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Owasa Iowa Map

Explore Owasa, 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 Owasa, Iowa

How to Use This Owasa, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.433593
Longitude	-93.207147
Population	34
Density	23.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50126
Area Code	515
County Seat	Eldora
School District	Eldora-New Providence Community School District

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About Owasa, Iowa

Owasa is a locality in Hardin County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 34. The population density is 23.3 people per km². Owasa is located at 42.4336°N, 93.2071°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Owasa is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50126.

Owasa emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a quiet waypoint defined by the steady, persistent presence of Beaver Creek. It lies 30.6 miles north-northwest of Marshalltown, IA (from Marshalltown, IA: bearing 330°T), and is situated 6.5 miles south-southeast of Iowa Falls. The water carves a subtle, winding path through the heavy soil, nourishing the dark earth that defines the region’s character. Beyond the immediate banks, the landscape stretches into an infinite geometry of tilled fields, where the quality of light at dusk transforms the vast, open sky into a deep, bruised violet. While the distant silhouette of Mormon Ridge barely brushes the edge of perception, the local terrain remains defined by the rhythmic cycle of planting and harvest. For those who wander three miles to the Anders Wildlife Area, the land returns to a wilder, uncultivated state, offering a reprieve from the rigorous order of the surrounding soybean and corn rows.

Owasa maintains a pace dictated by the seasons and a heritage rooted in the industrious spirit of early settlers who recognized the value of this fertile basin. The economy remains tethered to the soil, with the community functioning as a vital component of the broader agricultural labor that sustains the plains. Life here moves with an unpretentious stability, far removed from the bustling intellectual currents found in distant university centers. Even the proximity of Gehrkes Lake, six miles away, serves as a quiet reminder of the water that sustains the regional ecosystem. In the stillness of a late afternoon, one might observe the deliberate, unhurried movements of neighbors tending to their chores, their lives synchronized with the slow, inevitable turning of the Iowa year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Anders Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 006° N
Parlina Pierce Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 058° NE
Eagle City Park (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 049° NE
Headquarters Segment (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 063° NE
Ruby Woodland (State Recreation Area) — 5.4 mi, 079° E
Mann Wilderness Area State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 068° E
Fallen Rock State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 112° E
Union Depot (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 337° NW
Iowa Falls Historical Museum - Sue Crotty Hisotrical Mueseum (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 335° NW
Dow House (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 334° NW
Iowa Falls Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 331° NW
Pine Lake State Park (State Park) — 7.4 mi, 126° SE
Civil War Statue (Public Artwork) — 7.5 mi, 132° SE
Grand Theatre (Cinema) — 7.5 mi, 132° SE
Eldora Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 128° SE
Ackley Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 043° NE
Radcliffe Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 235° SW
Franklin County Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 358° N
Beed's Lake State Park (State Park) — 23.1 mi, 357° N
Story City Carousel (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 229° SW
Fridley Theatres Plaza 9 (Cinema) — 32.6 mi, 152° SE
Acorn Music Hall (Theatre) — 33.8 mi, 218° SW
Octagon Center for the Arts (Gallery) — 35.0 mi, 216° SW
Ames City Auditorium (Theatre) — 35.1 mi, 217° SW
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 35.8 mi, 221° SW
Elwood the Gnome (Attraction) — 36.7 mi, 217° SW
McElroy Communication Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 42.1 mi, 061° NE
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.0 mi, 133° SE · 24k acres
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.5 mi, 185° S · 12k acres

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