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Essex Iowa Map

Explore Essex, 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 Essex, Iowa

How to Use This Essex, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	40.833607
Longitude	-95.308322
Population	722
Density	185.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51638
Area Code	641
County Seat	Clarinda
School District	Essex Community School District

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About Essex, Iowa

Essex is a locality in Page County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 722. The population density is 185.3 people per km². Essex is located at 40.8336°N, 95.3083°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Essex is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51638.

Essex defines itself by the vast, rhythmic expanse of the Iowa plains, where the horizon stretches into an infinite, flat geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 41.3 miles southeast of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 136°T), and is situated 5.8 miles northeast of Shenandoah. The land here possesses a quiet, heavy gravity, punctuated only by the subtle depression of Rocky Branch, which meanders through the soil just a mile away, carving a modest path through the silt. During the late afternoon, the light takes on a bruised, golden quality that flattens the distance, making the rows of crops appear as if they were drawn with a steady, tireless hand upon a canvas of deep loam. To the west, the subtle rise of the Loess Hills offers a gentle interruption to the severity of the prairie, while the Pierce Creek Recreation Area, a short two miles from the center, provides a rare, wooded sanctuary of native timber and stillness.

Essex carries the imprint of its Scandinavian heritage in the deliberate, sturdy architecture of its buildings and the unshowy civility of its daily life. The economy remains tethered to the fertile potential of the earth, an industry that dictates the pace of every season and demands a pragmatic, industrious focus from those who call the region home. Residents often seek a change of scenery at Viking Lake, sixteen miles distant, or find a different kind of movement along the Wabash Trace Nature Trail, which lies seven miles away as a lingering reminder of the old rail corridors that once stitched the plains together. Life in Essex operates with a steady, measured pulse, indifferent to the frantic speed of larger urban centers, favoring instead the grounded satisfaction of a work-worn day and the long, quiet shadows that fall over the fields when the sun finally slips behind the edge of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pierce Creek Recreation Area (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 295° NW
Rapp Park & Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 3.7 mi, 218° SW
Sportsmans Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 218° SW
Greater Shenandoah Historical Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 215° SW
Wabash Trace Nature Trail (State Recreation Area) — 8.1 mi, 305° NW
Lake Shawtee Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 278° W
The Restored Burlington Northern Depot & World War II Memorial Museum (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 019° N
Montgomery County Historical Center (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 017° N
Swedish Heritage and Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 14.9 mi, 046° NE
Riverton Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.1 mi, 240° SW
Clarinda Treatment Complex Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 110° E
Page County War Memorial (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 115° SE
Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 115° SE
Sister Cities (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 115° SE
Viking Lake State Park (State Park) — 16.0 mi, 057° NE
Nodaway Valley Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 119° SE
Sinister Sidney (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 251° W
Waubonsie State Park (State Park) — 21.1 mi, 242° SW
Reasoner School (Historic Ruins) — 24.5 mi, 303° NW
Davies Amphitheater (Theatre) — 26.6 mi, 303° NW
Mile Hill Lake (Viewpoint) — 28.8 mi, 301° NW
Earth Lodge (Historic Ruins) — 29.7 mi, 247° SW
Treynor High School Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 31.5 mi, 330° NW
PSC Theatre & Auditorium (Theatre) — 33.3 mi, 222° SW
Muir House Historical Marker (Attraction) — 35.2 mi, 211° SW
Brownville Historical Marker (Attraction) — 35.2 mi, 211° SW
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.9 mi, 176° S · 15k acres
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.4 mi, 321° NW · 7,936 acres

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