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Grand Junction Iowa Map

Explore Grand Junction, 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 Grand Junction, Iowa

How to Use This Grand Junction, Iowa Map

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

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	Grand Junction
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Greene County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.031648
Longitude	-94.240797
Population	725
Density	288.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50107
Area Code	515
County Seat	Jefferson
School District	Greene County Community School District

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About Grand Junction, Iowa

Grand Junction is a locality in Greene County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 725. The population density is 288.9 people per km². Grand Junction is located at 42.0316°N, 94.2408°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Grand Junction is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50107.

Grand Junction emerges from the horizon as a quiet grid of streets anchored firmly within a vast, rhythmic expanse of tilled earth. It lies 18.6 miles west of Boone, IA (from Boone, IA: bearing 264°T), and is situated 7.1 miles east of Jefferson. The landscape surrounding Grand Junction consists of endless, fertile plains where the horizon line is broken only by the silhouettes of grain elevators and the occasional stand of trees marking the path of West Beaver Creek. During the long hours of a mid-summer afternoon, the light here possesses a singular, heavy clarity, turning the fields of soy and corn into a shifting sea of deep greens and golds that seem to breathe under the weight of the open sky. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain remains largely level, though the distant silhouette of Frankel Ridge serves as a faint, jagged reminder of the wider topography that exists far to the west. A short journey away, the quiet waters of Spring Lake and the natural hollows of Pound Pits offer a reprieve from the relentless productivity of the surrounding farmland, providing a sanctuary for local wildlife and a place where the stillness of the prairie can be felt most acutely.

History has marked Grand Junction as a point of convergence, a place where the iron rails once dictated the pulse of commerce and the growth of the local economy. The legacy of the midwestern pioneers, who built their lives upon the resilience of the soil, remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the downtown district and the stoic character of the local residents. While the economy remains deeply rooted in the cycles of the harvest and the steady labor of agricultural enterprise, there is a quiet, literate civility here that persists in the routine of daily life. The influence of the nearby Pilot Mound State Forest provides a darker, denser contrast to the bright, open fields, offering a sensory shift from the groomed rows of crops to the unmanaged growth of the timberland. Life in Grand Junction proceeds at a deliberate pace, governed by the turning of the seasons and the ancient, reliable geometry of the land, reflecting a culture that values the quiet dignity of a day’s work well done.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pound Pits (Local Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 358° N
Waters Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 267° W
Spring Lake State Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 306° NW
Snake Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 152° SE
Snake Creek Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 5.0 mi, 151° SE
Greene County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.0 mi, 151° SE
Raccoon River Valley Trail (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 231° SW
Greene County Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 260° W
Lindsey Memorial (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 261° W
Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 261° W
Jefferson Telephone Company Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 260° W
Rippey Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.5 mi, 189° S
Hickory Grove Rural School Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 063° NE
Saylorville Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 079° E
Saylorville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.6 mi, 079° E
Municipal Band Shell (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 154° SE
Forest Park Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 151° SE
Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 16.9 mi, 069° E
"twister Hill" (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 057° NE
Gowrie Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 352° N
Entrance Memorial (Public Artwork) — 17.8 mi, 108° E
Ledges State Park (State Park) — 17.9 mi, 098° E
Rail Explorers: Boone, IA (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 082° E
Springbrook State Park (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 212° SW
Copperas Beds (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 018° N
Boneyard Hollow (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 018° N
Lake City Capri Theater (Cinema) — 30.1 mi, 303° NW
Lush Auditorium (Theatre) — 30.6 mi, 090° E
North Grand Cinema (Cinema) — 31.7 mi, 088° E
Ames City Auditorium (Theatre) — 32.0 mi, 090° E

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