Goose Lake Iowa Map

About Goose Lake, Iowa

Goose Lake is a locality in Clinton County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 239. The population density is 278.8 people per km². Goose Lake is located at 41.9675°N, 90.3829°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Goose Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52750.

Goose Lake emerges from the flat, horizon-spanning expanse of the Iowa plains, a quiet convergence of dark, fertile soil and the wide, open sky. It lies 13.1 miles northwest of Clinton, IA (from Clinton, IA: bearing 310°T), and is situated 16.1 miles east-southeast of Maquoketa. The landscape around Goose Lake is defined by the steady, rhythmic geometry of tilled fields, where the deep green of corn and soybeans stretches toward the distant, muted silhouette of Terrapin Ridge, visible only as a faint suggestion against the clouds. Water defines the immediate topography, as the local Goose Lake (Clinton) Wildlife Management Area preserves a sprawling, marshy sanctuary where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and tall grasses. Brophy Creek carves a thin, serpentine path through the surrounding fields, its slow current reflecting the pale, shifting light of the afternoon, while the expansive surface of Goose Lake provides a mirror for the migrating flocks that pause in their seasonal transit.

Agriculture remains the singular, heartbeat-pulse of the economy here, with the lives of those in Goose Lake dictated by the slow rotation of the seasons and the demands of the harvest. The history of the region is etched into the grid of rural roads and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the farmsteads, reflecting a heritage of industrious settlers who broke the prairie sod generations ago. While the Jackson County Recreational Trail offers a path for those seeking to traverse the quietude of the countryside, the true character of the locality is found in the deliberate, unhurried pace of daily life, where the silence is broken only by the wind moving through the stalks or the distant hum of machinery. In the deeper reaches of the landscape, the shadow of Devils Hollow reminds the traveler of the subtle, ancient shifts in the terrain, yet the prevailing spirit of Goose Lake remains one of persistent, grounded continuity, anchored firmly to the soil that sustains it.

About This Goose Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Goose Lake, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.967526, -90.382909. 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 Goose Lake includes the ZIP code (52750), telephone area code (712), county seat of Clinton County (Clinton), and school district assignment (Northeast Community School District).

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.