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Otho Iowa Map

Explore Otho, 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 Otho, Iowa

How to Use This Otho, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.424694
Longitude	-94.150237
Population	429
Density	373.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50569
Area Code	319
County Seat	Fort Dodge
School District	Fort Dodge Community School District

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About Otho, Iowa

Otho is a locality in Webster County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 429. The population density is 373.9 people per km². Otho is located at 42.4247°N, 94.1502°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Otho is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50569.

Otho occupies a quiet expanse of the Iowa plains, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that feels immense and unburdened. It lies 5.1 miles south of Fort Dodge, IA (from Fort Dodge, IA: bearing 170°T), and is situated 17.3 miles west of Webster City. The landscape is defined by the steady, fertile rhythm of tilled earth, where fields of corn and soybeans create a textured mosaic of deep greens and drying gold that shifts with the turn of the seasons. Prairie Creek carves a thin, vital line through the terrain just a mile away, its banks offering a sliver of wilder, riparian growth amidst the cultivated grid. Though the distant, hazy blue of Frankel Ridge sits thirty-five miles off on the periphery of vision, the immediate geography remains defined by the intimate, sheltered woodlands of Woodman Hollow State Preserve, where the air holds a cooler, damp scent of leaf mold and shadowed earth.

Otho remains rooted in the industrious, agricultural heritage that first brought settlers to these interior prairies, drawing strength from a legacy of resilience and modest self-reliance. While the regional economy remains tied to the cycles of harvest and the patient management of the soil, the pace of daily life is marked by an unshowy, literate civility. Residents might find their respite a few miles out, whether walking the Fort Dodge Nature Trail or observing the stillness of the landscape toward the direction of Deception Hollow. There is a particular quality to the light here at dusk, a soft, honeyed glow that seems to linger on the grain elevators and silos, grounding Otho in a sense of permanence that favors the quiet observer over the restless traveler.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Woodman Hollow State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 091° E
Holiday Creek Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 051° NE
Dolliver Memorial State Park (State Park) — 3.7 mi, 132° SE
Liska-Stanek Prairie State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 259° W
Boneyard Hollow (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 116° SE
Copperas Beds (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 131° SE
Oleson Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 347° N
Riverfront South Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 338° N
Curious Kids' Museum (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 354° N
Bob Hay Memorial Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 316° NW
Blanden Memorial Art Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 342° N
Freedom Rock (Public Artwork) — 6.0 mi, 331° NW
Brushy Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 086° E
Hawkeye Community Theater (Theatre) — 6.2 mi, 344° N
Gowrie Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 216° SW
Vintage Iron Antiques Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 133° SE
"twister Hill" (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 151° SE
Humboldt County Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 354° N
Eagle Grove War Memorial (Monument) — 20.8 mi, 037° NE
Founders Rock (Monument) — 23.6 mi, 152° SE
Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 23.8 mi, 152° SE
Twin Lakes State Park (State Park) — 24.5 mi, 280° W
Rail Explorers: Boone, IA (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 152° SE
Lindsey Memorial (Monument) — 30.5 mi, 202° S
Lake City Capri Theater (Cinema) — 31.7 mi, 250° W
North Grand Cinema (Cinema) — 37.5 mi, 134° SE
Lush Auditorium (Theatre) — 37.6 mi, 136° SE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.9 mi, 004° N · 12k acres
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.7 mi, 359° N · 5,668 acres

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