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Melbourne Iowa Map

Explore Melbourne, 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 Melbourne, Iowa

How to Use This Melbourne, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.941377
Longitude	-93.103257
Population	786
Density	574.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50162
Area Code	515
County Seat	Marshalltown
School District	West Marshall Community School District

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About Melbourne, Iowa

Melbourne is a locality in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 786. The population density is 574.8 people per km². Melbourne is located at 41.9414°N, 93.1033°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Melbourne is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50162.

Melbourne emerges from the vast, dark-soiled plains of Iowa as a collection of quiet roofs and grain silos rising against an immense, cloud-swept sky. It lies 12.5 miles southwest of Marshalltown, IA (from Marshalltown, IA: bearing 233°T), and is situated 16.9 miles north of Newton. The horizon stretches in every direction across fields of corn and soybeans, where the earth is tilled into precise, rhythmic furrows that catch the golden, slanting light of late afternoon. Snipe Creek meanders through the lowlands just two miles away, its presence marked by thin lines of willow and cottonwood that break the monotony of the open expanse. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Mormon Ridge shadows the distance, serving as a reminder of the rugged, ancient geology that shaped this central corridor. Those seeking a closer communion with the local flora often traverse the Heart of Iowa Nature Trail, a slender artery of gravel and grass that traces the path of former rail lines through the quiet prairie expanse.

Melbourne maintains the steady, unadorned character of a settlement built upon the cycles of planting and harvest, where the economy remains deeply rooted in the productivity of the surrounding black soil. The town functions as a focal point for the regional agricultural life, where the heritage of early settlers—those who brought their industrious spirit to these fertile plains—still informs the civic temperament. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, marked by the mechanical hum of machinery during the autumn gathering and the profound, snow-muffled silence of the winter months. While the nearby Hendrickson Marsh Lake offers a rare, still reflection of the sky, the true spirit of Melbourne resides in the shared, literate civility of its residents and their quiet dedication to the land. This is a place where the scale of the landscape dwarfs human ambition, leaving the inhabitants to find their own measure of beauty in the turning of the soil and the vast, unobstructed heavens.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Heart of Iowa Nature Trail (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 287° W
Van Cleve County Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 096° E
Wickersham Forest Management Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 051° NE
Rhodes Timber (Local Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 267° W
The Depot (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 331° NW
Hendrickson Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 268° W
Colo Wetland Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 304° NW
Marshalltown Sofrball Complex (Local Recreation) — 10.9 mi, 054° NE
Fridley Theatres Plaza 9 (Cinema) — 11.2 mi, 062° NE
Reed-Niland Corner (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 298° NW
Marshall County Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 053° NE
Weatherbee School Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 053° NE
Capitol II (Cinema) — 16.9 mi, 171° S
Fred Maytag Bowl (Theatre) — 17.6 mi, 172° S
HA Lynn Football Stadium (Stadium) — 17.6 mi, 173° S
Newton Community Theatre (Theatre) — 17.6 mi, 168° S
Jasper County Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 175° S
Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 17.8 mi, 138° SE
Union Grove State Park (State Park) — 22.9 mi, 055° NE
Jacob Krumm Ahrens Access (Nature Reserve) — 23.1 mi, 135° SE
Jacob Krumm East Access (Nature Reserve) — 23.3 mi, 134° SE
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.1 mi, 198° S · 12k acres
Erickson Park Monument (Monument) — 25.4 mi, 308° NW
Billy Sunday Birthplace Rock (Monument) — 26.0 mi, 280° W
H.L. Munn Memorial (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 283° W
AASOE Site (Public Artwork) — 26.7 mi, 283° W
Octagon Center for the Arts (Gallery) — 26.8 mi, 283° W
Elwood the Gnome (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 280° W
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.6 mi, 195° S · 12k acres

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