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Garrison Iowa Map

Explore Garrison, 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 Garrison, Iowa

How to Use This Garrison, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.144161
Longitude	-92.143794
Population	344
Density	431.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52229
Area Code	712
County Seat	Vinton
School District	Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District

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About Garrison, Iowa

Garrison is a locality in Benton County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 344. The population density is 431.2 people per km². Garrison is located at 42.1442°N, 92.1438°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Garrison is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52229.

Garrison occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean fields. It lies 26.1 miles south-southeast of Waterloo, IA (from Waterloo, IA: bearing 157°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west-southwest of Vinton. Hinkle Creek traces a winding path through the landscape, its banks lined with dense thickets that catch the pale, slanted light of late afternoon. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of The Hogback rises against the sky, a distant reminder of the earth’s ancient geological shifting. The air here carries the scent of turned soil and dry stalks, a pervasive, earthen stillness that settles over the land as the sun dips toward the edge of the plains.

Garrison remains defined by its deep agricultural roots, serving as a steady anchor for the families who have worked this dark, fertile loam for generations. The economy persists in the quiet industry of grain storage and the seasonal labor of the harvest, a cycle that dictates the slow, deliberate pulse of daily life. Those seeking a respite from the wider world often venture four miles away to the Jackson Township Wildlife Area, where the prairie grasses offer a refuge for local fauna. While the larger, more restless centers of culture remain distant, Garrison maintains a modest, literate civility, grounded in the hard-won independence of those who recognize the beauty in a long, unbroken furrow of black earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Jackson Township Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 038° NE
Rodgers Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 042° NE
Dudgeon Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 052° NE
Vinton Railroad Depot and Museum (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 077° E
Red Fox Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 039° NE
Minnie Estema Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.8 mi, 039° NE
Cedar Island Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 004° N
Winegar Lake-Tobin Park Access (Local Park) — 11.0 mi, 024° NE
FFA Historical and Ag Museum (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 348° N
Iowa's Largest Frying Pan (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 031° NE
Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.2 mi, 095° E
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.3 mi, 206° SW · 24k acres
Belle Plaine Area Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 201° S
In Honor of the Veterans of Benton County (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 130° SE
Iowa Baseball Museum of Norway (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 145° SE
Rokava (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 338° N
Mama Pezaki (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 338° N
Shaman's Curse (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 338° N
Hudson Depot Museum (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 319° NW
Cedar Rock (State Park) — 24.9 mi, 046° NE
Witch's Basement (Historic Ruins) — 25.1 mi, 112° E
Riverwalk Parks Community Bandshell (Theatre) — 26.0 mi, 029° NE
Westside Rising (Monument) — 26.0 mi, 114° SE
POW Memorial (Monument) — 26.2 mi, 338° N
Statue Of Liberty Replica (Public Artwork) — 26.3 mi, 338° N
Studio 17 of the Eastern Iowa ARTS Academy (Arts Centre) — 27.1 mi, 112° E
Modern Gallery And Framing (Gallery) — 27.2 mi, 114° SE
Gilded Pear Gallery (Gallery) — 27.2 mi, 114° SE
George Wyth State Park (State Park) — 28.2 mi, 335° NW
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 68.2 mi, 051° NE · 274k acres

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