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Gillett Grove Iowa Map

Explore Gillett Grove, 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 Gillett Grove, Iowa

How to Use This Gillett Grove, Iowa Map

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

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	Gillett Grove
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Clay County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.015804
Longitude	-95.03749
Population	30
Density	52.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51341
Area Code	563
County Seat	Spencer
School District	Spencer Community School District

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About Gillett Grove, Iowa

Gillett Grove is a locality in Clay County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 30. The population density is 52.2 people per km². Gillett Grove is located at 43.0158°N, 95.0375°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gillett Grove is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51341.

Gillett Grove rises from the floor of a wide, glacial valley where the Little Sioux River carves a serpentine path through the dark, loamy soil. It lies 10.2 miles south-southeast of Spencer, IA (from Spencer, IA: bearing 148°T), and is situated 19.1 miles west-southwest of Emmetsburg. The landscape around Gillett Grove unfolds as a vast expanse of tilled earth, where the horizon is defined by the sharp, rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean rows stretching toward the sky. When the sun dips low, the light catches the moisture rising from the riverbanks, casting a soft, amber glow over the prairie grasses that cling to the margins of the Fen Valley Wildlife Management Area. The air here holds the crisp, clean scent of turning soil and damp vegetation, a sensory reminder of the deep, subterranean vitality that sustains the fields in every direction.

Settlement in this region followed the slow push of pioneers who recognized the value of the fertile, black gold beneath their feet, establishing an economy that remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest. Life moves with the deliberate, unshowy pace of the seasons, shaped by a heritage that values hard labor and a quiet, literate civility. While the modern world hums along the distant highways, residents often find their own respite just seven miles away at Silver Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting clouds of the Iowa sky. The character of the locale is quiet and self-contained, marked by a sturdy resilience that mirrors the persistence of the river itself as it flows steadily toward the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fen Valley Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 077° E
Little Sioux Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 325° NW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.4 mi, 338° N · 12k acres
Kindlespire Little Sioux Access (Local Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 210° SW
Burr Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 210° SW
Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Iowa (Resource Management Area) — 6.8 mi, 055° NE
Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ia (Resource Management Area) — 6.8 mi, 055° NE
Burr Access (State Recreation Area) — 6.9 mi, 209° SW
Elk Lake Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 7.7 mi, 050° NE
Barringer Slough Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 9.0 mi, 028° NE
Southpark 7 Theatres (Cinema) — 9.9 mi, 322° NW
Parker Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 329° NW
Sioux Rapids Area Historical Association Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 214° SW
L.M. & O. Railroad Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 166° S
Albert City Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 164° S
House of Dolls Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 070° E
Robert Emmet Statue (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 070° E
Wild Rose Casino and Resort (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 070° E
Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 21.9 mi, 063° NE
Milford Pioneer Theatre (Cinema) — 22.0 mi, 345° N
Gull Point State Park (State Park) — 24.5 mi, 347° N
Spirit Lake Massacre Monument (Monument) — 24.7 mi, 348° N
Bike Monument (Monument) — 25.6 mi, 344° N
Ranch Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 26.3 mi, 351° N
Okoboji Summer Theatre (Theatre) — 26.5 mi, 350° N
Pearson Lakes Art Center (Arts Centre) — 26.6 mi, 350° N
Pocahontas Statue (Public Artwork) — 27.4 mi, 135° SE
J. Leslie Rollins Stadium (Stadium) — 27.4 mi, 199° S
Estherville Rock Garden (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 020° N
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.7 mi, 073° E · 5,668 acres

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