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Downey Iowa Map

Explore Downey, 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 Downey, Iowa

How to Use This Downey, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.616132
Longitude	-91.348495
Population	112
Density	64.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	52358
Area Code	712
County Seat	Tipton
School District	West Branch Community School District

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About Downey, Iowa

Downey is a locality in Cedar County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 112. The population density is 64.1 people per km². Downey is located at 41.6161°N, 91.3485°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 52358.

Downey emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a quiet gathering of structures amidst the deep, dark loam of the prairie. It lies 9.9 miles east-southeast of Iowa City, IA (from Iowa City, IA: bearing 108°T), and is situated 5.4 miles northwest of West Liberty. The landscape here is defined by the persistent, rhythmic cycle of the seasons, where the wind moves across the immense fields of corn and soybeans like a phantom tide. Within the boundaries of Pioneer Park, the land retains a sense of uncultivated patience, offering a sanctuary where the earth feels undisturbed by the rapid pace of the outside world. The air at dusk carries a sharp, clean clarity, settling over the soil with a heavy, fertile scent that suggests the endurance of the ground beneath one's boots. A mile away, the West Branch Wapsinonoc Creek traces a slow, deliberate path through the terrain, its banks marking the quiet movement of water through an otherwise still and steady geography.

Downey carries the weight of a settlement forged by the necessity of the soil, a place where the economy remains tethered to the slow accumulation of harvest and the quiet commerce of the plains. The history of the area is written in the straight lines of fence rows and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that reflects the pragmatic spirit of those who first broke this heavy earth. Life in Downey moves with an unshowy, literate civility, a remnant of the regional character that finds value in the hushed intensity of the work day and the long, darkening evenings. Far from the distant bustle of larger hubs, the focus remains on the immediate—the texture of the grain, the maintenance of the homestead, and the preservation of a way of life that prizes the tangible over the fleeting. It is a place where the silence is not an absence, but a presence, grounding every resident in the persistent reality of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pioneer Park (Local Park) — locality lies within
Scott Church Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 256° W
President and Mrs. Hoover Gravesite (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 357° N
House of the Maples (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 002° N
Statue of Isis (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 001° N
Birthplace Cottage (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 001° N
Appreciation Park (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 002° N
West Branch Heritage Museum (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 001° N
Travelers Rest (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 009° N
Hoover Trail (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 004° N
Jesse and Hulda Hoover (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 358° N
Dutton Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 5.2 mi, 116° SE
Hoover Nature Trail (State Recreation Area) — 6.0 mi, 351° N
Man on a Bench (Public Artwork) — 8.0 mi, 299° NW
Marcus Sycamore Cinema (Cinema) — 8.6 mi, 282° W
FilmScene at The Chauncey (Cinema) — 9.8 mi, 288° W
Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 288° W
Cedar Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 143° SE
Wiese Slough Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 120° SE
Lake Macbride State Park (State Park) — 14.9 mi, 320° NW

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