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Paton Iowa Map

Explore Paton, 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 Paton, Iowa

How to Use This Paton, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.164423
Longitude	-94.255242
Population	221
Density	151.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50217
Area Code	515
County Seat	Jefferson
School District	Paton-Churdan Community School District

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About Paton, Iowa

Paton is a locality in Greene County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 221. The population density is 151.8 people per km². Paton is located at 42.1644°N, 94.2552°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Paton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50217.

Paton occupies a wide, level expanse of the Iowa prairie where the horizon stretches into a seamless meeting of soil and sky. It lies 20.5 miles west-northwest of Boone, IA (from Boone, IA: bearing 291°T), and is situated 12.1 miles north-northeast of Jefferson. East Buttrick Creek carves a shallow, deliberate path through the landscape, its banks lined with the persistent green of native grasses that soften the edges of the surrounding agricultural grid. The air here carries the scent of turned earth and drying stalks, a stillness that deepens as the sun dips low, casting long, bruised shadows across the vast, tilled fields. On the distant western periphery, the faint, hazy suggestion of Frankel Ridge breaks the uniformity of the view, while the quiet sanctuary of Scheuermann Prairie offers a small, preserved window into the tallgrass wilderness that existed long before the plow.

Paton functions as a sturdy anchor for the families who have worked this dark, fertile loam for generations, building a life defined by the seasonal pulse of soybean and corn harvests. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the grain elevator, a vertical landmark that watches over the modest streets with industrial gravity. While the proximity of Pilot Mound State Forest provides a brief, wooded respite from the unrelenting geometry of the farmland, the true character of the place is found in the unshowy persistence of its inhabitants. Life moves with a quiet, observant civility, punctuated by the occasional excursion to the waters of Spring Lake, where the surface reflects the changing colors of the seasons with a clarity that mirrors the grounded, pragmatic spirit of the people who call Paton home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Scheuermann Prairie (Local Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 215° SW
Pound Pits (Local Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 178° S
Spring Lake State Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 194° S
Goose Lake (Greene) Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 242° SW
Gowrie Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 348° N
Don Williams Recreation Area (Local Park) — 11.9 mi, 101° E
Greene County Historical Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 210° SW
Lindsey Memorial (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 211° SW
Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 211° SW
Jefferson Telephone Company Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 211° SW
Hickory Grove Rural School Museum (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 106° E
Greene County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 13.9 mi, 167° S
Holst State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 14.0 mi, 102° E
Saylorville Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 098° E
Saylorville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.1 mi, 098° E
"twister Hill" (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 089° E
Brushy Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.5 mi, 046° NE
Founders Rock (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 100° E
Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 16.8 mi, 101° E
Dolliver Memorial State Park (State Park) — 16.9 mi, 030° NE
Copperas Beds (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 029° NE
Vintage Iron Antiques Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 067° NE
Boneyard Hollow (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 029° NE
Rail Explorers: Boone, IA (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 110° E
Ledges State Park (State Park) — 21.8 mi, 122° SE
Entrance Memorial (Public Artwork) — 23.0 mi, 130° SE
Hawkeye Community Theater (Theatre) — 24.3 mi, 009° N
Lake City Capri Theater (Cinema) — 25.5 mi, 286° W
Carroll 5 Theater (Cinema) — 32.2 mi, 258° W
Lush Auditorium (Theatre) — 32.7 mi, 106° E

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