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Buck Grove Iowa Map

Explore Buck Grove, 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 Buck Grove, Iowa

How to Use This Buck Grove, Iowa Map

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

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.

CityBuck Grove
StateIowa (IA)
CountyCrawford County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude41.917703
Longitude-95.395193
Population34
Density35.6 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes50604, 51528
Area Code319, 641
County SeatDenison
School DistrictDenison Community School District

About Buck Grove, Iowa

Buck Grove is a locality in Crawford County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 34. The population density is 35.6 people per km². Buck Grove is located at 41.9177°N, 95.3952°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Buck Grove is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 50604, 51528.

Buck Grove emerges from the expansive horizon as a deliberate arrangement of architecture amidst a vast, undulating sea of corn and soybean fields. It lies 29.0 miles west-southwest of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 250°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south-southwest of Denison. Buck Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the local landscape, its waters reflecting the pale, expansive sky that dominates the Iowa plains. To the west, the subtle rise of the Loess Hills frames the view, while the nearby Buck Grove Cemetery Prairie maintains a rare, untouched vestige of the original tallgrass ecosystem. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, golden clarity, turning the tilled earth into a rich, dark velvet that seems to hold the warmth of the sun long after the horizon has darkened.

Buck Grove carries the quiet legacy of early settlers whose labor transformed the prairie into a productive agricultural center. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the harvest, where the collective effort of the region sustains the local industry and defines the seasonal cadence of life. While the quietude of the plains suggests a slower pace, the inhabitants maintain a literate, unshowy civility that keeps the collective memory of their German and Scandinavian heritage alive. Every day, the residents move through their tasks with a steady, pragmatic grace, finding a modest beauty in the order of the fields and the enduring strength of a life lived in accordance with the turning of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Buck Grove Cemetery Prairie (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 143° SE
  • Milwaukee Road Habitat Prairie (Local Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 087° E
  • Crawford County Farm (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 323° NW
  • Ahart-Ruud Natural Resource Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 260° W
  • Donna Reed Center for Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 7.1 mi, 017° N
  • V&w Petersen Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 121° SE
  • Northside Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 7.9 mi, 019° N
  • Little League Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.0 mi, 021° N
  • The Booster Buck (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 247° SW
  • McClean Museum (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 247° SW
  • Dougal House (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 247° SW
  • Dunham Barn (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 253° W
  • Cen + Ten Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 132° SE
  • Washington Township One-Room Schoolhouse Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 197° S
  • Schrader Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.6 mi, 039° NE
  • Hausbarn (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 093° E
  • War Memorial (Monument) — 18.8 mi, 054° NE
  • Shelby County Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 169° S
  • Vet's Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 19.0 mi, 169° S
  • Prairie Rose State Park (State Park) — 22.9 mi, 156° SE
  • Moorhead Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 23.4 mi, 271° W
  • Preparation Canyon State Park (State Park) — 25.6 mi, 266° W
  • General Store Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 140° SE
  • John James Audubon Statue (Public Artwork) — 27.5 mi, 119° SE
  • Carroll 5 Theater (Cinema) — 28.9 mi, 069° E
  • Chief Black Hawk Statue (Monument) — 32.5 mi, 034° NE
  • Pawnee Recreation Area Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 34.1 mi, 306° NW
  • Mondamin Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 35.3 mi, 246° SW
  • Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.6 mi, 230° SW · 16k acres
  • Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.9 mi, 221° SW · 7,936 acres

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About This Buck Grove Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buck Grove, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.917703, -95.395193. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Buck Grove includes the ZIP code (50604, 51528), telephone area code (319, 641), county seat of Crawford County (Denison), and school district assignment (Denison Community School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.