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Orchard Iowa Map

Explore Orchard, 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 Orchard, Iowa

How to Use This Orchard, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	43.227473
Longitude	-92.772138
Population	68
Density	259.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50460
Area Code	515
County Seat	Osage
School District	Osage Community School District

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About Orchard, Iowa

Orchard is a locality in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 68. The population density is 259.9 people per km². Orchard is located at 43.2275°N, 92.7721°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Orchard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50460.

Orchard defines itself through the steady, patient rhythm of the Iowa plains, where the horizon stretches wide under a sky that feels vast and unburdened by artifice. It lies 22.2 miles east-northeast of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 77°T), and is situated 4.4 miles south-southeast of Osage. Spring Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the landscape, its banks lined with tall grasses that sway in the persistent midwestern breeze. Beyond the tilled fields that radiate outward in shades of ochre and deep emerald, the terrain remains largely open, characterized by the subtle, rhythmic swells of earth that define this stretch of the state. During the golden hour of late afternoon, the light catches the dust motes above the soybean rows, casting a soft, amber glow that renders the mundane geometry of the farmland into something momentarily profound.

Orchard maintains a legacy of agricultural endurance, rooted in the labor of those who first broke the prairie sod to organize the soil for grain and feed. While the local economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest, the character of the place is marked by a quiet, literate civility that persists in the routine of the daily post or the brief exchanges at the grain elevator. Residents often look toward Seter's Landing for a moment of respite in the natural landscape, finding a different sort of solitude there than one might experience near the more distant and dense canopy of Claybanks Forest. Even the mention of the Cedar River Greenbelt Trail to the south serves as a reminder of the interconnectedness of these plains, where the quietude of Orchard is not an isolation, but a deliberate choice to live in alignment with the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Seter's Landing (Local Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 209° SW
Slough Creek (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 129° SE
T-38 Access (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 312° NW
Idlewild Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 180° S
Restoration Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 135° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 329° NW
Watts Theater (Cinema) — 4.3 mi, 334° NW
Cedar Valley Memories Museum (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 321° NW
Pioneer State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.0 mi, 030° NE
Floyd County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 158° S
Saint Ansgar Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 325° NW
Marble Rock Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 195° S
Pioneer Kitchen Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 195° S
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 21.3 mi, 262° W
Manly Caboose Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 281° W
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 21.6 mi, 260° W
Rancho Deluxe (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 257° W
Rock Island Caboose (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 280° W
Mason City Communit Theatre (Theatre) — 22.2 mi, 256° W
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 257° W
Harmony in Light (Public Artwork) — 22.3 mi, 256° W
Lake Louise State Park (State Park) — 23.5 mi, 030° NE
Summerset Theater (Theatre) — 32.9 mi, 340° N
Forestville Mystery Cave State Park (State Park) — 35.4 mi, 040° NE
McElroy Communication Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 37.5 mi, 157° SE
Palace Theater (Cinema) — 37.9 mi, 156° SE
Niagara Cave (Attraction) — 41.1 mi, 061° NE
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.7 mi, 076° E · 2,440 acres

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