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Miles Iowa Map

Explore Miles, 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 Miles, Iowa

How to Use This Miles, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.048357
Longitude	-90.315686
Population	408
Density	124.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52064
Area Code	712
County Seat	Maquoketa
School District	Easton Valley Community School District

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About Miles, Iowa

Miles is a locality in Jackson County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 408. The population density is 124.6 people per km². Miles is located at 42.0484°N, 90.3157°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Miles is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52064.

Miles occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa landscape, defined by the persistent, winding presence of the Elk River that flows through the terrain. It lies 15.5 miles north-northwest of Clinton, IA (from Clinton, IA: bearing 335°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-southwest of Savanna. The horizon remains wide and open, characterized by vast, undulating fields of corn and soybeans that shift in color from deep emerald to harvest gold under the changing Midwestern light. Beyond the immediate tilled earth, the land occasionally rises into subtle swells, suggesting the distant, hazy silhouettes of Terrapin Ridge far to the west. The air here holds a crisp, earthen clarity, especially during the long, amber hours of dusk when the shadows stretch thin and precise across the fallow soil.

Agriculture serves as the enduring pulse of Miles, anchoring a local economy that remains deeply tethered to the seasonal rhythms of the surrounding plains. The town carries the weight of a settlement founded on the steady labor of those who cleared the prairie, leaving behind a legacy of pragmatic, unshowy industry. Residents often seek respite in the nearby McNeil Nature Preserve, where the natural world is allowed a brief, protected reclamation of the landscape, or they find a slower pace of travel along the Jackson County Recreational Trail. Life in Miles persists with a deliberate, quiet civility, favoring the reliability of the harvest and the simple, persistent connection to the land over the frantic pace of more crowded regions.

Nearby Outdoor Places

McNeil Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 284° W
Dalton Pond Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 254° W
Camp Miss-Elk-Ton (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 115° SE
Copper Creek Trail (State Recreation Area) — 4.8 mi, 279° W
Jackson County Recreation Trail (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 320° NW
Goose Lake (Clinton) Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 221° SW
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 6.9 mi, 011° N
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.9 mi, 015° N · 274k acres
Savanna Train Car Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 070° E
Savanna Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 065° NE
Havencrest Castle (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 069° E
Green Island Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 003° N · 3,776 acres
Indian Head Rock (Viewpoint) — 9.6 mi, 059° NE
Historic ruins (Historic Ruins) — 9.7 mi, 058° NE
Pleasant Creek Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.5 mi, 345° N
Bellevue State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 341° N
Heritage Canyon (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 147° SE
Elijah Buell Memorial (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 149° SE
Lime Kiln (Historic Ruins) — 15.1 mi, 337° NW
Living, Flowing, Ever Changing (Public Artwork) — 15.2 mi, 339° N
Delmar Depot Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 258° W
Great River Gallery (Gallery) — 15.4 mi, 339° N
Bellevue War Memorial (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 339° N
Clinton Show Boat (Theatre) — 15.5 mi, 154° SE
Jackson County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 275° W
Point Rock (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 078° E
Clinton Engines Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 274° W
Princess Mine Algific Slope (Nature Reserve) — 18.3 mi, 347° N
Rice Algific Slope (Nature Reserve) — 19.4 mi, 350° N
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.5 mi, 305° NW · 2,440 acres

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