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Elberon Iowa Map

Explore Elberon, 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 Elberon, Iowa

How to Use This Elberon, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.006105
Longitude	-92.316854
Population	184
Density	108.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52225
Area Code	712
County Seat	Toledo
School District	Benton Community School District

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About Elberon, Iowa

Elberon is a locality in Tama County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 184. The population density is 108.5 people per km². Elberon is located at 42.0061°N, 92.3169°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elberon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52225.

Elberon emerges from the vast, planar expanse of the Iowa landscape like a quiet pause in the long conversation of the cornfields. It lies 30.5 miles east of Marshalltown, IA (from Marshalltown, IA: bearing 95°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north-northwest of Belle Plaine. The horizon here is defined by an insistent, horizontal clarity, where the sun at dusk bleeds a bruised plum color across the soybean rows, turning the heavy stalks into silhouettes against the darkening sky. Only two miles to the east, the waters of Salt Creek trace a sluggish, muddy path through the tall grass, a modest ribbon of life that sustains the local woodlots and the varied fauna of the nearby Salt Creek Wildlife Management Area. Far to the west, the distant suggestion of The Hogback provides the only vertical interruption to a terrain otherwise dominated by the patient labor of the plow and the seasonal cycle of the harvest.

Elberon carries the gravity of a place built upon the sturdy, pragmatic heritage of early settlers who recognized the fertility of this dark, heavy loam. The local economy remains tethered to the soil, an unshowy industry of grain elevators and the steady, mechanical hum of machinery that marks the rhythm of the changing seasons. Life in Elberon moves with a deliberate, singular focus, favoring the reliability of the familiar over the frenetic pace of larger centers. While the nearest recreational waters of Rainbow Lake lie ten miles distant, the people here find their own quiet beauty in the way the morning mist clings to the fence lines or the sudden, sharp scent of rain hitting parched earth. It is a place where the architecture is utilitarian and the conversation is sparse, reflecting a deep-seated, literate civility that values the weight of a person’s word as much as the yield of their acreage.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Salt Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 250° W
West Salt Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 248° W
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.9 mi, 174° S · 24k acres
Iowa River Natural Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 221° SW
Belle Plaine Area Museum (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 164° S
Otter Creek Lake and Park (Local Park) — 10.3 mi, 283° W
Randolph Access (State Recreation Area) — 11.0 mi, 162° S
Columbia Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 240° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 13.1 mi, 267° W
Vinton Railroad Depot and Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 054° NE
Iowa County Historical Society (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 138° SE
Iowa Baseball Museum of Norway (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 109° E
Union Grove State Park (State Park) — 22.1 mi, 292° W
FFA Historical and Ag Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 017° N
In Honor of the Veterans of Benton County (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 097° E
Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 25.1 mi, 073° E
Iowa's Largest Frying Pan (Attraction) — 26.6 mi, 037° NE
Michele Maring Miller Art Gallery (Gallery) — 27.0 mi, 122° SE
Rokava (Attraction) — 29.9 mi, 001° N
Shaman's Curse (Attraction) — 29.9 mi, 001° N
Matugani (Attraction) — 29.9 mi, 001° N
Fridley Theatres Plaza 9 (Cinema) — 30.4 mi, 272° W
Jacob Krumm East Access (Nature Reserve) — 31.6 mi, 229° SW
Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 31.7 mi, 236° SW
Jacob Krumm Ahrens Access (Nature Reserve) — 31.9 mi, 229° SW
Witch's Basement (Historic Ruins) — 32.1 mi, 090° E
In Transit (Public Artwork) — 32.5 mi, 104° E
Westside Rising (Monument) — 32.7 mi, 092° E
Hawkeye Downs Speedway (Stadium) — 33.0 mi, 098° E
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.9 mi, 240° SW · 12k acres

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