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Griswold Iowa Map

Explore Griswold, 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 Griswold, Iowa

How to Use This Griswold, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.234991
Longitude	-95.137493
Population	994
Density	630.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51535
Area Code	641
County Seat	Atlantic
School District	Griswold Community School District

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About Griswold, Iowa

Griswold is a locality in Cass County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 994. The population density is 630.2 people per km². Griswold is located at 41.2350°N, 95.1375°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Griswold is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51535.

Griswold commands a quiet authority over the expansive, fertile plains of southwestern Iowa, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of immense, shifting sky. It lies 37.6 miles east of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 93°T), and is situated 13.3 miles south-southwest of Atlantic. Baughmans Creek traces a wandering, silver-threaded path through the deep loess soil near the town’s edge, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish grace that mirrors the steady pulse of the surrounding landscape. In the autumn, the light turns a bruised, honeyed gold, catching the dry stalks of corn and the dark, upturned earth of fields that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the western rim. Only five miles away, the quiet basin of Cold Springs offers a different texture to the terrain, a place where the air cools and settles in the reeds as the evening settles over the prairie.

Griswold emerged from the ambition of the nineteenth-century expansion, grounded in the sturdy, pragmatic values of settlers who recognized the promise in the deep, black loam. Agriculture remains the primary engine of life here, with the steady rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pace of the seasons for every resident. The nearby Cocklin Fish Farm stands as a distinctive local landmark, a reminder of the quiet, specialized stewardship of the land that persists despite the broader shifts in the modern economy. Life in Griswold moves with an unshowy, literate civility, where the heritage of the early pioneers lingers in the architecture and the straightforward honesty of the people who continue to work the soil. Even as machinery and technology alter the methodology of the farm, the essential character of the place remains fixed in the quietude of the fields and the persistent, slow-moving currents of the local water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cass County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 166° S
Cocklin Fish Farm (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 001° N
Cold Springs State Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 030° NE
Indian Creek Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 004° N
Farm Creek Public Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 263° W
Soldiers Monument (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 029° NE
Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 14.2 mi, 029° NE
Nishna Heritage Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 291° W
Montgomery County Historical Center (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 198° S
The Restored Burlington Northern Depot & World War II Memorial Museum (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 197° S
Walnut Creek Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 345° N
Swedish Heritage and Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 17.6 mi, 174° S
Viking Lake State Park (State Park) — 18.1 mi, 166° S
Willow Slough Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.3 mi, 240° SW
Lake Anita State Park (State Park) — 22.1 mi, 055° NE
Lake Icaria Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.8 mi, 120° SE
Tree on the road (Attraction) — 24.3 mi, 040° NE
Tree in the Road (Attraction) — 24.3 mi, 040° NE
Treynor High School Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 24.4 mi, 269° W
Word of Honor (Monument) — 24.8 mi, 270° W
Adams County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 27.1 mi, 129° SE
Wabash Trace Nature Trail (State Recreation Area) — 27.8 mi, 214° SW
Vet's Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 30.1 mi, 341° N
Mouth of Nickinabockina Cutoff Ditch (Attraction) — 31.5 mi, 339° N
Reasoner School (Historic Ruins) — 32.6 mi, 244° SW
Davies Amphitheater (Theatre) — 33.7 mi, 247° SW
John James Audubon Statue (Public Artwork) — 35.3 mi, 018° N
Mile Hill Lake (Viewpoint) — 36.0 mi, 249° W
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.2 mi, 290° W · 7,936 acres
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.7 mi, 293° NW · 16k acres

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