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Manly Iowa Map

Explore Manly, 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 Manly, Iowa

How to Use This Manly, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	43.287181
Longitude	-93.202148
Population	1,256
Density	343.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50456
Area Code	515
County Seat	Northwood
School District	Central Springs Community School District

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About Manly, Iowa

Manly is a locality in Worth County, Iowa, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,256. The population density is 343.0 people per km². Manly is located at 43.2872°N, 93.2021°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Manly is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50456.

Manly sits amidst an expansive, level horizon where the sky claims more territory than the earth, defined by the rigorous geometry of tilled fields and the seasonal rotation of corn and soybeans. It lies 9.2 miles north of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 0°T), and is situated 13.6 miles northeast of Clear Lake. The land here possesses a quiet, unadorned gravity, marked by the slow, deliberate movement of Beaver Creek as it winds through the low-lying prairie grasses just a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the landscape offers a profound stillness, punctuated only by the occasional silhouette of a hawk circling above the Tostenson Wildlife Refuge Area. During the late autumn, the light turns a sharp, translucent gold, casting long shadows across the stubble of the harvest and revealing the true, vast scale of the Iowa plains.

Manly maintains a character forged by the insistent pulse of the railroad, an economic lifeline that historically dictated the rhythm of commerce and the growth of the grid. While the modern pace of life has shifted, the legacy of this iron artery remains visible in the architecture and the deliberate, pragmatic disposition of the residents. Life here is measured by the changing weather and the steady, cyclical demands of agriculture, rather than the frenetic urgency of larger centers. Those seeking a deeper connection to the local environment often travel toward the distant, wooded relief of Deer Creek Forest or toward the horizon where the faint suggestion of Pilot Knob breaks the flatness, yet the spirit of the place remains anchored in the quiet, literate civility of the local streets.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rock Island Caboose (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 170° S
Manly Caboose Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 111° E
Tostenson Wildlife Refuge Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 340° N
Shellrock Wildlife Management Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 093° E
Land of Two Waters (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 008° N
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 7.1 mi, 175° S
Elk Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 326° NW
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 7.9 mi, 177° S
Hanlontown Slough Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 8.1 mi, 281° W
Wildwood Park (Local Park) — 8.5 mi, 185° S
Elk Creek Marsh Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 9.1 mi, 319° NW
Worth County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.1 mi, 319° NW
Rancho Deluxe (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 177° S
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 180° S
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 180° S
Mason City Communit Theatre (Theatre) — 9.5 mi, 179° S
Harmony in Light (Public Artwork) — 9.6 mi, 180° S
Swensrud School Museum (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 356° N
Worth County Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 356° N
Cerro Gordo County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.7 mi, 249° W
Rice Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.2 mi, 294° NW
Clear Lake State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 218° SW
Rice Lake State Park (State Park) — 16.3 mi, 294° NW
Cedar Valley Memories Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 090° E
Myrtle Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 006° N
Watts Theater (Cinema) — 19.7 mi, 091° E
Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 22.1 mi, 266° W
Mall Cinema 7 Theatre (Cinema) — 28.4 mi, 344° N
Summerset Theater (Theatre) — 28.8 mi, 021° N
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 50.2 mi, 321° NW

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