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Orleans Iowa Map

Explore Orleans, 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 Orleans, Iowa

How to Use This Orleans, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	43.452724
Longitude	-95.085873
Population	521
Density	178.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	52572, 51360
Area Code	712, 563
County Seat	Centerville
School District	Spirit Lake Community School District

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About Orleans, Iowa

Orleans is a locality in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 521. The population density is 178.5 people per km². Orleans is located at 43.4527°N, 95.0859°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Orleans is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 52572, 51360.

Orleans anchors itself upon a vast, terrestrial expanse where the horizon draws a taut line across the flat, fertile midsection of the continent. It lies 24.1 miles south-southwest of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 212°T), and is situated 11.4 miles east of Centerville. The landscape surrounding Orleans is defined by a rigorous geometry of tilled soil, where the dark, loamy earth yields to the seasonal cycle of corn and soybean rows that stretch until they blur into a singular, verdant shimmer. A mile to the east, the quiet progress of South Fox Creek cuts a narrow, winding artery through the fields, its banks often obscured by the dense, tangled undergrowth of native brush. On the distant western periphery, the faint, hazy silhouette of White Oak Ridge suggests a tectonic ambition far removed from the immediate, leveled serenity of the prairie floor, while the quality of light at dusk—a bruised, golden violet—seems to press the very breath from the wide sky.

Orleans preserves a quiet, unshowy lineage, a reflection of the settlers who arrived with the industrious habits of Northern Europe and turned the tallgrass prairie into a productive engine of agriculture. The economy remains tethered to this soil, a disciplined trade in grain and harvest that dictates the deliberate, steady pace of local life. Five miles away, the Sedan Bottoms Wildlife Management Area serves as a necessary sanctuary, a place where the wilder, unruly character of the land asserts itself against the encroaching order of the plow. Beyond the agricultural rhythm, the town maintains a literate, modest civility, characterized by the persistent, unremarkable work of families who have spent generations navigating the same weather-beaten roads. Those who travel further afield might seek the waters of Old Channel, yet the true spirit of Orleans remains firmly planted in the black dirt, where the silence of the plains is interrupted only by the rustle of dry stalks or the distant, rhythmic hum of machinery.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dickinson County Trail (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 286° W
Orleans Access (State Recreation Area) — 0.6 mi, 229° SW
Spirit Lake Outlet County Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 230° SW
Hales Slough Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 025° NE
Spring Run Wetland Complex (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 156° SE
Spirit Lake Access (State Recreation Area) — 1.7 mi, 286° W
Templar State Recreation Area (State Park) — 1.8 mi, 286° W
Jemmerson Slough Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 237° SW
Spring Run Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 142° SE
Dickinson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 142° SE
Elinor Bedell State Park (State Park) — 2.5 mi, 164° S
Jackson County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 3.5 mi, 344° N
Pearson Lakes Art Center (Arts Centre) — 4.5 mi, 208° SW
Okoboji Summer Theatre (Theatre) — 4.6 mi, 208° SW
Ranch Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 4.6 mi, 204° SW
Loon Lake Cemetery (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 355° N
Higgins Museum (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 207° SW
Arnolds Park Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 203° SW
Iowa Rock N Roll Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 203° SW
Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 203° SW
Spirit Lake Massacre Monument (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 204° SW
Bike Monument (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 220° SW
Clark Museum of Area History (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 206° SW
Milford Pioneer Theatre (Cinema) — 9.5 mi, 200° S
Ringham Habitat Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 10.7 mi, 090° E
Estherville Rock Garden (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 107° E
Southpark 7 Theatres (Cinema) — 22.7 mi, 189° S
Des Moines River SNA (Nature Reserve) — 23.5 mi, 359° N
Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 29.9 mi, 133° SE
Wild Rose Casino and Resort (Attraction) — 31.6 mi, 137° SE

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