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Parkersburg Iowa Map

Explore Parkersburg, 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 Parkersburg, Iowa

How to Use This Parkersburg, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.57748
Longitude	-92.786863
Population	2,015
Density	539.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50665
Area Code	319
County Seat	Allison
School District	Aplington-Parkersburg Community School District

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About Parkersburg, Iowa

Parkersburg is a locality in Butler County, Iowa, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,015. The population density is 539.2 people per km². Parkersburg is located at 42.5775°N, 92.7869°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Parkersburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50665.

Parkersburg rises from the flat, industrious quilt of the Iowa prairie, defined by the steady, unassuming presence of Beaver Creek as it carves a path through the rich, dark soil. It lies 17.7 miles west-northwest of Cedar Falls, IA (from Cedar Falls, IA: bearing 281°T), and is situated 18.9 miles west-southwest of Waverly. The landscape surrounding Parkersburg stretches toward the horizon in a vast, geometric grid of corn and soybean fields, interrupted only by the occasional shelterbelt of trees or the quiet expanse of Beaver Meadows County Park. In the late afternoon, the light here loses its sharp, mid-day edge, casting a long, amber glow that illuminates the dust motes dancing above the furrows and turns the muted green of the crops into something deep and verdant. Far to the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Mormon Ridge suggests a world beyond the immediate, flattened expanse of the plains, though here the earth remains resolutely level, favoring the quiet gravity of the horizon over the drama of elevation.

History in Parkersburg is measured in the resilience of its people and the rhythmic cycles of an economy tethered to the fertility of the land. The community functions with an unshowy, literate civility, where the legacy of early settlers is reflected in the sturdy, red-brick architecture and the methodical care given to every fence line and storefront. While the pace of life remains tethered to the harvest, there is a quiet intellectual curiosity beneath the surface, a subtle appreciation for the stillness found on the banks of Beaver Creek or during a drive toward the waters of Lake Considine. Parkersburg carries its story not in grand monuments, but in the persistent, daily labor of those who cultivate the ground, maintaining a steady, grounded existence that finds its own particular beauty in the repetition of the seasons and the wide, cloud-swept sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Beaver Meadows County Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 359° N
Big Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 000° N
West Fork Access (Local Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 059° NE
Lower West Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 058° NE
Grundy County Lake (Local Park) — 10.5 mi, 139° SE
South Fork Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 224° SW
Ackley Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 263° W
Fall's Access (State Recreation Area) — 14.6 mi, 089° E
Dumont Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 322° NW
Dumont Area Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 322° NW
Overman Park (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 099° E
Cedar Falls Historical Society (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 099° E
Iowa Band Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 099° E
George Wyth State Park (State Park) — 18.2 mi, 100° E
McElroy Communication Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 18.6 mi, 056° NE
Dancing St. Francis (Public Artwork) — 18.6 mi, 056° NE
Neumann Auditorium (Theatre) — 18.7 mi, 056° NE
Bremer County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 057° NE
Pine Lake State Park (State Park) — 18.9 mi, 225° SW
Palace Theater (Cinema) — 19.1 mi, 057° NE
West Fork Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.3 mi, 320° NW
Hudson Depot Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 124° SE
Grand Theatre (Cinema) — 21.8 mi, 227° SW
McBride Auditorium (Theatre) — 23.0 mi, 098° E
Yuta Falls (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 111° E
Wakani Whirl (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 111° E
Eeki Eeki Escape (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 111° E
Matugani (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 111° E
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.7 mi, 162° S · 24k acres
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 72.0 mi, 200° S · 12k acres

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