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Dow City Iowa Map

Explore Dow City, 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 Dow City, Iowa

How to Use This Dow City, Iowa Map

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

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	Dow City
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Crawford County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	41.928877
Longitude	-95.49389
Population	485
Density	560.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51528
Area Code	641
County Seat	Denison
School District	Boyer Valley Community School District

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About Dow City, Iowa

Dow City is a locality in Crawford County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 485. The population density is 560.7 people per km². Dow City is located at 41.9289°N, 95.4939°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dow City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51528.

Dow City emerges from the deep, alluvial soil of the Boyer River valley, where the earth holds the weight of long, quiet seasons. It lies 33.6 miles west-southwest of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 254°T), and is situated 9.4 miles southwest of Denison. The Boyer River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its waters mirroring the expansive, pale sky that presses down upon the tilled fields. Beyond the immediate banks, the land rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the distant horizon, a prairie geography defined by the persistent geometry of corn and soybean rows. Just two miles away, the Ahart-Ruud Natural Resource Area offers a sanctuary of uncultivated wildness, a contrast to the rigorous order of the surrounding acreage. Here, the air carries a dry, earthen scent, particularly at dusk when the low light catches the dust kicked up from the fields, turning the horizon into a muted palette of amber and slate.

Dow City maintains a rhythm dictated by the demands of the soil and the legacy of the settlers who first broke this heavy ground. The economy remains tethered to the vitality of the harvest, an industry that requires a stoic, practical engagement with the cycles of weather and growth. History in Dow City is not found in grand monuments, but in the sturdy architecture of the grain elevators and the quiet persistence of families who have worked these tracts for generations. There is an unshowy civility to the way the days unfold, a preference for the reliable over the ornate. While the world outside shifts with frantic velocity, life in Dow City proceeds with the steady, measured pace of a pendulum, anchored by the labor of the land and the quiet endurance of those who call the valley home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ahart-Ruud Natural Resource Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 203° SW
Crawford County Farm (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 042° NE
Nelson Park (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 276° W
Six Bee Tree Nature Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 161° S
McClean Museum (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 226° SW
The Booster Buck (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 226° SW
Dougal House (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 226° SW
Dunham Barn (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 237° SW
Donna Reed Center for Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 9.4 mi, 050° NE
Northside Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 10.1 mi, 048° NE
V&w Petersen Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 112° E
Washington Township One-Room Schoolhouse Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 176° S
Cen + Ten Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 123° SE
Moorhead Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 18.4 mi, 269° W
Preparation Canyon State Park (State Park) — 20.7 mi, 262° W
Shelby County Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 156° SE
Loess Hills State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 21.1 mi, 263° W
Vet's Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 21.3 mi, 156° SE
War Memorial (Monument) — 22.7 mi, 063° NE
Hausbarn (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 094° E
Prairie Rose State Park (State Park) — 26.2 mi, 148° SE
Museum of Religious Arts (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 218° SW
Pawnee Recreation Area Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 29.6 mi, 311° NW
Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 30.3 mi, 254° W
Mondamin Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 31.0 mi, 241° SW
Sioux City - Smithland - Stagecoach Trail (Monument) — 31.2 mi, 312° NW
John James Audubon Statue (Public Artwork) — 32.3 mi, 116° SE
Carroll 5 Theater (Cinema) — 33.5 mi, 074° E
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.4 mi, 224° SW · 16k acres
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.4 mi, 215° SW · 7,936 acres

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