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Danville Iowa Map

Explore Danville, 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 Danville, Iowa

How to Use This Danville, Iowa Map

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

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	Danville
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Des Moines County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.86448
Longitude	-91.314596
Population	927
Density	477.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52623
Area Code	712
County Seat	Burlington
School District	Danville Community School District

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About Danville, Iowa

Danville is a locality in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 927. The population density is 477.9 people per km². Danville is located at 40.8645°N, 91.3146°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Danville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52623.

Danville occupies a quiet expanse of the interior plains where the horizon stretches wide, defined by the steady, rhythmic persistence of tilled soil. It lies 11.3 miles west-northwest of Burlington, IA (from Burlington, IA: bearing 291°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west-northwest of West Burlington. Long Creek traces a path just beyond the residential edges, its slow-moving waters carving a subtle depression through the dark, fertile earth that characterizes this corner of the state. During the long, golden hours of late summer, the light catches the dust rising from the fields, casting a soft, amber glow over the rows of soybeans and corn that dominate the view in every direction. A mile away, Water's Roadside Park offers a modest pause in the landscape, providing a sliver of shade where the wind moves through the grass with a dry, persistent rustle. The air here carries the scent of turned loam and approaching weather, a sensory reminder of the expansive, landlocked geography that anchors Danville to the rhythm of the seasons.

Danville emerged from the practical necessities of agrarian life, evolving alongside the expansion of rail lines that once linked these isolated prairie outposts to the wider world. The local economy remains deeply rooted in the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the labor of generations has refined the art of large-scale cultivation. While the pace of daily affairs is dictated by the requirements of the harvest, there is a distinct, unshowy civility in the way residents move through their day, marked by a heritage that values quiet industry and neighborly reliability. For those seeking a moment of stillness, Geode Lake lies four miles away, its quiet basin providing a contrast to the flat, working fields that define the immediate surroundings. Life in Danville persists with an understated consistency, shaped by a history of settlement that favored endurance over spectacle, ensuring the locality remains a steady, functional presence upon the Iowa plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Water's Roadside Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 127° SE
Geode State Park (State Park) — 2.8 mi, 244° SW
Unknown Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 133° SE
Hickory Bend (Local Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 056° NE
Zion School Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 049° NE
Dover Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 312° NW
Kevin J. Gahn Wildlife Refuge (Local Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 102° E
Big Hollow Creek Rec. Area (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 036° NE
Augusta Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 167° S
Des Moines County Fair (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 115° SE
Little Theater (Theatre) — 8.2 mi, 115° SE
Art Gallery (Public Artwork) — 8.2 mi, 115° SE
Starr's Cave State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 096° E
Snake Alley (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 108° E
Garrett-Phelps House Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 108° E
Fire Bell (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 109° E
Heritage Center Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 108° E
Chief Taimah Memorial Site (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 086° E
Midwest Old Threshers Heritage Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 297° NW
Main Street Cinemas (Cinema) — 14.3 mi, 300° NW
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.6 mi, 085° E
Hoover Nature Trail (State Recreation Area) — 15.0 mi, 016° N
Oquawka State Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 15.9 mi, 085° E
CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 180° S
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 180° S
Ellison Creek Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 16.9 mi, 111° E
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.9 mi, 030° NE · 24k acres
Ellison (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 29.4 mi, 103° E
Lost Canvas Gallery (Gallery) — 32.4 mi, 187° S
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.5 mi, 193° S · 10k acres

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