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Guernsey Iowa Map

Explore Guernsey, 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 Guernsey, Iowa

How to Use This Guernsey, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.648613
Longitude	-92.342684
Population	63
Density	43.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52221
Area Code	712
County Seat	Montezuma
School District	Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School District

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About Guernsey, Iowa

Guernsey is a locality in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 63. The population density is 43.3 people per km². Guernsey is located at 41.6486°N, 92.3427°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Guernsey is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52221.

Guernsey anchors itself firmly amidst the expansive, undulating plains of Iowa, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky claims the greater portion of the vista. It lies 28.9 miles north-northeast of Oskaloosa, IA (from Oskaloosa, IA: bearing 33°T), and is situated 17.2 miles west of Williamsburg. The North English River carves a quiet, persistent path through the surrounding earth, its waters tracing the low-lying contours of a landscape defined by the rhythmic cycle of planting and harvest. During the stillness of late afternoon, the light here takes on a heavy, amber quality, catching the dust motes above the tilled soil and casting long, disciplined shadows across the fields. Only a mile away, the Lincoln Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native brush, providing a stark, untamed contrast to the orderly grid of the neighboring farmland.

Guernsey reflects a legacy of agrarian persistence, rooted in the labor of those who first broke the prairie sod to cultivate these deep, nutrient-rich soils. The local economy remains tethered to the vitality of the soybean and corn crops, a seasonal pulse that dictates the slow, deliberate pace of daily life. While the quietude of the region suggests a profound isolation, the proximity of Lake Iowa, just eight miles distant, provides a rare, reflective expanse of water that anchors the local geography. There is an unshowy, literate civility to the way the days unfold in Guernsey, a place where the weight of history is measured not in monuments, but in the enduring lines of the fences and the steady, unhurried turning of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lincoln Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 225° SW
Lincoln Wildlife Management Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 222° SW
Deep River Recreation Area (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 195° S
Lake Iowa Park (Local Park) — 8.3 mi, 092° E
Hawthorn Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 207° SW
Randolph Access (State Recreation Area) — 14.1 mi, 020° N
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.3 mi, 015° N · 24k acres
Iowa River Corridor Wildlife Management Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.9 mi, 013° N
English Valley History Center (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 124° SE
What Cheer Brick School Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 182° S
Belle Plaine Area Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 012° N
Iowa County Historical Society (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 055° NE
Otter Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.4 mi, 346° N
Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 286° W
Jacob Krumm East Access (Nature Reserve) — 22.9 mi, 280° W
Jacob Krumm Ahrens Access (Nature Reserve) — 23.2 mi, 280° W
Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 25.7 mi, 285° W
Lake Keomah State Park (State Park) — 26.1 mi, 202° S
Van Wyk Winery (Historic Castle / Fort) — 26.4 mi, 260° W
Jasper County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 26.5 mi, 260° W
Michele Maring Miller Art Gallery (Gallery) — 26.5 mi, 067° NE
Chief Mahaska Statue (Monument) — 29.0 mi, 213° SW
The Morgan Cabin (Monument) — 29.8 mi, 213° SW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 30.1 mi, 213° SW
Klokkenspel (Attraction) — 34.0 mi, 241° SW
Douwstra Auditorium (Theatre) — 34.4 mi, 240° SW
Cox-Snow Music Center (Arts Centre) — 34.5 mi, 240° SW
Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (Stadium) — 34.7 mi, 241° SW
Capitol II (Cinema) — 36.9 mi, 276° W
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.7 mi, 263° W · 12k acres

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