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Rake Iowa Map

Explore Rake, 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 Rake, Iowa

How to Use This Rake, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	43.483844
Longitude	-93.918842
Population	186
Density	95.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	50465, 50424
Area Code	515
County Seat	Forest City
School District	North Iowa Community School District

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About Rake, Iowa

Rake is a locality in Winnebago County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 186. The population density is 95.0 people per km². Rake is located at 43.4838°N, 93.9188°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rake is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 50465, 50424.

Rake occupies a vast, horizontal expanse where the sky claims more territory than the earth, defined by the relentless geometry of tilled soil. It lies 42.7 miles west-northwest of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 303°T), and is situated 14.0 miles southeast of Blue Earth. Flat, dark fields extend toward every horizon, broken only by the sharp, vertical accents of grain elevators that serve as the local cathedrals. A mile from the center, the channeled path of Drainage Ditch Number 21 cuts a quiet, utilitarian line through the black dirt, offering a subtle drainage pulse to the saturated prairie. Light here possesses a heavy, unfiltered quality, washing the landscape in pale gold during the low-sun hours of autumn and casting long, stark shadows across the stubble of harvested corn. Two miles away, the Quam Wildlife Area provides a necessary reprieve from the monoculture, offering a patch of tallgrass and wetland where the wind moves with a different, more rustling cadence than it does over the surrounding soybean rows.

Rake maintains a steady, deliberate pace born of a deep-rooted Scandinavian and German ancestry that favors industry over ostentation. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the seasons, where the planting and harvest dictate the pulse of daily affairs and the movement of heavy machinery along the roads. While the landscape feels expansive and solitary, the proximity of Harmon Lake, eleven miles distant, offers a rare, singular point of stillness away from the endless agricultural grid. History here is marked not by grand monuments, but by the persistent endurance of families who have worked this soil for generations, their lives governed by the unyielding cycle of growth and dormancy. Even when the distant silhouette of Pilot Knob suggests a variation in the topography twenty-four miles away, Rake remains anchored to its own level, honest geography, where the primary labor is the stewardship of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Quam Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 169° S
Heritage Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 193° S
Winnebago County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ia (Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 107° E
Good Neighbors Marsh Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 107° E
Winnebago County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 107° E
Florence Recreation Area (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 155° SE
Good Neighbors Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 123° SE
Harmon Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 097° E
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 13.3 mi, 319° NW
Wakefield House Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 320° NW
Etta C Ross Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 320° NW
Jolly Green Giant (Public Artwork) — 14.5 mi, 323° NW
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.6 mi, 222° SW · 5,668 acres
MIA-POW Display (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 200° S
World's Largest Bullhead (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 160° S
Holtan Farm Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 134° SE
Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 103° E
Mansion Museum (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 137° SE
Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 20.7 mi, 137° SE
Rice Lake State Park (State Park) — 21.5 mi, 108° E
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 22.1 mi, 277° W
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 25.4 mi, 009° N
Lone Rock (Attraction) — 27.5 mi, 229° SW
Fairmont Opera House (Theatre) — 29.6 mi, 293° NW
Mall Cinema 7 Theatre (Cinema) — 31.3 mi, 064° NE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.0 mi, 195° S · 12k acres
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 42.0 mi, 119° SE
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 42.3 mi, 120° SE
Mason City Communit Theatre (Theatre) — 42.9 mi, 122° SE
Rancho Deluxe (Attraction) — 43.0 mi, 122° SE

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