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Mallard Iowa Map

Explore Mallard, 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 Mallard, Iowa

How to Use This Mallard, Iowa Map

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

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	Mallard
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Palo Alto County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.936359
Longitude	-94.682202
Population	257
Density	253.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50562
Area Code	319
County Seat	Emmetsburg
School District	West Bend-Mallard Community School District

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About Mallard, Iowa

Mallard is a locality in Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 257. The population density is 253.1 people per km². Mallard is located at 42.9364°N, 94.6822°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mallard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50562.

Mallard exists as a quiet archipelago of human industry amidst an endless, rhythmic sea of corn and soybeans. It lies 27.3 miles east-southeast of Spencer, IA (from Spencer, IA: bearing 121°T), and is situated 12.2 miles south of Emmetsburg. The horizon here is vast and indifferent, punctuated only by the occasional silo or a cluster of wind-bent trees that lean against the persistent prairie breeze. Beaver Creek cuts a modest, winding path through the soil just one mile away, its presence marked by a slight deepening of the green along its banks and the sudden appearance of willows. Four miles out, the grounds of Meredith Park offer a respite of unmanicured grass and thicket, a place where the stillness of the landscape feels particularly heavy and intentional. When the sun begins to sink, the light flattens against the tilled earth, turning the dark, loamy soil into a bruised purple that seems to absorb the very heat of the day.

Mallard carries the quiet weight of a settler’s ambition, its streets laid out with a geometric precision that mirrors the orderly rows of the surrounding fields. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, a stubborn and essential rhythm that dictates the pace of life from the early spring planting to the final, frantic gathering of the autumn crop. While the quietude might suggest a place suspended in time, there is a literate, sturdy civility here, inherited from the generations who broke this heavy prairie sod. Nine miles distant, the waters of Rush Lake provide a rare, reflective break in the topography, holding the sky in a way that makes the earth feel momentarily less solid. Life in Mallard persists with an unshowy resilience, defined not by grand monuments, but by the steady maintenance of fences, the slow growth of crops, and the enduring patience of those who watch the seasons turn.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Meredith Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 124° SE
Pocahontas County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 196° S
Rogers Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 024° NE
Brushy Bayou Recreation-Wildlife Area (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 013° N
Whitetail Flats Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 005° N
West Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 358° N
Rush Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 275° W
Fleege Farm (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 179° S
Poduska Farm (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 162° S
West Bend Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 082° E
Robert Emmet Statue (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 001° N
House of Dolls Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 000° N
Victorian Museum on Main (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 002° N
Wild Rose Casino and Resort (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 005° N
Pocahontas Statue (Public Artwork) — 14.1 mi, 175° S
Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 15.4 mi, 006° N
Willows Access (State Recreation Area) — 15.6 mi, 126° SE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.1 mi, 294° NW · 12k acres
Ambrose A. Call State Park (State Park) — 23.0 mi, 070° E
Lone Rock (Attraction) — 26.5 mi, 042° NE
Southpark 7 Theatres (Cinema) — 27.4 mi, 299° NW
Twin Lakes State Park (State Park) — 31.1 mi, 174° S
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.8 mi, 054° NE · 5,668 acres
Estherville Rock Garden (Attraction) — 33.0 mi, 346° N
Estherville Meteorite Sculpture (Monument) — 33.0 mi, 347° N
Estherville Swinging Bridge (Monument) — 33.3 mi, 346° N
J. Leslie Rollins Stadium (Stadium) — 33.7 mi, 233° SW
Milford Pioneer Theatre (Cinema) — 35.7 mi, 319° NW
Ringham Habitat Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 37.0 mi, 345° N
Ranch Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 38.5 mi, 325° NW

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