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Grundy Center Iowa Map

Explore Grundy Center, 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 Grundy Center, Iowa

How to Use This Grundy Center, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.36165
Longitude	-92.768533
Population	2,796
Density	420.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50638
Area Code	319
County Seat	Grundy Center
School District	Grundy Center Community School District

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About Grundy Center, Iowa

Grundy Center is a locality in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,796. The population density is 420.1 people per km². Grundy Center is located at 42.3616°N, 92.7685°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Grundy Center is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50638.

Grundy Center sits as a quiet anchor amidst the vast, geometric expanse of the Iowa prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under an immense sky. It lies 20.1 miles southwest of Cedar Falls, IA (from Cedar Falls, IA: bearing 235°T), and is situated 16.3 miles west of Hudson. Black Hawk Creek follows a rhythmic, meandering path near the edge of the grid, its banks lined with the thick, dark timber that breaks the monotony of the surrounding agricultural fields. During the height of summer, the air holds a heavy, golden stillness, and the light at dusk turns the tall corn stalks into a deep, vibrating bronze. To the west, the distant silhouettes of Mormon Ridge serve as a faint, jagged reminder of the earth’s ancient shifts, though here the land remains dominated by the dark, fertile loam that has defined the region for generations.

Pioneer Trail offers a local path for those who wish to walk through the quiet woods and grasslands that persist outside the cultivated rows of soybean and corn. Grundy Center remains a place built on the steady, unshowy labor of the harvest, where the economy is tethered to the seasonal cycles of the earth and the perseverance of the families who first broke this sod. The town maintains a literate, reserved civility, reflecting a heritage that runs deep through the sturdy brick facades of its downtown storefronts. Those seeking the cooling presence of water often travel to Upper Pine Lake, but for the residents here, the true character of the locality is found in the steady, patient work of the fields and the way the seasons slowly turn the color of the world from the pale green of spring to the muted, frosted gray of winter.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pioneer Trail (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 012° N
Wolfe Family Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 097° E
Holland Marsh (Local Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 322° NW
Grundy County Lake (Local Park) — 8.9 mi, 042° NE
Pine Lake State Park (State Park) — 14.2 mi, 275° W
Union Grove Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 176° S
Union Grove State Park (State Park) — 15.5 mi, 174° S
Eldora Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 270° W
Hudson Depot Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 079° E
Grand Theatre (Cinema) — 16.8 mi, 270° W
Civil War Statue (Public Artwork) — 16.9 mi, 270° W
Ackley Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 312° NW
Fall's Access (State Recreation Area) — 20.0 mi, 044° NE
Big Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.2 mi, 360° N
Cedar Falls Historical Society (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 054° NE
Overman Park (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 053° NE
Iowa Band Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 053° NE
Weatherbee School Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 199° S
Marshall County Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 198° S
Yuta Falls (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 077° E
Matugani (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 077° E
Rokava (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 077° E
Mura Fury (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 077° E
McBride Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.7 mi, 062° NE
Fridley Theatres Plaza 9 (Cinema) — 24.9 mi, 197° S
McElroy Communication Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 29.1 mi, 030° NE
Neumann Auditorium (Theatre) — 29.2 mi, 030° NE
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.5 mi, 155° SE · 24k acres
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.5 mi, 205° SW · 12k acres

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