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Quimby Iowa Map

Explore Quimby, 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 Quimby, Iowa

How to Use This Quimby, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.630264
Longitude	-95.641952
Population	249
Density	236.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51049
Area Code	563
County Seat	Cherokee
School District	River Valley Community School District

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About Quimby, Iowa

Quimby is a locality in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 249. The population density is 236.2 people per km². Quimby is located at 42.6303°N, 95.6420°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Quimby is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51049.

Quimby occupies a stretch of fertile earth where the Little Sioux River carves a deliberate, winding path through the heavy soil of the upper Midwest. It lies 22.0 miles west of Storm Lake, IA (from Storm Lake, IA: bearing 268°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-southwest of Cherokee. The horizon here is defined by the expansive, rhythmic geometry of tilled fields, where the dark, rich dirt of the prairie meets an immense sky that seems to press down with the changing weight of the seasons. To the west, the landscape begins to gather itself into the subtle, structural folds of the Loess Hills, while the nearby Harold Clark Area offers a quiet refuge of native grasses and timber. During the long, bruised-purple hours of dusk, the light catches the silvered stalks of corn and soybean, casting long, lean shadows that stretch toward the riverbanks and lend the land a sense of ancient, undisturbed patience.

Quimby grew from the expansion of the rails and the stubborn labor of those who saw the potential in the thick, black loam, establishing an economy anchored firmly in the cycles of harvest and seasonal growth. The rhythm of daily life is measured by the steady hum of machinery and the passing of grain trucks that move like heavy, slow-moving vessels through the grid of local roads. While the nearest significant body of water, Storm Lake, lies twenty miles away, the community remains oriented toward the immediate, terrestrial character of its own geography, occasionally looking toward the prominent rise of Pilot Rock as a steady, enduring landmark on the periphery. There is a quiet, literate civility in the way the residents maintain their properties and organize their days, a legacy of the German and Scandinavian settlers who built their lives on the premise that a hard day’s work under an open sky is its own reward.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Quimby Centenial Train Mural (Public Artwork) — 0.0 mi, 166° S
Firefighter Memorial Benches (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 176° S
Harold Clark Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 044° NE
Stieneke Park Area (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 234° SW
Silver Sioux Recreation Area (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 060° NE
Heinel-Johnson Access Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 234° SW
Washta Access (State Recreation Area) — 7.4 mi, 219° SW
Tallman Museum (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 022° N
Sanford Museum and Planetarium (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 029° NE
State Theatre (Cinema) — 11.0 mi, 153° SE
Mill Creek Bridge Access (State Recreation Area) — 11.6 mi, 029° NE
Sioux Bend Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 217° SW
Fighter jets (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 214° SW
Waterman Prairie Complex (State Conservation Area) — 20.5 mi, 027° NE
Moorehead Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 156° SE
J. Leslie Rollins Stadium (Stadium) — 22.0 mi, 088° E
Living Heritage Tree Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 088° E
Buena Vista County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 087° E
Train (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 245° SW
Old Town (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 245° SW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.4 mi, 025° NE · 12k acres
Kiddie Barn (Attraction) — 28.7 mi, 294° NW
Le Mars Community Theatre (Theatre) — 28.9 mi, 293° NW
Inkpaduta Historical Marker (Monument) — 29.7 mi, 209° SW
Sioux City - Smithland - Stagecoach Trail (Monument) — 31.7 mi, 209° SW
Main Street Theatres Holland Plaza (Cinema) — 32.7 mi, 321° NW
Pawnee Recreation Area Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 32.7 mi, 207° SW
Stone State Park (State Park) — 41.6 mi, 261° W
Ponca State Park (State Park) — 53.6 mi, 267° W
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 76.6 mi, 193° S · 16k acres

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