beaman is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50609.

Beaman emerges from the flat, geometric expanse of the Iowa prairie, defined by the slow, deliberate meander of Wolf Creek as it carves a shallow path through the black, fertile earth. It lies 12.5 miles north-northeast of Marshalltown, IA (from Marshalltown, IA: bearing 20°T), and is situated 10.2 miles south-southwest of Grundy Center. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, interrupted only by the distant, hazy suggestion of Mormon Ridge and the rhythmic silhouettes of grain elevators that mark the sky like sentinels. Light in this region possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, casting long shadows across the fields of corn and soybeans that press against the town’s edge, while the nearby Comet Trail offers a narrow, quiet corridor for those who wish to walk through the tall grasses. Seven miles to the east, the waters of Union Grove Lake sit still and gray under the expansive sky, providing the only significant break in the relentless, productive monotony of the tilled landscape.

Beaman holds a quiet history rooted in the hard, repetitive work of the agricultural economy, where the seasons dictate the pulse of daily life and the movement of heavy machinery. The people here share a legacy of endurance, their lives organized around the planting and the harvest, a discipline that lends a certain gravity to the social fabric of the locality. While the Comet Trail serves as a link to the surrounding countryside, the local identity remains anchored in the stubborn productivity of the soil and the unshowy, literate civility of the plains. Beaman remains a place where the work of the day is measured by the progress of the sun across the wide, uninterrupted sky, and the silence of the evening is broken only by the wind moving through the stalks of the surrounding fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Comet Trail (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 168° S
Wolf Creek Recreation Area (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 105° E
Union Grove Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 143° SE
Union Grove State Park (State Park) — 7.2 mi, 142° SE
Grammer Grove Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 251° W
Furrow Access (State Recreation Area) — 11.6 mi, 186° S
Iowa River Wildlife Management Area (Local Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 210° SW
Weatherbee School Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 201° S
Marshall County Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 200° S
Marietta Sand Prairie State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 234° SW
Fridley Theatres Plaza 9 (Cinema) — 14.7 mi, 197° S
Pine Lake State Park (State Park) — 15.9 mi, 314° NW
Eldora Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 306° NW
Grand Theatre (Cinema) — 17.1 mi, 305° NW
Civil War Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.1 mi, 305° NW
The Depot (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 231° SW
Hudson Depot Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 056° NE
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.7 mi, 139° SE · 24k acres
Ackley Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 26.0 mi, 333° NW
Reed-Niland Corner (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 242° SW
Overman Park (Monument) — 29.1 mi, 041° NE
Yuta Falls (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 060° NE
Matugani (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 060° NE
Rokava (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 060° NE
Mura Fury (Attraction) — 30.4 mi, 060° NE
McBride Auditorium (Theatre) — 32.7 mi, 049° NE
Jacob Krumm East Access (Nature Reserve) — 35.5 mi, 176° S
Jacob Krumm Ahrens Access (Nature Reserve) — 35.6 mi, 177° S
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.5 mi, 207° SW · 12k acres

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