Explore Farley, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Farley, 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 Farley.
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 | Farley |
| State | Iowa (IA) |
| County | Dubuque County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.442778 |
| Longitude | -91.006245 |
| Population | 1,766 |
| Density | 421.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 52046 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| County Seat | Dubuque |
| School District | Western Dubuque County Community School District |
Farley emerges from the expansive, tilled horizon as a study in persistent industry and the quietude of the Midwestern plains. It lies 17.9 miles west-southwest of Dubuque, IA (from Dubuque, IA: bearing 257°T), and is situated 6.6 miles east-southeast of Dyersville. Vast fields of corn and soybeans stretch toward the edges of the sky, broken only by the occasional copse of trees or the slender, silver threads of Hogans Branch cutting through the dark, fertile soil. The quality of light here at dusk is particularly heavy and golden, casting long, melancholic shadows across the flat earth that seem to anchor the buildings of Farley firmly to the ground. To the west, the distant silhouettes of Balltown Ridge rise like a faint, serrated bruise against the cooling violet of the evening, reminding the traveler of the ancient, slow-moving geology that defines this interior landscape.
History in Farley remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest and the steady, unshowy labor of its residents. The economy relies on the deep connection to the land, where the seasonal cycle of planting and reaping dictates the pace of daily affairs, favoring a pragmatic, deliberate way of life. Residents often spend their leisure hours finding respite at the Heritage Trail, a path that offers a quiet passage through the surrounding greenery, or perhaps visiting Tegeler Pond when the heat of summer demands a momentary stillness. There is a literate civility in the way the local streets are organized, reflecting a heritage built by those who valued the permanence of a well-tended garden and the structural integrity of a sturdy barn.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Farley, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.442778, -91.006245. 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 Farley includes the ZIP code (52046), telephone area code (712), county seat of Dubuque County (Dubuque), and school district assignment (Western Dubuque County 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |