Le Grand Iowa Map
Explore Le Grand, 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 Le Grand, Iowa
How to Use This Le Grand, Iowa Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Le Grand, 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 Le Grand.
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 | Le Grand |
| State | Iowa (IA) |
| County | Marshall County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.006934 |
| Longitude | -92.775476 |
| Population | 905 |
| Density | 336.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 50142, 50158 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| County Seat | Marshalltown |
| School District | East Marshall Community School District |
About Le Grand, Iowa
Le Grand is a locality in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 905. The population density is 336.3 people per km². Le Grand is located at 42.0069°N, 92.7755°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Le Grand is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 50142, 50158.Le Grand asserts itself upon a vast, hushed expanse of Iowa, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to possess more weight than the earth below. It lies 7.4 miles east-southeast of Marshalltown, IA (from Marshalltown, IA: bearing 113°T), and is situated 18.4 miles north of Grinnell. The land is defined by the rigorous geometry of tilled fields, where the dark, fertile soil yields to the disciplined rows of corn and soybeans that track the sun from dawn until the amber light of dusk pulls the color from the stalks. A mile away, the quiet passage of Davisons Creek carves a thin, serpentine line through the loam, a modest vein of water that feeds the green, shaded reaches of the Mag Holland Access Area. Far to the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Mormon Ridge suggests a distant boundary to this plains-bound world, a reminder of the tectonic patience that formed the foundation of the state.
Generations have anchored their lives to the rhythm of this soil, cultivating an economy that remains tethered to the seasonal pulse of the harvest and the persistent, quiet labor of the interior. Le Grand carries the legacy of settlers who recognized the potential in this unshowy, productive expanse, building a life defined by a disciplined, literate civility that values the work of the hand and the clarity of the mind. While residents might travel seven miles to walk the paths of the Linn Creek Greenbelt or seek a different stillness near the waters of Sportsman Lake, the core of life here remains centered on the endurance of the land itself. It is a place where the air holds the scent of drying husks and damp earth, a steady, grounded existence that moves in harmony with the slow, inevitable turn of the seasons.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Mag Holland Access Area (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 330° NW
- Three Bridges County Park (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 310° NW
- Furrow Access (State Recreation Area) — 4.7 mi, 311° NW
- Marshalltown Area Soccer Club (Local Recreation) — 5.7 mi, 282° W
- Nicholson Ford Nature Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 302° NW
- Green Castle Recreation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 219° SW
- Fridley Theatres Plaza 9 (Cinema) — 6.9 mi, 275° W
- Marshall County Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 293° NW
- Weatherbee School Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 293° NW
- Union Grove Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 014° N
- Mericle Woods State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 075° E
- Union Grove State Park (State Park) — 8.4 mi, 017° N
- Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.3 mi, 106° E · 24k acres
- Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 17.3 mi, 190° S
- Grinnell Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 172° S
- Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 172° S
- The Depot (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 272° W
- Jacob Krumm East Access (Nature Reserve) — 20.8 mi, 181° S
- Jacob Krumm Ahrens Access (Nature Reserve) — 20.8 mi, 181° S
- Newton Community Theatre (Theatre) — 25.5 mi, 211° SW
- Capitol II (Cinema) — 25.6 mi, 214° SW
- Fred Maytag Bowl (Theatre) — 26.2 mi, 213° SW
- HA Lynn Football Stadium (Stadium) — 26.4 mi, 214° SW
- Eldora Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 29.1 mi, 327° NW
- Civil War Statue (Public Artwork) — 29.5 mi, 326° NW
- Jasper County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 29.8 mi, 187° S
- Van Wyk Winery (Historic Castle / Fort) — 29.8 mi, 187° S
- Monroe Highschool Bell (Monument) — 37.3 mi, 207° SW
- Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.6 mi, 221° SW · 12k acres
- Yuta Falls (Attraction) — 38.2 mi, 038° NE
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About This Le Grand Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Le Grand, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.006934, -92.775476. 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 Le Grand includes the ZIP code (50142, 50158), telephone area code (515), county seat of Marshall County (Marshalltown), and school district assignment (East Marshall 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. |
