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Ireton Iowa Map

Explore Ireton, 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 Ireton, Iowa

How to Use This Ireton, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.97471
Longitude	-96.318358
Population	590
Density	223.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51027
Area Code	563
County Seat	Orange City
School District	West Sioux Community School District

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About Ireton, Iowa

Ireton is a locality in Sioux County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 590. The population density is 223.3 people per km². Ireton is located at 42.9747°N, 96.3184°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ireton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51027.

Ireton occupies a stretch of high, open prairie where the horizon remains wide and indifferent to the small human structures gathered beneath it. It lies 14.7 miles north-northwest of Le Mars, IA (from Le Mars, IA: bearing 328°T), and is situated 8.6 miles east of Hawarden. Indian Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its banks fringed with wild grasses that lean into the wind. The land here is defined by its flatness, a vast expanse of tilled soil that darkens to a deep, resonant brown after a spring rain, catching the pale, thin light of the Midwestern sky. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape occasionally ripples into the subtle, long-reaching swells of the Loess Hills to the west, providing the only vertical relief in a terrain otherwise committed to the horizontal.

Ireton maintains a quiet, steady character shaped by generations of farming families whose heritage is etched into the very layout of the local grain elevators and grid-aligned streets. The economy persists as a reflection of the seasonal cycle, with the heavy rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of daily life. Those who seek a moment of stillness often look toward the Moller Wildlife Area, a short distance away, where the quietude of the plains is preserved in its wilder, uncultivated state. The atmosphere is one of unshowy, pragmatic civility, where the evening sun casts long, golden shadows across the pavement, grounding Ireton in a sense of permanence that feels both ancient and entirely present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Moller Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 008° N
Big Sioux Recreation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 278° W
Calliope Village (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 285° W
Big Sioux Park (Local Park) — 9.2 mi, 307° NW
Oak Grove State Park (Local Park) — 9.3 mi, 310° NW
Rock Sioux Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.9 mi, 318° NW
Sioux Center Area Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 046° NE
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 10.2 mi, 045° NE
Petry Harmelink (State Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 271° W
The Gift (Public Artwork) — 10.6 mi, 045° NE
TePaske Theatre (Theatre) — 10.9 mi, 045° NE
Big Sioux River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 331° NW
Main Street Theatres Holland Plaza (Cinema) — 13.8 mi, 083° E
Kiddie Barn (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 146° SE
Le Mars Community Theatre (Theatre) — 14.7 mi, 148° SE
Plymouth County Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 149° SE
Newton Hills (State Recreation Area) — 20.2 mi, 324° NW
Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 23.2 mi, 214° SW
Inwood Iowa Museum (Museum) — 23.6 mi, 346° N
Dick and Gertrude Havelaar (Monument) — 23.6 mi, 262° W
Canton Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 27.0 mi, 335° NW
Union County Historical Museum (Museum) — 27.3 mi, 224° SW
Sheldon Prairie Museum (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 059° NE
Stone State Park (State Park) — 29.2 mi, 195° S
Historic School Museum (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 345° N
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 30.0 mi, 195° S
Lyon County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 30.2 mi, 032° NE
Ponca State Park (State Park) — 30.5 mi, 223° SW
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 36.6 mi, 241° SW · 870 acres
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.0 mi, 089° E · 12k acres

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