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Cleghorn Iowa Map

Explore Cleghorn, 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 Cleghorn, Iowa

How to Use This Cleghorn, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.812207
Longitude	-95.712789
Population	240
Density	406.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51014
Area Code	563
County Seat	Cherokee
School District	Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Community School District

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About Cleghorn, Iowa

Cleghorn is a locality in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 240. The population density is 406.4 people per km². Cleghorn is located at 42.8122°N, 95.7128°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cleghorn is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51014.

Cleghorn defines the horizon through a vast, rhythmic expanse of tilled earth that stretches toward the edges of the sky. It lies 23.0 miles east of Le Mars, IA (from Le Mars, IA: bearing 87°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west-northwest of Cherokee. Willow Creek carves a shallow, deliberate path through the landscape, its banks providing a subtle interruption to the endless rows of corn and soybeans that dominate the terrain. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar weight, turning the dust of the fields into a fine gold at dusk and casting long, thin shadows across the gravel roads. To the west, the distant profile of the Loess Hills rises like a muted swell, while the quiet waters of Leos Pond provide a reflective stillness only three miles from the center of the grid.

Cleghorn maintains a character shaped by the steady, industrious legacy of early settlers who recognized the fertility of this inland plain. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the soil, with grain elevators standing as the primary sentinels of the economy. Life moves in accordance with the seasonal harvest, leaving little room for artifice in a place where the work is as visible as the weather. Travelers seeking a momentary pause often look toward the quiet expanse of Meriden Roadside Park, which serves as a modest gateway to the surrounding prairie. Even the distant, jagged silhouette of Pilot Rock, twelve miles away, serves only to remind those who live here that the true measure of the region is found in the flat, productive patience of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Meriden Roadside Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 105° E
Mac's Reserve (Local Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 224° SW
T.H. Steele Prairie State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 058° NE
Tallman Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 118° SE
Sanford Museum and Planetarium (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 117° SE
Mill Creek Bridge Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.6 mi, 105° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.6 mi, 117° SE
Redtail Ridge Habitat Area (Local Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 143° SE
Soo Access (State Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 069° E
Quimby Centenial Train Mural (Public Artwork) — 13.1 mi, 164° S
Firefighter Memorial Benches (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 164° S
Waterman Prairie Complex (State Conservation Area) — 14.2 mi, 066° NE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.5 mi, 051° NE · 12k acres
Main Street Theatres Holland Plaza (Cinema) — 21.3 mi, 307° NW
Kiddie Barn (Attraction) — 22.6 mi, 268° W
Le Mars Community Theatre (Theatre) — 22.9 mi, 267° W
Plymouth County Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 266° W
Fighter jets (Attraction) — 23.8 mi, 189° S
State Theatre (Cinema) — 23.9 mi, 159° S
O'Brien County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 26.0 mi, 006° N
Sheldon Prairie Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 344° N
J. Leslie Rollins Stadium (Stadium) — 28.2 mi, 115° SE
Buena Vista County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 114° SE
Old Town (Attraction) — 28.7 mi, 218° SW
Train (Attraction) — 28.7 mi, 218° SW
Sioux Center Area Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 29.7 mi, 308° NW
TePaske Theatre (Theatre) — 29.8 mi, 310° NW
Stone State Park (State Park) — 41.9 mi, 244° SW
Ponca State Park (State Park) — 51.9 mi, 256° W
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 63.0 mi, 264° W · 870 acres

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