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Gladbrook Iowa Map

Explore Gladbrook, 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 Gladbrook, Iowa

How to Use This Gladbrook, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.187765
Longitude	-92.715199
Population	799
Density	442.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50635
Area Code	319
County Seat	Toledo
School District	Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District

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About Gladbrook, Iowa

Gladbrook is a locality in Tama County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 799. The population density is 442.6 people per km². Gladbrook is located at 42.1878°N, 92.7152°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gladbrook is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50635.

Gladbrook occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa prairie, defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Wolf Creek as it carves through the earth. It lies 13.7 miles northeast of Marshalltown, IA (from Marshalltown, IA: bearing 46°T), and is situated 16.8 miles north-northwest of Tama. The landscape around Gladbrook unfolds in vast, deliberate horizontal lines of tilled soil, where the heavy, dark loam holds the scent of rain and impending harvest. Beyond the immediate fields, the horizon remains unobstructed, save for the distant, hazy suggestion of Mormon Ridge, which serves as a faint, jagged reminder of the earth’s ancient geological shifting. The quality of light here at dusk is particularly heavy and golden, casting long, bruised shadows across the cornrows that seem to pull the sky down until it rests directly upon the stubble of the fields.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, a legacy tied to the settlers who first broke this sod and organized their lives around the cycles of planting and dormancy. The proximity of Union Grove Lake, only four miles away, offers a brief, reflective stillness to the landscape, while the nearby Union Grove Wildlife Management Area preserves a fragment of the wilder, uncultivated plains. For those who seek to traverse the terrain, the Comet Trail provides a path through the quiet stretches of the countryside, allowing a slow, foot-level appreciation of the region’s unshowy civility. Life in Gladbrook moves with the steady, predictable momentum of the seasons, maintaining a literate and grounded character that values the quiet labor of the land above the clamor of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Union Grove Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 201° S
Comet Trail (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 303° NW
Union Grove State Park (State Park) — 3.5 mi, 191° S
Wolf Creek Recreation Area (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 293° NW
Grundy County Greenbelt (Local Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 029° NE
Furrow Access (State Recreation Area) — 11.5 mi, 215° SW
Kunch Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 130° SE
Weatherbee School Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 226° SW
Iowa River Wildlife Management Area (Local Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 234° SW
Marshall County Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 226° SW
Fridley Theatres Plaza 9 (Cinema) — 15.5 mi, 220° SW
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.6 mi, 147° SE · 24k acres
Hudson Depot Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 041° NE
Pine Lake State Park (State Park) — 21.5 mi, 308° NW
Eldora Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 303° NW
Grand Theatre (Cinema) — 22.9 mi, 302° NW
Civil War Statue (Public Artwork) — 22.9 mi, 301° NW
The Depot (Museum) — 25.7 mi, 243° SW
Yuta Falls (Attraction) — 27.0 mi, 050° NE
Matugani (Attraction) — 27.0 mi, 050° NE
Rokava (Attraction) — 27.1 mi, 050° NE
Mura Fury (Attraction) — 27.1 mi, 050° NE
Cedar Falls Historical Society (Museum) — 27.6 mi, 029° NE
Overman Park (Monument) — 27.7 mi, 029° NE
POW Memorial (Monument) — 28.7 mi, 042° NE
McBride Auditorium (Theatre) — 30.4 mi, 039° NE
Jacob Krumm East Access (Nature Reserve) — 33.4 mi, 186° S
Jacob Krumm Ahrens Access (Nature Reserve) — 33.5 mi, 186° S
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.4 mi, 214° SW · 12k acres

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