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Blanchard Iowa Map

Explore Blanchard, 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 Blanchard, Iowa

How to Use This Blanchard, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	40.579162
Longitude	-95.221647
Population	29
Density	55.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51630
Area Code	641
County Seat	Clarinda
School District	South Page Community School District

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About Blanchard, Iowa

Blanchard is a locality in Page County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 29. The population density is 55.7 people per km². Blanchard is located at 40.5792°N, 95.2216°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Blanchard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51630.

Blanchard occupies a quiet corner of the plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut, defined by the relentless geometry of tilled earth. It lies 24.4 miles northwest of Maryville, MO (from Maryville, MO: bearing 311°T), and is situated 14.8 miles southwest of Clarinda. The landscape around Blanchard unfolds in long, deliberate swells of soybean and corn, a vast expanse of dark soil that holds the light of late afternoon like a deepening bruise. A mile away, the Tarkio River cuts a sluggish, wandering path through the silt, its presence marked only by the thicket of stubborn willows that cling to its banks. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Brickyard Hill, while the expansive silence of the Tarkio Prairie Conservation Area offers a rare, unbroken reach of native grasses that ripple under the wind with the fluid motion of a shallow tide.

History in this region is measured not by monuments, but by the slow rotation of the seasons and the persistence of those who work the land. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest, a cycle that dictates the pace of life in Blanchard and keeps the focus strictly on the yield of the soil. While the nearby depression of Deadmans Hollow suggests a more rugged topography, the reality here is one of flat, industrious patience, where the grain elevators act as the only vertical anchors against the sky. Life moves with an unshowy civility, marked by the occasional traveler passing through and the steady, quiet hum of machinery that defines the seasons, leaving the residents to cultivate a life that is as pragmatic and enduring as the prairie itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tarkio Prairie Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 180° S
Tarkio Prairie Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 178° S
Grove Cemetery (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 053° NE
Ross Bros/PF Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 083° E
Ross Park (Local Park) — 13.5 mi, 082° E
Nodaway Valley Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 044° NE
Sister Cities (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 041° NE
Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 041° NE
Vernon J. Baker (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 041° NE
Greater Shenandoah Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 329° NW
Clarinda Treatment Complex Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 038° NE
Rapp Park & Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.8 mi, 333° NW
Bobby Bearcat (Public Artwork) — 23.6 mi, 132° SE
Waubonsie State Park (State Park) — 24.3 mi, 286° W
The Rose Theatre (Theatre) — 24.3 mi, 131° SE
Sinister Sidney (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 298° NW
Fremont County Historical Society (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 298° NW
Kansas Bend (State Recreation Area) — 25.6 mi, 257° W
Museum of Missouri River History (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 241° SW
Muir House Historical Marker (Attraction) — 26.0 mi, 241° SW
Brownville Historical Marker (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 241° SW
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 26.6 mi, 221° SW
PSC Theatre & Auditorium (Theatre) — 27.7 mi, 255° W
Swedish Heritage and Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 28.5 mi, 013° N
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.3 mi, 182° S · 15k acres
Earth Lodge (Historic Ruins) — 32.6 mi, 281° W
Osage Orange Grove (Viewpoint) — 35.0 mi, 282° W
Reasoner School (Historic Ruins) — 39.8 mi, 321° NW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.2 mi, 150° SE · 3,906 acres

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