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Pocahontas Iowa Map

Explore Pocahontas, 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 Pocahontas, Iowa

How to Use This Pocahontas, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.73553
Longitude	-94.669147
Population	1,867
Density	364.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50574
Area Code	319
County Seat	Pocahontas
School District	Pocahontas Area Community School District

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About Pocahontas, Iowa

Pocahontas is a locality in Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,867. The population density is 364.8 people per km². Pocahontas is located at 42.7355°N, 94.6691°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Pocahontas is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50574.

Pocahontas rises from the flat, geometric expanse of the Iowa prairie, where the horizon stretches into a thin, pale line that separates the dark, tilled earth from an endless sky. It lies 28.2 miles east-northeast of Storm Lake, IA (from Storm Lake, IA: bearing 76°T), and is situated 30.3 miles west-northwest of Fort Dodge. Lizard Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the landscape nearby, its banks fringed with hardy grasses and the occasional stand of trees that break the relentless monotony of the soybean and corn fields. In the autumn, the light here takes on a brittle, golden quality, casting long shadows across the grid of gravel roads that serve as the veins of this agricultural expanse. A short distance away, the quiet stillness of Rosenberger Park offers a reprieve from the wind, providing a small, sheltered pocket of greenery that remains largely undisturbed by the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest.

Pocahontas maintains a steady, deliberate pace, defined by the enduring influence of the settlers who arrived to work this fertile, stubborn soil. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the grain elevator and the seasonal demands of large-scale farming, tasks that require a particular kind of patience and pragmatic focus. While Lizard Lake lies ten miles distant, the presence of water in the region is felt more in the moisture held by the rich, black dirt than in any recreational expanse. Life here possesses an unshowy, literate civility, where the heritage of those who broke the prairie sod persists in the modest architecture of the main street and the quiet, industrious nature of the residents who continue to cultivate the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pocahontas Statue (Public Artwork) — 0.6 mi, 108° E
Rosenberger Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 347° N
Fleege Farm (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 352° N
Poduska Farm (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 046° NE
Ted Fariss Wildlife Area "Lundberg Slough" (Local Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 186° S
Pocahontas County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.1 mi, 347° N
Lizard Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 118° SE
Westmoreland Wetland Complex (Local Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 254° W
Leo Shimon Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 233° SW
Leo Shimon Marsh Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 12.4 mi, 235° SW
Three Rivers Trail (Local Park) — 12.5 mi, 067° NE
Willows Access (State Recreation Area) — 12.9 mi, 069° E
Fonda Opera House Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 220° SW
Albert City Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 283° W
Twin Lakes State Park (State Park) — 17.3 mi, 172° S
L.M. & O. Railroad Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 298° NW
Robert Emmet Statue (Monument) — 25.9 mi, 359° N
Wild Rose Casino and Resort (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 001° N
J. Leslie Rollins Stadium (Stadium) — 28.2 mi, 257° W
Hawkeye Community Theater (Theatre) — 29.1 mi, 122° SE
Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 29.2 mi, 002° N
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.1 mi, 319° NW · 12k acres
Lake City Capri Theater (Cinema) — 32.5 mi, 186° S
Chief Black Hawk Statue (Monument) — 35.1 mi, 213° SW
Bald Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 36.2 mi, 213° SW
Southpark 7 Theatres (Cinema) — 36.7 mi, 318° NW
Lone Rock (Attraction) — 37.6 mi, 027° NE
Boneyard Hollow (Attraction) — 38.1 mi, 128° SE
Eagle Grove War Memorial (Monument) — 39.3 mi, 097° E
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.1 mi, 038° NE · 5,668 acres

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