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Ottosen Iowa Map

Explore Ottosen, 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 Ottosen, Iowa

How to Use This Ottosen, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.89497
Longitude	-94.37997
Population	40
Density	31.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50570
Area Code	319
County Seat	Dakota City
School District	Twin Rivers Community School District

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About Ottosen, Iowa

Ottosen is a locality in Humboldt County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 40. The population density is 31.8 people per km². Ottosen is located at 42.8950°N, 94.3800°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ottosen is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50570.

Ottosen emerges from the vast, planar expanse of north-central Iowa, where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a wire pulled across the sky. It lies 29.5 miles north-northwest of Fort Dodge, IA (from Fort Dodge, IA: bearing 339°T), and is situated 14.2 miles south-southwest of Algona. The landscape around Ottosen is defined by the profound stillness of the tallgrass prairie, preserved in the delicate, swaying stalks of Banwart Prairie, which occupies the local earth with a quiet, unyielding persistence. Trulner Creek snakes through the low-lying terrain just a short distance away, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish patience that mirrors the slow turn of the seasons. In the amber glow of a late October dusk, the light catches the fine dust rising from the fields, casting a pale, bruised violet hue over the soil that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has retreated.

History in Ottosen remains rooted in the labor of the soil and the legacy of settlers who arrived to break the stubborn, black loam. The local economy persists as a quiet dialogue between the farmer and the climate, with corn and soybeans serving as the primary language spoken across the endless, tilled grid. While the bustle of larger centers feels distant, life here moves with a focused, methodical gravity, shaped by the practical needs of grain elevators and the steady, rhythmic maintenance of rural infrastructure. Travelers seeking the blue expanse of Lizard Lake must venture sixteen miles away, leaving Ottosen to its own solitary, internal hum, where the sound of the wind through the grasses is often the only thing that breaks the profound silence of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Banwart Prairie (Local Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 266° W
Miller's Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 255° W
Ottosen Potholes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 159° S
Hams Access (State Recreation Area) — 5.1 mi, 231° SW
West Bend Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 323° NW
Three Rivers Trail (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 200° S
Willows Access (State Recreation Area) — 6.6 mi, 200° S
Bradgate Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 187° S
Lotts Creek (Local Park) — 9.2 mi, 102° E
Ambrose A. Call State Park (State Park) — 12.4 mi, 031° NE
Camp Algona POW Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 031° NE
Kossuth County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 031° NE
Kossuth Lajos (Public Artwork) — 14.0 mi, 031° NE
Poduska Farm (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 235° SW
Humboldt County Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 141° SE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.5 mi, 059° NE · 12k acres
Wild Rose Casino and Resort (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 317° NW
Robert Emmet Statue (Monument) — 21.2 mi, 315° NW
Lone Rock (Attraction) — 22.6 mi, 007° N
Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 22.7 mi, 323° NW
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.8 mi, 027° NE · 5,668 acres
Hawkeye Community Theater (Theatre) — 28.3 mi, 159° S
Eagle Grove War Memorial (Monument) — 29.0 mi, 123° SE
MIA-POW Display (Monument) — 29.4 mi, 036° NE
Twin Lakes State Park (State Park) — 30.7 mi, 204° SW
Boneyard Hollow (Attraction) — 37.6 mi, 156° SE
Copperas Beds (Attraction) — 38.3 mi, 157° SE
Southpark 7 Theatres (Cinema) — 42.5 mi, 293° NW
Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 45.1 mi, 055° NE
J. Leslie Rollins Stadium (Stadium) — 45.6 mi, 247° SW

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