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Center Junction Iowa Map

Explore Center Junction, 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 Center Junction, Iowa

How to Use This Center Junction, Iowa Map

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

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	Center Junction
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Jones County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.11612
Longitude	-91.087094
Population	100
Density	52.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	52212
Area Code	712
County Seat	Anamosa
School District	Midland Community School District

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About Center Junction, Iowa

Center Junction is a locality in Jones County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 100. The population density is 52.6 people per km². Center Junction is located at 42.1161°N, 91.0871°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 52212.

Center Junction occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa plains where the horizon stretches wide, defined by the steady, unadorned geometry of tilled fields. It lies 26.8 miles east-northeast of Marion, IA (from Marion, IA: bearing 78°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-southeast of Monticello. Mineral Creek threads through the landscape with a modest, persistent energy, carving a subtle path through the black soil that sustains the surrounding agriculture. To the west, the distant rise of the Dubuque Hills provides a faint, jagged anchor to the sky, while closer at hand, the terrain rolls in long, rhythmic swells of soybean and corn. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, amber clarity, catching the dust of late harvest and turning the silos into silhouettes against a deepening violet expanse.

Center Junction grew from the rail-driven ambition of the nineteenth century, serving as a vital pivot point for goods moving across the prairie. Today, the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the land, with the nearby Central CountyPark offering a quiet refuge of timber and grass for those who live by the seasons. The pace of life is dictated by the slow, deliberate work of the fields, a routine punctuated only by the seasonal migration of machinery and the shift in the wind. A traveler might find a brief respite at Central Park Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting clouds, or trace the topography toward the distant, rugged folds of Hogs Den Hollow. It is a place of understated civility, where the heritage of the early settlers lingers in the sturdy architecture and the quiet, pragmatic focus of a community built to endure.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Central CountyPark (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 266° W
Scotch Grove Prairie (Local Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 012° N
Pictured Rocks Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 356° N
Wyoming Historical Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 134° SE
Pictured Rocks County Park (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 353° N
Hale Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 160° S
Indian Bluffs Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 000° N
Olin Heritage Center (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 199° S
National Motorcycle Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 265° W
Wapsipinicon State Park (State Park) — 9.6 mi, 260° W
Canton Access (State Recreation Area) — 10.4 mi, 072° E
Anamosa State Penitentiary Museum (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 269° W
Matsell Bridge Access (State Recreation Area) — 15.0 mi, 272° W
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 15.3 mi, 035° NE
Maquoketa Caves State Park (State Park) — 15.4 mi, 091° E
Springville Area Historical Society (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 258° W
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.6 mi, 054° NE · 2,440 acres
Luce Gallery (Gallery) — 21.7 mi, 233° SW
Kimmel Theater (Theatre) — 21.8 mi, 233° SW
Inwood Woodcarving Exhibit (Gallery) — 25.5 mi, 356° N
Field of Dreams (Attraction) — 26.4 mi, 004° N
Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat (Attraction) — 26.4 mi, 148° SE
Mary, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom (Public Artwork) — 26.5 mi, 148° SE
Campbell Steele Callery (Gallery) — 26.8 mi, 258° W
John Conley (Monument) — 27.0 mi, 252° W
Collins Road Theatres (Cinema) — 28.1 mi, 258° W
The 5th Realm (Attraction) — 28.4 mi, 257° W
Manchester Fish Hatchery (Attraction) — 28.6 mi, 327° NW
Sister Frances Warde (Monument) — 30.0 mi, 255° W
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.6 mi, 042° NE · 274k acres

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