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Earlville Iowa Map

Explore Earlville, 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 Earlville, Iowa

How to Use This Earlville, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.481659
Longitude	-91.272363
Population	716
Density	501.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52041
Area Code	712
County Seat	Manchester
School District	Maquoketa Valley Community School District

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About Earlville, Iowa

Earlville is a locality in Delaware County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 716. The population density is 501.7 people per km². Earlville is located at 42.4817°N, 91.2724°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Earlville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52041.

Earlville emerges from the broad, flat expanse of the Iowa prairie, a place defined by the quiet labor of the earth and the expansive sky that colors its horizon. It lies 31.0 miles west of Dubuque, IA (from Dubuque, IA: bearing 268°T), and is situated 9.3 miles east of Manchester. The landscape surrounding Earlville consists of meticulously tilled fields, where the dark, rich soil of the Midwest yields rows of corn and soybeans that stretch until they seem to blur into the distance. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Plum Creek cut through the land, providing a gentle, rhythmic boundary that sustains the local ecology and feeds the verdant growth within Plum Creek Park. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of Hefel Ridge rises like a soft bruise against the sunset, while the deeper timber of Backbone State Forest offers a dense, shaded contrast to the open fields, grounding the region in a steady, ancient stillness.

Agriculture serves as the lifeblood of Earlville, reflecting a heritage of German and Scandinavian settlers who cleared the wild grasses to build a life of durable, agrarian purpose. The economy remains tethered to the harvest, with the town’s architecture—sturdy brick storefronts and modest, well-kept homes—speaking to a culture of unshowy, literate civility. Life here moves in accordance with the seasonal cycles, a pace dictated by the planting and the reaping, where the silence of a winter morning is as profound as the industry of mid-summer. Beyond the immediate fields, the proximity of Hartwick Lake invites a rare, reflective pause for those who live among the endless furrows, marking a geography where the human footprint is small and the vast, productive stillness of the land remains the primary architect of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Plum Creek Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 123° SE
Indian Hills Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 146° SE
Shearer Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 210° SW
Delhi Access (State Recreation Area) — 6.0 mi, 215° SW
Retz Memorial County Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 200° S
Brayton Memorial Forest Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 173° S
Manchester Fish Hatchery (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 258° W
Inwood Woodcarving Exhibit (Gallery) — 7.6 mi, 089° E
Dyer-Botsford Victorian House and Doll Museum (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 089° E
National Farm Toy Museum (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 095° E
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 271° W
Heritage House Museum (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 059° NE
Field of Dreams (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 084° E
Ram Hollow Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 025° NE
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.6 mi, 348° N · 2,440 acres
Pine Creek (Clayton) Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 007° N · 50 acres
Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 051° NE
Red Barn Model Railroad Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 301° NW
Backbone State Park (State Park) — 15.6 mi, 302° NW
Plagmans Barn Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 005° N
Backbone Fish Hatchery (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 18.1 mi, 306° NW
World's Largest Strawberry (Public Artwork) — 19.3 mi, 316° NW
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.2 mi, 031° NE · 274k acres
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 22.4 mi, 125° SE
Richardson-Jakway House (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 288° W
UD Spartan Statue (Monument) — 29.5 mi, 088° E
Voices Studios (Gallery) — 30.8 mi, 086° E
Creekside Amphitheater (Theatre) — 30.9 mi, 086° E
Riverwalk Parks Community Bandshell (Theatre) — 31.8 mi, 269° W
Effigy Mounds National Monument (National Monument) — 31.8 mi, 009° N · 2,460 acres

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