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Dedham Iowa Map

Explore Dedham, 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 Dedham, Iowa

How to Use This Dedham, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.906097
Longitude	-94.822206
Population	224
Density	156.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51440
Area Code	563
County Seat	Carroll
School District	Carroll Community School District

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About Dedham, Iowa

Dedham is a locality in Carroll County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 224. The population density is 156.7 people per km². Dedham is located at 41.9061°N, 94.8222°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dedham is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51440.

Dedham emerges from the vast, undulating expanse of the Iowa prairie, defined by the slow, persistent curve of Dedham Creek that meanders through the landscape like a vein of cool, dark earth. It lies 11.3 miles south-southeast of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 168°T), and is situated 14.2 miles north-northeast of Audubon. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the horizon stretches in a flat, relentless geometry of tilled fields, where the quality of light at dusk turns the heavy soil into a deep, bruised purple. A mile to the east, the dense canopy of Daniel Davis Timber provides a rare, vertical interruption to the horizon, its trees shifting from the vibrant green of summer to a brittle, muted gold as the season wanes. In the distance, the faint, hazy suggestion of Mount Moses barely pricks the skyline, a reminder of the scale of the plains that hold Dedham in a quiet, enduring grip.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with the rhythm of the year dictated by the planting of corn and soybeans that blanket the surrounding acreage. Dedham carries the quiet legacy of nineteenth-century settlement, where German and Scandinavian influences left an unshowy, literate civility in the architecture of the older houses and the stoic, practical layout of the streets. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that values the harvest and the changing weather, far removed from the press of larger urban centers. While Swan Lake lies nine miles away, its presence is felt mainly as a cooling influence on the evening air, a distant, tranquil basin that underscores the stillness of the surrounding plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Daniel Davis Timber (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 130° SE
Tigges South Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 160° S
Middle Raccoon River Access (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 078° E
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 7.1 mi, 098° E
White Rock Conservancy (Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 111° E
Coon Rapids Sculpture Park (Public Artwork) — 8.6 mi, 112° E
Farmstead Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 355° N
Greene County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.4 mi, 079° E
Dunbar Slough Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 10.4 mi, 079° E
Dunbar Slough Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 068° E
Elk Grove Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 150° SE
Carroll 5 Theater (Cinema) — 11.2 mi, 348° N
Hausbarn (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 270° W
Little Red Schoolhouse Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 199° S
North Raccoon Access (State Recreation Area) — 18.3 mi, 021° N
War Memorial (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 310° NW
Springbrook State Park (State Park) — 19.8 mi, 117° SE
Cen + Ten Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 248° W
Audubon County Courthouse Museum (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 187° S
Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 072° E
Lindsey Memorial (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 072° E
Lake City Capri Theater (Cinema) — 25.4 mi, 010° N
Tree in the Road (Attraction) — 27.8 mi, 181° S
Tree on the road (Attraction) — 27.8 mi, 181° S
Prairie Rose State Park (State Park) — 28.1 mi, 224° SW
Donna Reed Center for Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 28.4 mi, 286° W
Bald Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 29.2 mi, 336° NW
Vet's Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 31.4 mi, 235° SW
Mouth of Nickinabockina Cutoff Ditch (Attraction) — 32.5 mi, 239° SW
Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 47.9 mi, 072° E

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