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Murray Iowa Map

Explore Murray, 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 Murray, Iowa

How to Use This Murray, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.04166
Longitude	-93.949392
Population	684
Density	330.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50174
Area Code	515
County Seat	Osceola
School District	Murray Community School District

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About Murray, Iowa

Murray is a locality in Clarke County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 684. The population density is 330.1 people per km². Murray is located at 41.0417°N, 93.9494°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Murray is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50174.

Murray emerges from the vast, dark-soiled expanse of the Iowa prairie as a collection of rooftops and grain silos rising against an immense, unblinking sky. It lies 29.9 miles southwest of Indianola, IA (from Indianola, IA: bearing 223°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west of Osceola. The horizon stretches thin and flat in every direction, broken only by the deliberate geometry of corn and soybean fields that drink the summer rain and turn a deep, heavy green. A mile to the east, the quiet ribbon of Sevenmile Creek cuts a shallow, meandering path through the earth, its banks shaded by thickets of cottonwood and willow that catch the golden, slanting light of late afternoon. Beyond the immediate fields, the earth maintains a steady, rhythmic swell, a subtle topography that holds the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped behind the western fences.

Murray maintains a quiet, industrious pulse, anchored by the cycles of the harvest and the steady movement of heavy machinery along the grid of gravel roads. The settlement bears the quiet weight of its agricultural heritage, where the labor of the day is measured in bushels and the slow accumulation of seasonal change. Just a mile away, Murray Roadside Park offers a modest pause for the traveler, a sliver of green space that serves as a waypoint in the vast, open country. Life here feels tied to the land’s patient endurance, a steady persistence that finds its own small, local gravity. Six miles to the west, the waters of West Lake sit still and gray under the morning mist, serving as a silent witness to the generations who have worked this soil and built their lives in the shadow of the tall grass.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Murray Roadside Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 175° S
Coyote Canyon Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 045° NE
Thayer Lake County Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 258° W
Talmage Hill Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 264° W
The Mormon Trail / Utopian Experiments in Southern Iowa (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 104° E
Osceola Statue (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 095° E
Sand Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 197° S
Dekalb Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 166° S
Stephens State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 18.1 mi, 105° E
John Wayne (Public Artwork) — 20.4 mi, 351° N
Green Valley State Park (State Park) — 22.3 mi, 283° W
Union County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 22.5 mi, 271° W
Decatur County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 153° SE
Statue of Liberty (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 153° SE
Lake Ahquabi State Park (State Park) — 24.5 mi, 048° NE
Oxbow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 27.0 mi, 169° S
Warren County Historical Museum (Museum) — 29.1 mi, 041° NE
Painted Pony (Gallery) — 29.9 mi, 042° NE
Carver Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 30.0 mi, 041° NE
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 30.0 mi, 042° NE
Adair County Historical Museum (Museum) — 32.6 mi, 304° NW
Lucas County Museum (Museum) — 32.9 mi, 093° E
Kline Museum (Museum) — 34.5 mi, 268° W
Williamson School Museum (Museum) — 36.3 mi, 085° E
Blue Zoo (Aquarium) — 36.9 mi, 012° N
Funny Bone Comedy Club (Theatre) — 36.9 mi, 013° N
Giraffe Feeding (Attraction) — 37.1 mi, 027° NE
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.2 mi, 045° NE · 12k acres
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.4 mi, 046° NE · 12k acres

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