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Jackson Junction Iowa Map

Explore Jackson Junction, 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 Jackson Junction, Iowa

How to Use This Jackson Junction, Iowa Map

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

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	Jackson Junction
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Winneshiek County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.101328
Longitude	-92.046223
Population	37
Density	2.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52171
Area Code	712
County Seat	Decorah
School District	Turkey Valley Community School District

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About Jackson Junction, Iowa

Jackson Junction is a locality in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 37. The population density is 2.4 people per km². Jackson Junction is located at 43.1013°N, 92.0462°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Jackson Junction is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52171.

Jackson Junction emerges from the flat, immense horizon of the upper Midwest as a quiet intersection of rail history and agricultural endurance. It lies 35.0 miles northeast of Waverly, IA (from Waverly, IA: bearing 40°T), and is situated 18.0 miles southwest of Decorah. The land surrounding Jackson Junction stretches in vast, tilled grids of corn and soybean, where the light at dusk flattens the earth into a deep, bruised purple before the stars assert themselves. Only a mile away, the quiet currents of Goddard Creek carve a thin, winding path through the silt, offering a modest reprieve from the unrelenting reach of the fields. To the west, the subtle rise of the landscape hints at the distant presence of the Loess Hills, while the nearby expanse of Chipera Prairie remains a preserved pocket of native grasses that sway with a rhythmic, dry friction in the prevailing winds.

Rail lines once dictated the lifeblood of Jackson Junction, serving as the primary conduit for the grain and livestock that anchored the local economy to the wider world. While the frantic pace of the engine has long since faded into a steady, agrarian patience, the people here maintain a heritage influenced by early settlers who carved their living out of the stubborn, rich topsoil. Today, the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, and the quiet labor of the farmstead defines the local character. Those seeking the solitude of the woods find refuge in the Fort Atkinson State Preserve a few miles distant, or perhaps at the edge of Lake Meyer, where the water holds the reflection of the clouds in a stillness that mirrors the unshowy, deliberate pace of daily life in this corner of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chipera Prairie (Local Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 041° NE
Sluggo's Pond (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 303° NW
Carroll-Gwynne Woods (Local Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 198° S
Fort Atkinson State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 060° NE
Lake Meyer (Local Park) — 8.2 mi, 052° NE
Jackson Number Twelve School Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 279° W
Bily Clocks Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 035° NE
Cardinal Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.7 mi, 357° N
Fayette County Historical Museum;Fayette County Historical Library (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 128° SE
Storre Theatre (Theatre) — 18.8 mi, 040° NE
Painting Studio (Arts Centre) — 18.8 mi, 040° NE
Volga River State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.8 mi, 136° SE
Kristin Wigley-Fleming Gallery (Gallery) — 18.9 mi, 040° NE
3-d Life Tree (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 040° NE
Porter House Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 043° NE
Jewel Theatre (Theatre) — 19.0 mi, 040° NE
Versterheim Norwegian-American Museum Library (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 042° NE
Oedipus and Antigone (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 040° NE
I Am Wood (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 039° NE
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.0 mi, 022° N · 2,440 acres
Upper Iowa River Wildlife Management Area (State Recreation Area) — 22.6 mi, 000° N
Niagara Cave (Attraction) — 28.5 mi, 359° N
Sinkhole (Viewpoint) — 31.9 mi, 003° N
Palace Theater (Cinema) — 33.7 mi, 220° SW
Dancing St. Francis (Public Artwork) — 34.0 mi, 221° SW
McElroy Communication Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 34.0 mi, 221° SW
Forestville Mystery Cave State Park (State Park) — 35.7 mi, 346° N
Richardson-Jakway House (Attraction) — 38.9 mi, 156° SE
Effigy Mounds National Monument (National Monument) — 40.9 mi, 090° E · 2,460 acres
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.8 mi, 093° E · 274k acres

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