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Donnellson Iowa Map

Explore Donnellson, 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 Donnellson, Iowa

How to Use This Donnellson, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	40.642815
Longitude	-91.564603
Population	885
Density	268.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52625
Area Code	712
County Seat	Keokuk
School District	Central Lee Community School District

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About Donnellson, Iowa

Donnellson is a locality in Lee County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 885. The population density is 268.4 people per km². Donnellson is located at 40.6428°N, 91.5646°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Donnellson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52625.

Donnellson occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa plains, where the horizon stretches thin and flat under a sky that feels remarkably vast. It lies 13.1 miles west of Fort Madison, IA (from Fort Madison, IA: bearing 274°T), and is situated 19.4 miles north-northwest of Keokuk. Painter Creek carves a subtle, winding path through the local topography, its presence marked by the deepening of green along the banks that cut through the surrounding tilled fields. A few miles to the west, the landscape begins to soften, hinting at the distant presence of Deer Ridge, which remains a faint, hazy suggestion against the fading light of late afternoon. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the terrain shifts into the protected wild of Sugar Creek Bottoms, offering a glimpse of the dense, untamed undergrowth that once defined this entire region before the plow arrived. The air here holds a crisp, clean clarity, carrying the scent of drying corn stalks and the faint, earthy dampness that rises from the low-lying fields at dusk.

History in Donnellson is written in the steady, rhythmic turn of agricultural cycles, where the industrious spirit of early settlers still lingers in the orderly layout of the streets. The local economy remains tethered to the fertile soil, an unshowy commitment to the land that sustains the rhythm of daily life and keeps the pace deliberate. Residents look toward the nearby Shimek State Forest for retreat, often traversing the Shimek Forest Trail when the seasons turn and the canopy begins to burn with autumn color. While Wilson Lake sits just a short distance away, reflecting the stillness of the afternoon, the true character of the locality is found in its quiet, literate civility and a shared pride in the labor that keeps the region productive. Life here unfolds with a modest, grounded grace, indifferent to the noise of the wider world, favoring instead the simple continuity of a well-tended harvest and the quietude of the tall-grass prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sugar Creek Bottoms (Local Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 198° S
Wilson Lake Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 090° E
Shimek State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.1 mi, 246° SW
West Point Freedom Rock (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 049° NE
Pollmiller Park (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 056° NE
Turkey Run Access (State Recreation Area) — 7.9 mi, 216° SW
Des Moines River Ravines Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 242° SW
Denning Cons. Area Wildlife Management Area (Local Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 352° N
Pioneer Historical Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 269° W
Nauvoo State Park (State Park) — 11.4 mi, 125° SE
Nauvoo Martyrdom Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 124° SE
Weld House Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 124° SE
Nauvoo Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 127° SE
Frost Island Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 176° S
CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 094° E
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 094° E
Geode State Park (State Park) — 14.5 mi, 037° NE
Chief Keokukl Monument (Monument) — 18.7 mi, 149° SE
Lost Canvas Gallery (Gallery) — 19.4 mi, 151° SE
Samuel F Miller House Museum (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 150° SE
Plaza 3 Cinema (Cinema) — 19.7 mi, 151° SE
General Samuel Curtis Statue (Public Artwork) — 19.9 mi, 151° SE
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.7 mi, 168° S · 10k acres
Dover Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 023° NE
Main Street Cinemas (Cinema) — 22.4 mi, 002° N
Des Moines County Fair (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 060° NE
Little Theater (Theatre) — 23.7 mi, 060° NE
Ellison Creek Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 30.3 mi, 072° E
Eisenmayer Sand Prairie Natural Heritage Landmark (Nature Reserve) — 30.5 mi, 072° E
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.9 mi, 035° NE · 24k acres

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