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Packwood Iowa Map

Explore Packwood, 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 Packwood, Iowa

How to Use This Packwood, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.132794
Longitude	-92.082677
Population	183
Density	94.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52580
Area Code	712
County Seat	Fairfield
School District	Pekin Community School District

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About Packwood, Iowa

Packwood is a locality in Jefferson County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 183. The population density is 94.3 people per km². Packwood is located at 41.1328°N, 92.0827°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Packwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52580.

Packwood occupies a quiet expanse of the interior plains, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered across a landscape of disciplined, geometric rows. It lies 18.8 miles east-northeast of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 65°T), and is situated 10.6 miles northwest of Fairfield. The earth here is a dark, heavy loam, tilled with a precision that mirrors the orderly grid of the streets themselves. A mile to the west, Richland Creek carves a shallow, verdant path through the soil, its banks lined with the dense, gnarled silhouettes of native hardwoods that break the monotony of the open fields. During the late afternoon, the light in Packwood assumes a pale, honeyed quality, catching the dust kicked up from gravel roads and casting long, thin shadows that seem to anchor the buildings firmly into the deep black prairie soil.

Agricultural cycles dictate the cadence of life in Packwood, where the seasonal rhythm of planting and harvest serves as the primary pulse of the local economy. The heritage of the region remains rooted in the industrious spirit of settlers who favored these fertile stretches for their promise of sustenance and stability. Beyond the town limits, the landscape remains largely devoted to the cultivation of corn and soybeans, a practice that has defined the character of the inhabitants for generations. Those seeking a reprieve from the cultivated fields often find their way four miles to the Pool Wildlife Management Area, an expanse of preserved habitat that offers a glimpse of the region’s original, unvarnished character. While the nearest water of any significant scale remains ten miles distant at Reservoir Number Two, the true beauty of the locality resides in this quiet, expansive agrarian stillness.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pool Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 040° NE
Gobble Park (Local Park) — 4.6 mi, 220° SW
Gantz-Hewett Timber (Local Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 191° S
Johnson-Noel Buckeye Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 223° SW
South Skunk River Access (State Recreation Area) — 8.7 mi, 330° NW
Skunk River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 024° NE
Lake Darling State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 066° NE
Rubio Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.7 mi, 040° NE
Festival Hall (Theatre) — 10.0 mi, 143° SE
Dalby Hall (Rich and Gail Dalby Meeting Hall) (Theatre) — 10.0 mi, 143° SE
Jefferson County Park (Local Park) — 10.3 mi, 154° SE
The Art House (Public Artwork) — 10.9 mi, 147° SE
Dumonts' Museum of Dreamworld Collectibles (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 330° NW
Steam locomotive (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 246° SW
Iowa Heartland History Connection (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 246° SW
Johnny Clock Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 120° SE
Curtis King (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 264° W
What Cheer Brick School Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 323° NW
Airpower Museum Library (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 245° SW
Gone West Memorial (Monument) — 28.3 mi, 248° W
Lacey-Keosauqua State Park (State Park) — 28.4 mi, 171° S
Main Street Cinemas (Cinema) — 29.9 mi, 112° E
Brush and Barrel (Arts Centre) — 45.6 mi, 034° NE
Coral Ridge Ice Arena (Stadium) — 45.9 mi, 033° NE
Marcus Sycamore Cinema (Cinema) — 46.0 mi, 040° NE
Iowa City Pedestrian Mall (Attraction) — 46.2 mi, 038° NE
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.5 mi, 003° N · 24k acres
Klokkenspel (Attraction) — 47.2 mi, 294° NW
Cox-Snow Music Center (Arts Centre) — 47.3 mi, 293° NW
Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.7 mi, 150° SE · 10k acres

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