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Durango Iowa Map

Explore Durango, 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 Durango, Iowa

How to Use This Durango, Iowa Map

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

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.

CityDurango
StateIowa (IA)
CountyDubuque County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude42.560278
Longitude-90.775683
Population20
Density101.6 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code52039
Area Code712
County SeatDubuque
School DistrictDubuque Community School District

About Durango, Iowa

Durango is a locality in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 20. The population density is 101.6 people per km². Durango is located at 42.5603°N, 90.7757°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Durango is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52039.

Durango occupies a quiet crevice of the landscape where the North Fork Little Maquoketa River carves a deliberate path through the earth. It lies 7.0 miles northwest of Dubuque, IA (from Dubuque, IA: bearing 306°T), and is situated 3.4 miles north-northwest of Asbury. The surrounding terrain is defined by the persistent, rhythmic rise and fall of tilled fields, where the soil holds the deep, dark promise of a long agricultural legacy. To the west, the distant shadow of Balltown Ridge anchors the horizon, while the local topography dips into the cool, shadowed depths of Furnace Hollow. At dusk, the light here possesses a particular clarity, catching the edges of the limestone outcrops and softening the hard lines of the horizon until the land seems to breathe in the cooling air.

Durango maintains an unshowy, literate civility that honors the generations of settlers who broke this ground to establish a life built on the yield of the plains. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the seasons, with the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of daily activity. Residents often gravitate toward the Heritage Trail, a nearby corridor that offers a measured way to traverse the countryside, providing a perspective on the land that is both intimate and expansive. While the stillness of the region is profound, the presence of Peru Bottoms four miles away serves as a reminder of the quiet, inland water systems that sustain the local ecology, grounding Durango in a history of persistence and quiet work.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Heritage Trail (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 137° SE
  • Pohlman Prairie (Local Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 088° E
  • Little Maquoketa River Mounds State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 093° E
  • Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 124° SE
  • Bergfeld Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 4.2 mi, 174° S
  • Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 4.3 mi, 069° E
  • Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.3 mi, 070° E · 274k acres
  • Bunker Hill Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 5.0 mi, 134° SE
  • “mancherlei Gaben Und Ein Geist” Sculpture (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 135° SE
  • UD Spartan Statue (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 136° SE
  • Heitkamp Planetarium (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 129° SE
  • Creekside Amphitheater (Theatre) — 6.4 mi, 120° SE
  • The Inevitability of Land (Public Artwork) — 6.5 mi, 127° SE
  • Voices Studios (Gallery) — 6.5 mi, 124° SE
  • Eagle Statue (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 103° E
  • Ham House Museum (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 107° E
  • Allison Point (Viewpoint) — 6.8 mi, 103° E
  • National Rivers Hall of Fame (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 127° SE
  • Golf Course (Park) — 7.7 mi, 095° E
  • Mines of Spain State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.2 mi, 139° SE
  • Dark Chambers Haunted Attraction (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 092° E
  • Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.0 mi, 268° W · 2,440 acres
  • Badger Hut (Historic Ruins) — 9.3 mi, 020° N
  • Ampitheater (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 133° SE
  • Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 322° NW
  • Field of Dreams (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 253° W
  • Five Flags Theater (Theatre) — 15.2 mi, 022° N
  • Stonefield Historic Site (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 314° NW
  • Heritage House Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 268° W
  • Inwood Woodcarving Exhibit (Gallery) — 18.4 mi, 254° W

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About This Durango Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Durango, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.560278, -90.775683. 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 Durango includes the ZIP code (52039), telephone area code (712), county seat of Dubuque County (Dubuque), and school district assignment (Dubuque 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.