Explore Denver, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Denver, 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 Denver.
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 | Denver |
| State | Iowa (IA) |
| County | Bremer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.671372 |
| Longitude | -92.337404 |
| Population | 1,919 |
| Density | 436.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 50622 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| County Seat | Waverly |
| School District | Denver Community School District |
Denver stretches across a broad, flattened expanse of the Midwestern plains where the Quarter Section Run carves a quiet, persistent path through the silt and dark loam. It lies 8.0 miles east-southeast of Waverly, IA (from Waverly, IA: bearing 118°T), and is situated 12.3 miles north of Waterloo. The landscape surrounding Denver is defined by the absolute horizontality of the earth, a vast grid of soybean and corn fields that shift in color from the vibrant, electric green of early summer to the brittle, golden copper of the harvest. In the low light of dusk, the horizon seems to pull the sky down toward the soil, creating a heavy, expansive silence that suggests the weight of the deep, glacial earth beneath the plow. When the wind moves across these open stretches, it carries the scent of turned dirt and dry stalks, a constant reminder of the elemental, unshowy labor that dictates the pulse of the day.
History in Denver is marked by the enduring influence of early German settlers who brought a sturdy, pragmatic architecture to the prairie, building homes and outbuildings that hug the ground with a functional, geometric grace. The local economy remains anchored to this agricultural legacy, though modern industry has diversified the town's rhythm, providing a steady cadence to the lives of those who reside here. Travelers looking for a reprieve from the flatness often venture out toward the wooded serenity of Eastgate Park, while the nearby George Wyth Lake provides a rare, shimmering interruption to the monochrome fields. Life in Denver proceeds with an unhurried, literate civility, where the changing of the seasons is not merely a weather report, but the primary language of the community.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Denver, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.671372, -92.337404. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Denver includes the ZIP code (50622), telephone area code (319), county seat of Bremer County (Waverly), and school district assignment (Denver Community School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |