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Marble Rock Iowa Map

Explore Marble Rock, 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 Marble Rock, Iowa

How to Use This Marble Rock, Iowa Map

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

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	Marble Rock
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Floyd County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.965249
Longitude	-92.868528
Population	271
Density	125.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50653
Area Code	319
County Seat	Charles City
School District	Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock Community School District

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About Marble Rock, Iowa

Marble Rock is a locality in Floyd County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 271. The population density is 125.8 people per km². Marble Rock is located at 42.9652°N, 92.8685°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Marble Rock is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50653.

Marble Rock anchors itself to the quiet, persistent curve of the Shell Rock River, where the water glides over limestone shelves with a low, rhythmic murmur that defines the local cadence. It lies 21.2 miles southeast of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 128°T), and is situated 12.1 miles southwest of Charles City. The landscape surrounding Marble Rock unfolds in a vast, measured geometry of tilled soil, where the dark, rich earth of the plains meets a horizon unbroken by anything as dramatic as a peak, though the distant elevation of Fort Sumter Rock provides a faint, suggestive ripple against the sky. Sunlight here possesses a particular clarity, catching the pale, weathered limestone that gives the locale its name and casting long, golden shadows across the fields of corn and soybeans that stretch toward the horizon. A mile away, the quiet woods of Ackley Creek Park offer a refuge of dense shade and tangled undergrowth, a stark, wild contrast to the orderly, sun-drenched rows of the surrounding agricultural expanse.

Pioneers arrived in the mid-nineteenth century to harness the power of the Shell Rock River, establishing mills that would eventually give way to the steady, quiet industry of a regional farming hub. The economy of Marble Rock remains deeply tethered to the cycles of the seasons, reflecting a heritage of German and Scandinavian settlers who valued a sturdy, literate civility and a disciplined approach to the land. While the pace of life remains slow, marked by the changing colors of the crops and the migration of birds through the nearby trees, there is a persistent, underlying industriousness in how the residents manage their trade and maintain their homes. The atmosphere is one of deliberate calm, where the history of the settlement is felt not in grand monuments, but in the enduring, unpretentious quality of the architecture and the neighborly recognition that persists even as the modern world turns faster elsewhere.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pioneer Kitchen Museum (Museum) — 0.0 mi, 103° E
Marble Rock Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 0.0 mi, 096° E
Ackley Creek Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 201° S
Cedar Hills (Local Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 226° SW
Gates Bridge Access (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 158° S
Koebrick Wildlife (Local Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 063° NE
Butler County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 146° SE
Fossil & Prairie Park State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 322° NW
Floyd County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 055° NE
West Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 217° SW
West Fork Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.1 mi, 216° SW
Dumont Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 199° S
Dumont Area Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 200° S
Chickasaw County Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 091° E
Rancho Deluxe (Attraction) — 20.9 mi, 309° NW
Mason City Communit Theatre (Theatre) — 21.0 mi, 307° NW
Harmony in Light (Public Artwork) — 21.0 mi, 307° NW
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 21.2 mi, 308° NW
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 21.8 mi, 311° NW
Watts Theater (Cinema) — 22.2 mi, 008° N
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 22.2 mi, 313° NW
Beed's Lake State Park (State Park) — 22.8 mi, 234° SW
McElroy Communication Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 25.6 mi, 130° SE
Neumann Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.6 mi, 130° SE
Palace Theater (Cinema) — 26.1 mi, 129° SE
Clear Lake State Park (State Park) — 28.1 mi, 291° W
Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 44.1 mi, 298° NW
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.2 mi, 059° NE · 2,440 acres
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.8 mi, 274° W · 12k acres

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