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Houghton Iowa Map

Explore Houghton, 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 Houghton, Iowa

How to Use This Houghton, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	40.783644
Longitude	-91.602938
Population	141
Density	183.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52631
Area Code	712
County Seat	Keokuk
School District	Fort Madison Community School District

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About Houghton, Iowa

Houghton is a locality in Lee County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 141. The population density is 183.9 people per km². Houghton is located at 40.7836°N, 91.6029°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Houghton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52631.

Houghton emerges from the vast, planar expanse of southeastern Iowa as a quiet collection of structures defined by the rhythm of the surrounding fields. It lies 18.4 miles northwest of Fort Madison, IA (from Fort Madison, IA: bearing 305°T), and is situated 12.7 miles south of Mount Pleasant. The land here is characterized by an expansive, tilled flatness that stretches toward the horizon, punctuated only by the occasional windbreak of trees or the orderly geometry of seasonal crops. Sugar Creek meanders just a mile from the center, providing a modest riparian corridor that softens the rigid lines of the agricultural landscape. To the west, the terrain rises in faint, subtle swells, while the Denning Cons. Area Wildlife Management Area offers a preserved sanctuary of native grasses and thickets that contrast with the manicured precision of the neighboring farms. During the late afternoon, the sunlight catches the dust kicked up from gravel roads, casting a golden, hazy quality over the earth that makes the very air feel thick with the scent of drying stalks and rich, dark soil.

Houghton maintains a character forged by generations of settlers who transformed the prairie into a productive agricultural engine. The local economy remains tethered to this legacy, as the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the pace of life for those who reside here. While the proximity of Shimek State Forest provides a deeper, more ancient woodland for those seeking respite, the daily life in Houghton is measured in the steady, industrious work of small-scale commerce and farming. The heritage of the region, marked by a lineage of disciplined labor and pragmatic stewardship, persists in the unadorned architecture and the quiet civility of its inhabitants. Though the nearest water of any significant scale, Lake Wilderness, lies nine miles distant, the people of Houghton find their connection to the landscape through the immediate, tangible reality of the land beneath their feet and the reliable, seasonal return of the corn and soybean harvests.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Denning Cons. Area Wildlife Management Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 143° SE
LaCrew Roadside Rest Area (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 180° S
Hoaglin Woods (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 309° NW
West Point Freedom Rock (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 120° SE
Faulkner's Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.7 mi, 003° N
Shimek State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 10.0 mi, 205° SW
Lindsey Wilderness Area (Local Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 242° SW
Geode State Park (State Park) — 10.9 mi, 075° E
Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 014° N
Midwest Old Threshers Heritage Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 014° N
Pioneer Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 216° SW
Main Street Cinemas (Cinema) — 12.9 mi, 012° N
Dover Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 046° NE
Johnny Clock Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 330° NW
Clark Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.7 mi, 216° SW
CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 125° SE
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 125° SE
Lacey-Keosauqua State Park (State Park) — 19.0 mi, 258° W
Nauvoo Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 146° SE
Lake Sugema Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.8 mi, 252° W
Des Moines County Fair (Attraction) — 22.4 mi, 084° E
Little Theater (Theatre) — 22.6 mi, 084° E
Art Gallery (Public Artwork) — 22.6 mi, 085° E
Arts Center Theater (Theatre) — 24.8 mi, 311° NW
Lincoln Rock (Monument) — 24.9 mi, 114° SE
Lost Canvas Gallery (Gallery) — 29.0 mi, 157° SE
Plaza 3 Cinema (Cinema) — 29.3 mi, 157° SE
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.7 mi, 168° S · 10k acres
Ellison Creek Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 30.9 mi, 091° E
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.8 mi, 047° NE · 24k acres

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