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Hayesville Iowa Map

Explore Hayesville, 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 Hayesville, Iowa

How to Use This Hayesville, Iowa Map

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

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.

CityHayesville
StateIowa (IA)
CountyKeokuk County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude41.264457
Longitude-92.249071
Population41
Density63.3 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes52562, 52591
Area Code712
County SeatSigourney
School DistrictSigourney Community School District

About Hayesville, Iowa

Hayesville is a locality in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 41. The population density is 63.3 people per km². Hayesville is located at 41.2645°N, 92.2491°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hayesville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 52562, 52591.

Hayesville occupies a quiet expanse of the interior plains where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by anything but the seasonal rhythm of the soil. It lies 18.9 miles north-northeast of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 27°T), and is situated 20.6 miles east of Oskaloosa. The land surrounding Hayesville reveals itself as a methodical grid of soybean and corn, where the flat, fertile earth holds the morning dew until the sun pulls it into a hazy, golden vapor. A mile to the north, the North Skunk River carves a deliberate, muddy path through the silt, providing a muted contrast to the orderly rows of crops that define the perimeter of the fields. To the west, the landscape holds the memory of the ancient glaciers that shaped the state, leaving behind a subtle, undulating topography that catches the long, amber light of dusk in the hollows of the furrows.

Historical echoes of Scandinavian and German settlement persist in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of Hayesville, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of the harvest and the patient labor of the region's agricultural tradition. Life here maintains a steady, deliberate pace, anchored by the presence of the Yahn Refuge, a space of preserved prairie that offers a sanctuary for local wildlife just a mile away. Residents often travel toward Lake Yenruogis, eight miles distant, to find the stillness of open water that reflects the expansive Iowa sky. There is a quiet, literate civility in the way the local life unfolds, a quality found in the measured conversations at the grain elevator and the way the town acknowledges the changing seasons without fanfare or pretense.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Yahn Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 328° NW
  • Hayesville Bend Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 270° W
  • Dumonts' Museum of Dreamworld Collectibles (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 050° NE
  • South Skunk River Access (State Recreation Area) — 3.1 mi, 131° SE
  • Checauqua River Access (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 041° NE
  • Belva Deer Recreation Area (Local Park) — 9.1 mi, 034° NE
  • What Cheer Brick School Museum (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 330° NW
  • Rose Hill Access (Local Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 284° W
  • White Oak Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 11.5 mi, 273° W
  • Lake Keomah State Park (State Park) — 14.9 mi, 274° W
  • Rubio Access (State Recreation Area) — 14.9 mi, 095° E
  • Saint John Auditorium (Theatre) — 17.0 mi, 207° SW
  • Lake Darling State Park (State Park) — 17.8 mi, 107° E
  • Curtis King (Monument) — 18.2 mi, 231° SW
  • Steam locomotive (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 207° SW
  • Iowa Heartland History Connection (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 207° SW
  • English Valley History Center (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 027° NE
  • Nelson Pioneer Farm Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 284° W
  • Chief Mahaska Statue (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 276° W
  • Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 21.3 mi, 274° W
  • The Art House (Public Artwork) — 23.3 mi, 141° SE
  • Klokkenspel (Attraction) — 36.0 mi, 286° W
  • Cox-Snow Music Center (Arts Centre) — 36.1 mi, 285° W
  • Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (Stadium) — 36.5 mi, 286° W
  • Van Wyk Winery (Historic Castle / Fort) — 37.7 mi, 305° NW
  • Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.0 mi, 008° N · 24k acres
  • Jacob Krumm East Access (Nature Reserve) — 41.1 mi, 318° NW
  • Jacob Krumm Ahrens Access (Nature Reserve) — 41.2 mi, 318° NW
  • Main Street Cinemas (Cinema) — 41.6 mi, 119° SE
  • Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.9 mi, 290° W · 12k acres

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About This Hayesville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hayesville, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.264457, -92.249071. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Hayesville includes the ZIP code (52562, 52591), telephone area code (712), county seat of Keokuk County (Sigourney), and school district assignment (Sigourney Community School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.