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Cotter Iowa Map

Explore Cotter, 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 Cotter, Iowa

How to Use This Cotter, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.291968
Longitude	-91.461547
Population	39
Density	153.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52738
Area Code	712
County Seat	Wapello
School District	Columbus Community School District

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About Cotter, Iowa

Cotter is a locality in Louisa County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 39. The population density is 153.7 people per km². Cotter is located at 41.2920°N, 91.4615°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cotter is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52738.

Cotter occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa plains where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of pale, persistent sky. It lies 23.5 miles west-southwest of Muscatine, IA (from Muscatine, IA: bearing 247°T), and is situated 5.3 miles west of Columbus Junction. The landscape is defined by the steady, rhythmic passage of the Monkey Run, which moves with a low-slung, purposeful gravity through the surrounding fields of corn and soybeans. Beyond the immediate reach of the water, the terrain flattens into a vast, tilled grid that absorbs the golden, heavy light of late summer afternoons, turning the soil into a deep, bruised shade of mahogany. Three miles to the north, the protected quiet of Eden Park offers a reprieve from the relentless geometry of the farmland, providing a patch of untamed growth that contrasts sharply with the orderly, human-pressed rows of the nearby crops.

Cotter maintains a modest, utilitarian character that reflects its long-standing roots in the agricultural cycles of the Midwest. Life here moves in accordance with the seasonal migrations of machinery and the slow, deliberate work of maintaining the land, far removed from the frantic pace of larger urban centers. For those seeking a deeper connection to the terrain, the Hoover Nature Trail six miles away serves as a thin, gravel-lined artery leading through the broader region, while the still, reflective surface of Horseshoe Lake waits another six miles beyond that as a quiet counterpoint to the movement of the local streams. History in Cotter is written in the endurance of its fences and the seasonal repetition of the harvest, creating a sense of permanence that favors the quiet, observant traveler who finds beauty in the unadorned, hardworking plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Eden Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 064° NE
Tree of Life (Public Artwork) — 5.1 mi, 101° E
Hoover Nature Trail (State Recreation Area) — 5.5 mi, 085° E
Chinkapin Bluffs Recreation Area (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 103° E
Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 022° N
Cairo Woods Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 139° SE
Cedar Bluffs Recreation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 064° NE
Winfield Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 174° S
Conger House Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 272° W
Washington Community Center (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 271° W
Millrace Flats Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 114° SE
Future Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 335° NW
Louisa County Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 118° SE
Rural Free Delivery Postal Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 142° SE
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 17.7 mi, 104° E
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.0 mi, 106° E · 24k acres
Rock Island Caboose (Monument) — 21.8 mi, 027° NE
United States Armed Forces Memorial (Monument) — 21.8 mi, 064° NE
Lake Darling State Park (State Park) — 22.3 mi, 252° W
Main Street Cinemas (Cinema) — 22.9 mi, 192° S
Pearl Bottom Museum (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 067° NE
Muscatine Art Center (Arts Centre) — 23.4 mi, 065° NE
Mark Twain Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 24.0 mi, 067° NE
Marcus Sycamore Cinema (Cinema) — 24.3 mi, 354° N
Iowa City Pedestrian Mall (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 352° N
Shambaugh Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.7 mi, 351° N
President and Mrs. Hoover Gravesite (Attraction) — 26.6 mi, 012° N
House of the Maples (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 013° N
Geode State Park (State Park) — 31.2 mi, 171° S
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.4 mi, 072° E · 274k acres

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