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Harris Iowa Map

Explore Harris, 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 Harris, Iowa

How to Use This Harris, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	43.445243
Longitude	-95.434171
Population	151
Density	58.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51345
Area Code	563
County Seat	Sibley
School District	Harris-Lake Park Community School District

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About Harris, Iowa

Harris is a locality in Osceola County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 151. The population density is 58.2 people per km². Harris is located at 43.4452°N, 95.4342°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Harris is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51345.

Harris occupies a vast expanse of the Iowa prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the rhythmic verticality of grain elevators and the occasional stand of wind-stunted trees. It lies 25.6 miles northwest of Spencer, IA (from Spencer, IA: bearing 325°T), and is situated 14.6 miles southeast of Worthington. The earth here is a dark, heavy loam that drinks in the summer sun, holding the warmth long after the shadows have lengthened across the tilled fields. A mile to the west, the West Branch Little Sioux River traces a shallow, meandering path through the grass, while the nearby Snyder Wildlife Management Area offers a quiet sanctuary for migratory birds. To the north, the water of Rush Lake reflects the bruised purples and golds of a prairie sunset, a stillness that seems to amplify the soft, persistent rustle of corn stalks swaying in the evening breeze.

Harris carries the quiet weight of a landscape defined by the plow and the seasons, its identity forged by generations who understood the stubborn necessity of the harvest. The local economy remains tethered to this soil, a cycle of planting and yield that dictates the pace of days and the character of the people who sustain the grain trade. Beyond the immediate reach of the farms, the land rises subtly toward the distant Ocheyedan Mound, a landmark that stands as a silent witness to the glacial history of the plains. Life in Harris moves with an unpretentious gravity, marked by a literate civility and the steady, industrious habits of a population that finds beauty in the stark, clean lines of a well-tended field under an immense, unobstructed sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Snyder Wildlife Management Area (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 260° W
Timmons Wildlife Refuge (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 232° SW
Silver Lake (Dickinson) Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 090° E
Rush Lake (Osceola) Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 266° W
Sutton Lake Marsh Wildlife Management Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 234° SW
Trapper's Bay State Park (State Park) — 4.8 mi, 083° E
Dickinson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.5 mi, 105° E
Dugout Creek Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 5.5 mi, 105° E
Yager Slough Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 7.0 mi, 116° SE
Jackson County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 7.9 mi, 007° N
Ed Winkel Memorial Trail (State Recreation Area) — 9.5 mi, 264° W
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.0 mi, 271° W · 12k acres
Bike Monument (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 112° E
Clark Museum of Area History (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 119° SE
Higgins Museum (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 106° E
Okoboji Summer Theatre (Theatre) — 15.7 mi, 103° E
Pearson Lakes Art Center (Arts Centre) — 15.7 mi, 103° E
Spirit Lake Massacre Monument (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 110° E
McCallum Museum and Brunson Heritage House (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 260° W
Arnolds Park Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 110° E
Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 110° E
Ranch Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 16.0 mi, 103° E
Milford Pioneer Theatre (Cinema) — 16.5 mi, 120° SE
Loon Lake Cemetery (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 072° E
Southpark 7 Theatres (Cinema) — 25.9 mi, 147° SE
Ringham Habitat Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 28.2 mi, 089° E
Des Moines River SNA (Nature Reserve) — 29.5 mi, 035° NE
Estherville Rock Garden (Attraction) — 29.7 mi, 096° E
Tower (Viewpoint) — 40.7 mi, 287° W
Mountain Lake Site (Historic Ruins) — 42.6 mi, 039° NE

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