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McClelland Iowa Map

Explore McClelland, 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 McClelland, Iowa

How to Use This McClelland, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.32944
Longitude	-95.683896
Population	146
Density	206.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51548
Area Code	641
County Seat	Council Bluffs
School District	Underwood Community School District

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About McClelland, Iowa

McClelland is a locality in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 146. The population density is 206.5 people per km². McClelland is located at 41.3294°N, 95.6839°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. McClelland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51548.

McClelland occupies a quiet stretch of earth where the horizon is defined by the steady, rhythmic rise and fall of tilled fields. It lies 10.3 miles east-northeast of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 63°T), and is situated 14.1 miles east-northeast of Omaha. Little Keg Creek carves a shallow, determined path through the dark, loamy soil, its banks providing a narrow green ribbon that breaks the relentless geometry of corn and soybean rows. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, casting long shadows that stretch across the prairie until the land seems to dissolve into the deepening gray of the western sky. While the Loess Hills rise with dramatic intent toward the west, the immediate terrain around McClelland remains grounded in the practical, quiet labor of the plains, where the air smells faintly of turned earth and the persistent, dry rustle of drying stalks.

Agriculture remains the pulse of the local economy, a legacy of the settlers who first measured these acres in sections and quarter-sections. The identity of McClelland is tied to this agrarian heritage, reflecting a stoic, unshowy civility that values the reliability of the harvest over the vanity of grand landmarks. Those seeking the stillness of the natural world often venture five miles to the Smith Wildlife Management Area, where the native grasses offer a glimpse of the landscape as it existed before the plow. Life in McClelland moves at the pace of the seasons, a deliberate, measured existence that finds its own beauty in the stark, honest clarity of the Iowa plains and the quiet endurance of those who work them.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Smith Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 249° W
Great Plains Wing Museum (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 220° SW
Word of Honor (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 152° SE
Treynor High School Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 7.9 mi, 150° SE
Arrowhead Park (Local Park) — 8.5 mi, 031° NE
Lewis and Clark Monument Park (Viewpoint) — 9.2 mi, 259° W
Kinsman Monument (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 246° SW
Angel of Death Statue (Black Angel) (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 244° SW
Squirrel Nest (Public Artwork) — 10.0 mi, 241° SW
Union Pacific Railroad Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 241° SW
Historic Squirrel Cage Jail (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 240° SW
Hitchcock Nature Area (Local Park) — 10.0 mi, 301° NW
RailsWest Railroad Museum (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 237° SW
Council Bluffs Riverfront (State Recreation Area) — 10.6 mi, 252° W
Wabash Trace Nature Trail (State Recreation Area) — 11.8 mi, 188° S
Ship Propellers (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 252° W
Lake Manawa State Park (State Park) — 11.8 mi, 224° SW
Missles (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 252° W
Old Plane (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 252° W
Gifford Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 219° SW
Ruth Sokolof Theater (Cinema) — 13.7 mi, 251° W
Old Market Artists Gallery (Gallery) — 13.8 mi, 248° W
The Nature Conservancy (Nature Reserve) — 13.8 mi, 247° SW
Kaneko (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 248° W
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.0 mi, 294° NW · 7,936 acres
Great Plains Black History Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 256° W
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.6 mi, 308° NW · 16k acres
Prairie Rose State Park (State Park) — 29.9 mi, 051° NE

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