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Denmark Iowa Map

Explore Denmark, 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 Denmark, Iowa

How to Use This Denmark, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	40.741705
Longitude	-91.337374
Population	425
Density	98.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	52624, 52627
Area Code	712
County Seat	Keokuk
School District	Fort Madison Community School District

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About Denmark, Iowa

Denmark is a locality in Lee County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 425. The population density is 98.8 people per km². Denmark is located at 40.7417°N, 91.3374°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 52624, 52627.

Denmark emerges from the broad, undulating expanse of the Iowa plains as a quiet confluence of deep soil and open sky. It lies 7.8 miles north of Fort Madison, IA (from Fort Madison, IA: bearing 351°T), and is situated 12.6 miles west-southwest of Burlington. The landscape around Denmark is defined by the steady, rhythmic geometry of agriculture, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch toward the horizon in shades of emerald and ochre. A mile away, the wooded thickets of Werner Memorial Woods offer a reprieve from the cultivated grid, while the modest, winding path of Lost Creek cuts through the earth, drawing moisture from the surrounding loess-derived terrain. Under the heavy, bruised light of a late summer afternoon, the land feels vast and contemplative, its stillness broken only by the occasional rustle of dry stalks or the distant, rhythmic hum of a tractor working the dark, fertile dirt.

History lingers in the architecture of Denmark, where the sturdy, unadorned lines of early structures reflect the industrious spirit of its original settlers. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, a discipline that shapes the slow, deliberate pace of daily life and fosters a culture of quiet self-reliance. Residents often venture five miles to the south to walk the Pollmiller Park Trail or seek the stillness of Geode Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting cloud formations of the Midwest. Life in Denmark is marked by a profound, literate civility, a place where the changing seasons dictate the tempo of the year and the shadows cast by the sun at dusk seem to stretch across the fields with a deliberate, solemn grace.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Werner Memorial Woods (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 174° S
Welter Recreation Area (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 045° NE
Augusta Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 064° NE
Geode State Park (State Park) — 4.6 mi, 334° NW
Burk's Lost Creek Run Wildlife Management Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 124° SE
Rodeo Park (Local Recreation) — 5.8 mi, 173° S
West Point Freedom Rock (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 254° W
Unknown Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 6.9 mi, 036° NE
Skunk River Access (Local Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 103° E
CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 171° S
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 171° S
Des Moines County Fair (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 059° NE
Little Theater (Theatre) — 9.9 mi, 060° NE
Art Gallery (Public Artwork) — 9.9 mi, 060° NE
Blackhawk Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 092° E
Lincoln Rock (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 129° SE
Fire Bell (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 069° E
Garrett-Phelps House Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 068° E
Heritage Center Museum (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 068° E
Dover Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 344° N
Nauvoo Martyrdom Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 190° S
Weld House Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 190° S
Nauvoo State Park (State Park) — 13.6 mi, 189° S
Ellison Creek Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 17.1 mi, 082° E
Eisenmayer Sand Prairie Natural Heritage Landmark (Nature Reserve) — 17.4 mi, 082° E
Main Street Cinemas (Cinema) — 19.2 mi, 324° NW
Lost Canvas Gallery (Gallery) — 23.9 mi, 186° S
Plaza 3 Cinema (Cinema) — 24.2 mi, 186° S
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.9 mi, 194° S · 10k acres
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.0 mi, 023° NE · 24k acres

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