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Hamburg Iowa Map

Explore Hamburg, 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 Hamburg, Iowa

How to Use This Hamburg, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	40.604446
Longitude	-95.657771
Population	890
Density	306.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51640
Area Code	641
County Seat	Sidney
School District	Hamburg Community School District

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About Hamburg, Iowa

Hamburg is a locality in Fremont County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 890. The population density is 306.3 people per km². Hamburg is located at 40.6044°N, 95.6578°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hamburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51640.

Hamburg defines the edge of the southwestern Iowa landscape, where the flat, fertile plains meet the abrupt, silt-laden rise of the Loess Hills. It lies 46.6 miles south-southeast of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 167°T), and is situated 11.7 miles east-southeast of Nebraska City. The Nishnabotna River carves a deliberate path through the bottomlands just a mile from the center, its current often reflecting the heavy, golden quality of the afternoon light that settles over the corn and soybean fields. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the terrain shifts into the rugged, wind-blown contours of the earth, providing a stark contrast to the orderly, gridded agriculture that dominates the horizon. Travelers might find a quiet stillness near the Goldenrod Access, where the vegetation clings to the damp soil, or seek out the more distant, elevated vantage of Brickyard Hill to observe the way the shadows stretch across the valley floor as the sun begins to fail.

Hamburg maintains a connection to the cycles of the earth, its economy tied firmly to the seasonal labor of the harvest and the persistent, quiet commerce of the prairie. The history of the region is etched into the very soil, reflecting a heritage of migration and the steady, unshowy work of those who cultivated this land long before modern machinery arrived. Life in Hamburg moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, occasionally interrupted by the pursuit of recreation along the Waubonsie State Park Trail or the peaceful seclusion found at Greys Lake. Even as the decades have passed, the identity of the place remains tethered to the Militia Hollow basin and the surrounding expanse, where the people value a grounded, persistent civility that mirrors the endurance of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Goldenrod Access (State Recreation Area) — 0.7 mi, 104° E
Draper Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 248° W
O.S. Wing Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 127° SE
Waubonsie State Park (State Park) — 3.5 mi, 338° N
Kansas Bend (State Recreation Area) — 6.2 mi, 208° SW
Fremont County Recreation Area & Golf Course (Local Park) — 7.7 mi, 005° N
PSC Theatre & Auditorium (Theatre) — 9.8 mi, 204° SW
Peru State College Historical Marker (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 204° SW
Fremont County Historical Society (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 004° N
Sinister Sidney (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 007° N
Earth Lodge (Historic Ruins) — 10.1 mi, 296° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.5 mi, 299° NW
Nebraska City Museum of Firefighting (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 295° NW
Old Freighters Museum (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 296° NW
J. Sterling Morton Monument (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 295° NW
Osage Orange Grove (Viewpoint) — 12.6 mi, 295° NW
Brownville Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 180° S
Brownville Historical Marker (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 180° S
Muir House Historical Marker (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 180° S
Museum of Missouri River History (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 179° S
Rock Port Rest Area & Missouri Welcome Center (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 159° S
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 22.4 mi, 166° S
Reasoner School (Historic Ruins) — 29.4 mi, 356° N
Davies Amphitheater (Theatre) — 30.7 mi, 353° N
Dinosaur (Public Artwork) — 31.9 mi, 152° SE
Woodland Fairy Tea Party (Attraction) — 37.8 mi, 335° NW
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.4 mi, 150° SE · 15k acres
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.5 mi, 346° N · 7,936 acres

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