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Lincoln Iowa Map

Explore Lincoln, 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 Lincoln, Iowa

How to Use This Lincoln, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.262718
Longitude	-92.69233
Population	121
Density	83.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	50624, 50652, 50635
Area Code	319
County Seat	Grundy Center
School District	Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District

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About Lincoln, Iowa

Lincoln is a locality in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 121. The population density is 83.3 people per km². Lincoln is located at 42.2627°N, 92.6923°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lincoln is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 50624, 50652, 50635.

Lincoln emerges from the flat, open horizon as a quiet collection of structures surrounded by the vast, repetitive geometry of tilled Iowa soil. It lies 13.0 miles west-southwest of Cedar Falls, IA (from Cedar Falls, IA: bearing 238°T), and is situated 7.1 miles northeast of Grundy Center. The South Fork Blackhawk Creek carves a shallow, wandering path through the earth nearby, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of riparian brush that cuts through the expanse of corn and soybean fields. Light here acts with a heavy, honest clarity, bleaching the gravel roads to a bone-pale gray during the midday heat and casting long, sharp shadows across the stubble as the sun dips toward the western edge of the sky. To the far distance, the faint, blue-hued silhouette of Mormon Ridge suggests a boundary to the world, though the immediate earth remains stubbornly level, defined by the seasonal labor of the plow and the deep, dark fertility of the soil.

Generations of families have built their lives upon this ground, drawing a steady, unshowy livelihood from the grain trade and the demands of modern agriculture. The rhythm of Lincoln follows the slow cycle of planting and harvest, a pace that encourages a certain literate civility among those who remain to tend the land. Residents find respite in the quiet green space of Grundy County Lake, a local refuge where the water reflects the stillness of the prairie afternoon, or they traverse the Pioneer Trail to witness the landscape at a human scale. While the larger world continues its frantic movement, Lincoln holds to its own quiet gravity, shaped by the heritage of those who broke this sod and the enduring, practical grace of a life anchored to the cycles of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Comet Trail (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 228° SW
Pioneer Trail (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 010° N
Black Hawk Creek Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 006° N
Grundy County Greenbelt (Local Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 042° NE
Union Grove Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 196° S
Union Grove State Park (State Park) — 8.8 mi, 192° S
Kunch Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.8 mi, 149° SE
Hudson Depot Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 051° NE
Weatherbee School Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 217° SW
Marshall County Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 217° SW
Pine Lake State Park (State Park) — 19.8 mi, 294° NW
Fridley Theatres Plaza 9 (Cinema) — 20.3 mi, 213° SW
Eldora Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 289° W
Grand Theatre (Cinema) — 21.8 mi, 288° W
Civil War Statue (Public Artwork) — 21.8 mi, 288° W
Cedar Falls Historical Society (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 033° NE
Overman Park (Monument) — 22.6 mi, 033° NE
Iowa Band Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 033° NE
Yuta Falls (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 058° NE
Matugani (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 058° NE
Rokava (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 058° NE
Mura Fury (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 058° NE
Fall's Access (State Recreation Area) — 23.5 mi, 025° NE
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.6 mi, 156° SE · 24k acres
POW Memorial (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 048° NE
McBride Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.8 mi, 044° NE
McElroy Communication Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 33.8 mi, 018° N
Neumann Auditorium (Theatre) — 33.9 mi, 018° N
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.4 mi, 212° SW · 12k acres

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