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Crescent Iowa Map

Explore Crescent, 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 Crescent, Iowa

How to Use This Crescent, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.364996
Longitude	-95.858067
Population	628
Density	250.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51526
Area Code	641
County Seat	Council Bluffs
School District	Council Bluffs Community School District

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About Crescent, Iowa

Crescent is a locality in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 628. The population density is 250.7 people per km². Crescent is located at 41.3650°N, 95.8581°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Crescent is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51526.

Crescent occupies a unique threshold where the flat, fertile expanse of the Missouri River valley meets the abrupt, wind-sculpted rise of the Loess Hills. It lies 7.1 miles north of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 1°T), and is situated 8.4 miles north-northeast of Omaha. Crescent Creek carves a persistent, narrow vein through the landscape, its banks providing a cool, sheltered corridor for the local flora that contrasts with the vast, sun-drenched fields of corn and soybeans stretching toward the horizon. The air here carries a dry, earthen clarity, especially during the long golden hour when the shadows lengthen across the bluffs, turning the deep green vegetation into a muted, velvet gray. To the east, the terrain softens into the gentle, rhythmic undulations of the Iowa plains, while the proximity of Hitchcock Nature Area preserves a fragment of the tallgrass prairie that once defined this entire region.

History in Crescent remains tied to the slow, deliberate work of the soil and the seasonal cycles of the agricultural economy that sustains its people. While the modern world moves with a different velocity, the residents maintain a quiet, literate civility, often finding recreation in the outdoors or traveling the short distance to the Boyer Chute Trails for a more rugged encounter with the terrain. Life here is punctuated by the stillness of the land, whether one is looking toward the distant waters of Hanthorn Lake or observing the seasonal migrations that pass through the shelter of the bluffs. This is a place where the heritage of early settlers persists in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the steady, predictable pace of the working day, grounded firmly in the heavy, nutrient-rich earth that dictates the rhythm of life in Crescent.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hitchcock Nature Area (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 341° N
Pheasants Forever Food Plot (Local Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 254° W
N. P. Dodge Memorial Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 270° W
Pigeon Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 263° W
Lewis and Clark Monument Park (Viewpoint) — 4.3 mi, 180° S
Smith Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 136° SE
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.0 mi, 310° NW · 7,936 acres
Mormon Bridge historical marker (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 255° W
Storz Rugby Complex (Local Recreation) — 5.5 mi, 228° SW
Historic Florence Depot Museum (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 254° W
Fontenelle Forest Association Local Resource Management Area (Local Resource Management Area) — 5.6 mi, 268° W
Florence Mill Museum (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 255° W
'welcome To Historic Florence' Mural (Public Artwork) — 5.6 mi, 250° W
Historic Florence Bank Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 250° W
Council Bluffs Riverfront (State Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 190° S
Kinsman Monument (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 176° S
Ship Propellers (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 200° S
Missles (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 200° S
Old Plane (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 200° S
Ship Guns (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 200° S
General Crook House Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 235° SW
Fort Omaha Historical Marker (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 232° SW
Union Pacific Railroad Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 177° S
Ruth Sokolof Theater (Cinema) — 7.9 mi, 210° SW
Lied Education Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 8.3 mi, 213° SW
Old Market Artists Gallery (Gallery) — 8.4 mi, 206° SW
The Backline (Theatre) — 8.6 mi, 209° SW
Lake Manawa State Park (State Park) — 10.1 mi, 181° S
Wilson Island State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.4 mi, 316° NW
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.3 mi, 321° NW · 16k acres

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