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Curlew Iowa Map

Explore Curlew, 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 Curlew, Iowa

How to Use This Curlew, Iowa Map

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

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	Curlew
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Palo Alto County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.978858
Longitude	-94.741092
Population	37
Density	19.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50527
Area Code	319
County Seat	Emmetsburg
School District	Emmetsburg Community School District

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About Curlew, Iowa

Curlew is a locality in Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 37. The population density is 19.0 people per km². Curlew is located at 42.9789°N, 94.7411°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Curlew is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50527.

Curlew occupies a vast expanse of open, level ground where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered, defined by the relentless geometry of tilled fields. It lies 23.3 miles east-southeast of Spencer, IA (from Spencer, IA: bearing 119°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-southwest of Emmetsburg. The landscape remains dominated by the seasonal cycle of corn and soybeans, a checkerboard of deep emeralds and pale golds that mirror the shifting intensity of the Midwestern sun. Only a mile away, the quiet passage of Beaver Creek carves a subtle, winding path through the soil, offering a thin ribbon of moisture to the thirsty prairie earth. To the west, the land retains a memory of its ancient, glacial legacy, while the pale, cool light of late afternoon often casts long, meditative shadows across the flat, fertile plains.

Curlew persists as a quiet node of agrarian life, rooted in the steady, methodical industry of the family farm. History here is written in the steel of grain silos and the enduring architecture of sturdy, wooden frame houses that have withstood decades of prairie wind. Residents often look toward the distant, tranquil waters of Rush Lake or find respite in the untamed grasses of the Rogers Wildlife Area, where the native ecosystem offers a glimpse of the land before the plow arrived. Life in Curlew moves with an unpretentious gravity, a rhythm dictated by the harvest and the slow, literate civility of a place where the primary commerce is the soil itself and the simple, persistent work of maintaining a home in the heart of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rogers Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 070° E
Brushy Bayou Recreation-Wildlife Area (Local Park) — 5.8 mi, 050° NE
West Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 016° N
Whitetail Flats Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 034° NE
Rush Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 250° W
Pocahontas County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 171° S
Robert Emmet Statue (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 019° N
House of Dolls Museum (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 018° N
Victorian Museum on Main (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 020° N
Palo Alto County Historical Museum (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 020° N
Wild Rose Casino and Resort (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 023° NE
Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Iowa (Resource Management Area) — 11.3 mi, 310° NW
Cylinder Heritage Museum (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 052° NE
Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.2 mi, 020° N
Fleege Farm (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 167° S
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.2 mi, 289° W · 12k acres
Pocahontas Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.5 mi, 166° S
Southpark 7 Theatres (Cinema) — 23.4 mi, 296° NW
Ambrose A. Call State Park (State Park) — 25.1 mi, 079° E
Lone Rock (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 051° NE
Estherville Rock Garden (Attraction) — 29.5 mi, 350° N
Estherville Meteorite Sculpture (Monument) — 29.6 mi, 351° N
Estherville Swinging Bridge (Monument) — 29.8 mi, 350° N
Milford Pioneer Theatre (Cinema) — 31.5 mi, 319° NW
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.8 mi, 062° NE · 5,668 acres
J. Leslie Rollins Stadium (Stadium) — 33.4 mi, 225° SW
Ringham Habitat Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 33.5 mi, 349° N
Twin Lakes State Park (State Park) — 34.4 mi, 170° S
Ranch Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 34.4 mi, 326° NW

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