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Lanesboro Iowa Map

Explore Lanesboro, 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 Lanesboro, Iowa

How to Use This Lanesboro, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.184428
Longitude	-94.691369
Population	119
Density	61.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51451
Area Code	563
County Seat	Carroll
School District	South Central Calhoun Community School District

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About Lanesboro, Iowa

Lanesboro is a locality in Carroll County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 119. The population density is 61.8 people per km². Lanesboro is located at 42.1844°N, 94.6914°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lanesboro is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51451.

Lanesboro occupies a quiet stretch of Iowa landscape where the horizon is defined by the steady, rhythmic geometry of tilled earth and expansive sky. It lies 12.2 miles northeast of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 48°T), and is situated 19.9 miles northwest of Jefferson. The terrain around Lanesboro unfolds in broad, deliberate swells of rich soil, punctuated by the occasional stand of trees that offer a vertical break to the horizontal sweep of corn and soybean fields. A mile away, the quiet current of Marrowbone Creek carves a thin, reflective ribbon through the loam, while the still, dark water of Artesian Lake waits two miles out, catching the amber light of late afternoon. At the edge of the local geography, the Russell White Nature Trail offers a path through the tall grasses, where the air smells faintly of damp earth and the cooling breath of the plains.

Lanesboro emerged from the pragmatic necessity of the agricultural frontier, grounding its identity in the labor of the harvest and the persistent, unshowy civility of its inhabitants. Local life moves in concert with the seasonal demands of the grain elevator and the slow turn of the planting cycle, a rhythm that has persisted since the first settlers broke the prairie sod. The influence of Scandinavian and German pioneers remains etched in the quiet, literate character of the neighborhood, where professional life is often balanced against the maintenance of family land. Residents find a particular, stark beauty in the way winter light turns the fields into a monochrome expanse, a visual stillness that rewards those who choose to remain in a place defined by such deep, enduring roots.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Russell White Nature Trail (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 194° S
Reinart Bend (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 204° SW
Artesian Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 181° S
Carroll County Access (State Recreation Area) — 1.8 mi, 190° S
Buck Run Creek Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 220° SW
North Raccoon Access (State Recreation Area) — 2.0 mi, 180° S
North Raccoon-Andrews Access (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 185° S
Rainbow Bend Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 315° NW
Lake City Capri Theater (Cinema) — 6.2 mi, 339° N
Carroll 5 Theater (Cinema) — 12.3 mi, 228° SW
Farmstead Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 217° SW
Greene County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.8 mi, 162° S
Dunbar Slough Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 12.8 mi, 162° S
Black Hawk State Park (State Park) — 18.5 mi, 297° NW
Bald Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 292° W
Lake View Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 296° NW
Chief Black Hawk Statue (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 296° NW
Twin Lakes State Park (State Park) — 20.0 mi, 007° N
Jefferson Telephone Company Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 126° SE
Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 126° SE
Lindsey Memorial (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 126° SE
Greene County Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 125° SE
Gowrie Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 071° E
Memorial Statue (Public Artwork) — 22.3 mi, 317° NW
Copperas Beds (Attraction) — 33.9 mi, 066° NE
Hawkeye Community Theater (Theatre) — 34.4 mi, 049° NE
Boneyard Hollow (Attraction) — 34.7 mi, 065° NE
Donna Reed Center for Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 35.9 mi, 251° W
"twister Hill" (Attraction) — 37.5 mi, 092° E
Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 39.1 mi, 096° E

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