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Olds Iowa Map

Explore Olds, 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 Olds, Iowa

How to Use This Olds, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.134191
Longitude	-91.544883
Population	192
Density	217.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	52647, 52659
Area Code	712
County Seat	Mount Pleasant
School District	WACO Community School District

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About Olds, Iowa

Olds is a locality in Henry County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 192. The population density is 217.4 people per km². Olds is located at 41.1342°N, 91.5449°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Olds is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 52647, 52659.

Olds unfolds across a vast, table-flat horizon where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 31.9 miles northwest of Burlington, IA (from Burlington, IA: bearing 315°T), and is situated 11.8 miles north of Mount Pleasant. The landscape around Olds consists of deep, dark soil meticulously divided into the geometric precision of corn and soybean fields that stretch until they blur into the hazy gray of the distant atmosphere. Williams Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth just a mile away, its presence marked by the denser growth of hardwoods that break the monotony of the open prairie. When the sun begins its descent, the light catches the dust motes above the tilled furrows, turning the expanse into a shimmering, amber-colored sea of grain that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the shadows lengthen.

History in Olds remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest and the quiet persistence of those who first broke this heavy sod. The economy functions with the steady, unshowy pulse of agricultural commerce, where every machine shed and grain elevator serves as a silent monument to a heritage built on endurance and seasonal labor. Residents find a brief respite from the labor of the fields at Foster Pond, where the water remains still enough to mirror the clouds, or venture toward the Sockum Ridge Park Trail to find the quietude of the woods. Life here operates with an understated civility, a place where the social fabric is woven from the shared knowledge of the soil and the long, solitary hours spent watching the seasons shift across the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Foster Pond (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 005° N
Fern Cliff (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 326° NW
Winfield Museum (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 095° E
Cairo Woods Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 064° NE
Maccoon Access (State Recreation Area) — 11.2 mi, 241° SW
Main Street Cinemas (Cinema) — 11.6 mi, 182° S
Ketchum Switch Recreation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 201° S
Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 181° S
Midwest Old Threshers Heritage Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 181° S
Conger House Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 328° NW
Metal Flower (Public Artwork) — 13.7 mi, 043° NE
Hoover Nature Trail (State Recreation Area) — 13.8 mi, 045° NE
Washington Community Center (Theatre) — 14.1 mi, 322° NW
Johnny Clock Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 230° SW
Lake Darling State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 282° W
Millrace Flats Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.5 mi, 074° E
Wapello Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.2 mi, 075° E
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.7 mi, 093° E · 24k acres
Geode State Park (State Park) — 22.2 mi, 160° S
Arts Center Theater (Theatre) — 23.3 mi, 250° W
Future Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 356° N
West Point Freedom Rock (Monument) — 29.2 mi, 170° S
Des Moines County Fair (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 139° SE
Chief Taimah Memorial Site (Monument) — 29.6 mi, 127° SE
Oquawka State Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 32.7 mi, 122° SE
Muscatine Art Center (Arts Centre) — 32.9 mi, 051° NE
Mark Twain Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 33.3 mi, 052° NE
Marcus Sycamore Cinema (Cinema) — 35.1 mi, 003° N
Iowa City Pedestrian Mall (Attraction) — 36.3 mi, 001° N
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.5 mi, 064° NE · 274k acres

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