Explore Lambs Grove, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lambs Grove, 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 Lambs Grove.
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 | Lambs Grove |
| State | Iowa (IA) |
| County | Jasper County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.703046 |
| Longitude | -93.079366 |
| Population | 174 |
| Density | 658.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 50208 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| County Seat | Newton |
| School District | Newton Community School District |
Lambs Grove emerges from the flat, earnest expanse of the Iowa prairie where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the weight of a heavy, cloud-dusted sky. It lies 1.6 miles west of Newton, IA (from Newton, IA: bearing 278°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east-northeast of Colfax. Cherry Creek carves a shallow, deliberate path through the earth nearby, its banks fringed with thickets that hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed the meridian. Within the immediate perimeter, Triangle Park offers a quiet geometry of green space, providing a modest anchor for the local landscape. Far to the west, the faint, bruised silhouette of Mormon Ridge suggests a ruggedness that the immediate, fertile soil—tilled and turned with the seasons—does not possess. The air here holds a distinct, metallic sharpness during the transition of seasons, a crispness that clarifies the distance between the silos and the sky.
Lambs Grove traces its foundations to the quiet industry of those who broke the sod to feed a growing nation, establishing an economy rooted in the cyclical patience of corn and soybean cultivation. This agricultural legacy informs the character of the residents, who maintain a reserved, literate civility that favors steady work over the clamor of rapid change. While Wire Lake lies seven miles removed, its presence is felt in the subtle moisture that lingers in the valley winds during the humid harvest months. Life in Lambs Grove follows the measured cadence of the grain markets and the seasonal migrations of the fields, a place where the architecture of the farmstead and the utility of the shed define the visual order of the world. It is a terrain of quiet persistence, where the light at dusk settles over the plowed rows in long, golden bars, illuminating the unassuming dignity of a life lived close to the soil.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lambs Grove, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.703046, -93.079366. 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 Lambs Grove includes the ZIP code (50208), telephone area code (515), county seat of Jasper County (Newton), and school district assignment (Newton 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |