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Oak Hills Iowa Map

Explore Oak Hills, 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 Oak Hills, Iowa

How to Use This Oak Hills, Iowa Map

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

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	Oak Hills
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Des Moines County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.760317
Longitude	-91.147955
Population	186
Density	63.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	52601
Area Code	712
County Seat	Burlington
School District	Burlington Community School District

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About Oak Hills, Iowa

Oak Hills is a locality in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 186. The population density is 63.6 people per km². Oak Hills is located at 40.7603°N, 91.1480°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 52601.

Oak Hills rises from the vast, tilled expanse of the Iowa prairie where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that shifts from bruised violet to pale amber by twilight. It lies 3.7 miles south-southwest of Burlington, IA (from Burlington, IA: bearing 209°T), and is situated 4.5 miles south of West Burlington. The landscape around Oak Hills is defined by the steady work of the seasons, where the soil holds a dark, heavy richness and the wind carries the dry scent of drying corn stalks. A mile from the center, the quiet canopy of Hunt Woods offers a refuge of oak and hickory, while the nearby waters of Spring Creek cut a narrow, reed-lined path through the silt. Toward the west, the distant elevation of Gittings Mound marks the edge of the view, a subtle rise against the immense, open plains that define the local geography.

Oak Hills remains a place of quiet industry, grounded in the seasonal rhythms of soybean planting and the mechanical hum of harvest that dictates the pace of the calendar. The town reflects a heritage of Scandinavian and German settlement, visible in the solid, unadorned architecture of its storefronts and the pragmatic civility of its inhabitants. Residents often look toward the nearby depression of Mooney Pocket or visit the edges of Patterson Lake to find a moment of stillness away from the machinery of the fields. The economy continues to turn on the cultivation of the earth, a cycle that has persisted for generations, leaving the people of Oak Hills with a grounded, literate sensibility that values the slow maturation of both crops and character.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hunt Woods (Local Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 302° NW
Blackhawk Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 168° S
Crapo Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 062° NE
Dankwardt Memorial Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 057° NE
Burlington Regional Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 2.9 mi, 349° N
Skunk River Access (Local Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 197° S
Mississippi River - Drew Chute (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 062° NE
Art Display (Public Artwork) — 3.9 mi, 341° N
Little Theater (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 340° N
Des Moines County Fair (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 339° N
Fire Bell (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 034° NE
Snake Alley (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 032° NE
Garrett-Phelps House Museum (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 032° NE
Heritage Center Museum (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 033° NE
Starr's Cave State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 006° N
Ellison Creek Prairie (Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 081° E
Eisenmayer Sand Prairie Natural Heritage Landmark (Nature Reserve) — 7.4 mi, 082° E
Chief Taimah Memorial Site (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 020° N
Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.0 mi, 038° NE
Oquawka State Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 11.2 mi, 040° NE
Zion School Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 339° N
Geode State Park (State Park) — 12.5 mi, 297° NW
CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 224° SW
ATSF Depot (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 224° SW
Henderson County Historical Society (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 105° E
Dover Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 310° NW
Ellison (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 20.0 mi, 088° E
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.4 mi, 008° N · 24k acres
Main Street Cinemas (Cinema) — 25.5 mi, 304° NW
Great River Gallery (Gallery) — 27.9 mi, 207° SW

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