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Holiday Lake Iowa Map

Explore Holiday Lake, 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 Holiday Lake, Iowa

How to Use This Holiday Lake, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.821034
Longitude	-92.443211
Population	473
Density	68.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	52211
Area Code	712
County Seat	Montezuma
School District	Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School District

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About Holiday Lake, Iowa

Holiday Lake is a locality in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 473. The population density is 68.3 people per km². Holiday Lake is located at 41.8210°N, 92.4432°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 52211.

Holiday Lake defines the horizon with a stillness that mirrors the quiet, expansive geometry of the surrounding Iowa plains. It lies 28.6 miles east-southeast of Marshalltown, IA (from Marshalltown, IA: bearing 123°T), and is situated 10.0 miles west-southwest of Belle Plaine. Walnut Creek carves a persistent, narrow path through the earth nearby, feeding the damp, dark soil that supports the endless reach of tilled fields in every direction. At dusk, the light here stretches thin and pale across the water, turning the surface into a sheet of hammered pewter that holds the reflection of the darkening sky. A mile away, the dense growth of Barclay Timber offers a reprieve from the open expanse, its knotted branches providing a stark contrast to the manicured, seasonal order of the corn and soybean rows that dictate the rhythm of the local seasons.

Holiday Lake serves as a private anchor for those who value the deliberate pace of a life tethered to the land. The economy remains deeply rooted in the cycles of the harvest, a tradition that echoes the industrious spirit of the early settlers who first broke this prairie sod. While the modern world moves with a frantic cadence, the daily experience here is measured by the wind moving through the stalks and the subtle shift of shadows across the water. It is a place where the work is quiet and the social life is unshowy, defined by a literate civility that persists despite the isolation of the landscape. Life at Holiday Lake is a steady, predictable unfolding, marked by the simple, enduring necessity of the earth and the deep, quiet satisfaction of a field well-tended.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Barclay Timber (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 115° SE
Hartwick Recreation Area (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 116° SE
Iowa River Corridor Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 021° N
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.4 mi, 015° N · 24k acres
Iowa River Natural Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 010° N
Otter Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 001° N
Randolph Access (State Recreation Area) — 10.1 mi, 082° E
Belle Plaine Area Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 059° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 13.7 mi, 331° NW
Grinnell Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 251° W
Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 245° SW
Jacob Krumm East Access (Nature Reserve) — 19.1 mi, 246° SW
Jacob Krumm Ahrens Access (Nature Reserve) — 19.4 mi, 246° SW
Iowa County Historical Society (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 095° E
Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 20.3 mi, 255° W
Millgrove Access (State Recreation Area) — 23.3 mi, 212° SW
Wagaman Mill Museum (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 227° SW
Union Grove State Park (State Park) — 25.2 mi, 326° NW
Van Wyk Winery (Historic Castle / Fort) — 26.7 mi, 231° SW
Jasper County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 231° SW
Fridley Theatres Plaza 9 (Cinema) — 27.5 mi, 300° NW
Michele Maring Miller Art Gallery (Gallery) — 29.5 mi, 093° E
Newton Community Theatre (Theatre) — 31.7 mi, 254° W
In Honor of the Veterans of Benton County (Monument) — 31.9 mi, 072° E
Capitol II (Cinema) — 32.5 mi, 255° W
Fred Maytag Bowl (Theatre) — 32.8 mi, 254° W
HA Lynn Football Stadium (Stadium) — 33.1 mi, 254° W
Klokkenspel (Attraction) — 37.6 mi, 221° SW
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 37.6 mi, 221° SW
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.9 mi, 246° SW · 12k acres

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