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Goldfield Iowa Map

Explore Goldfield, 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 Goldfield, Iowa

How to Use This Goldfield, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.735804
Longitude	-93.92078
Population	634
Density	208.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50542
Area Code	319
County Seat	Clarion
School District	Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Community School District

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About Goldfield, Iowa

Goldfield is a locality in Wright County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 634. The population density is 208.3 people per km². Goldfield is located at 42.7358°N, 93.9208°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Goldfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50542.

Goldfield emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of north-central Iowa, defined by the steady, unassuming presence of the Buttermilk Creek as it traces a path through the rich, dark soil. It lies 20.7 miles northeast of Fort Dodge, IA (from Fort Dodge, IA: bearing 37°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north of Eagle Grove. The landscape surrounding Goldfield is a vast expanse of tilled earth, where the sky claims a dominant portion of the view, shifting from a pale, translucent blue at midday to a bruised, heavy violet as the sun retreats behind the cornstalks. At the water’s edge, River Park offers a quiet respite, its grasses bending in the persistent wind that sweeps across the plains, while the distant, shimmering surface of Lake Cornelia remains a silent, twelve-mile witness to the cycle of the seasons.

Goldfield maintains a quiet, industrious character, built upon the sturdy foundations of agriculture and the meticulous labor of generations who turned the prairie into a grid of productive farmland. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, with grain elevators standing as the singular, vertical sentinels of the skyline, marking the transition from the seasonal toil of the fields to the measured pace of daily life on Main Street. There is an unshowy civility here, a sense of belonging that persists in the way neighbors acknowledge one another amidst the long shadows of the grain bins. Life in Goldfield is measured not by the velocity of modern change, but by the subtle shifts in the air and the enduring, deep-rooted connection to the land that provides for the inhabitants year after year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

River Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 291° W
Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 341° N
Three Rivers Trail (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 219° SW
Access (State Recreation Area) — 4.4 mi, 165° S
Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 223° SW
Eagle Grove War Memorial (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 169° S
4-h Schoolhouse Museum (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 093° E
Boone River Greenbelt Middleton Access (Local Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 176° S
Elm Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 082° E
Wright County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.2 mi, 059° NE
Wright County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ia (Resource Management Area) — 12.2 mi, 059° NE
Eide Memorial Fountain (Public Artwork) — 12.2 mi, 161° S
Humboldt County Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 266° W
Liberty School Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 024° NE
Belmond Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 064° NE
Jenison-Meacham Memorial Art Center and Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 058° NE
Hawkeye Community Theater (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 221° SW
Brushy Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 20.9 mi, 194° S
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.2 mi, 336° NW · 12k acres
Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 104° E
Boneyard Hollow (Attraction) — 24.7 mi, 199° S
Britt Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 25.6 mi, 014° N
Copperas Beds (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 199° S
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.4 mi, 339° N · 5,668 acres
Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 39.1 mi, 021° N
Lone Rock (Attraction) — 39.3 mi, 329° NW
"twister Hill" (Attraction) — 39.4 mi, 183° S
Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 42.6 mi, 181° S
Mason City Communit Theatre (Theatre) — 46.4 mi, 052° NE
Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 47.0 mi, 309° NW

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