Explore Rembrandt, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rembrandt, 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 Rembrandt.
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 | Rembrandt |
| State | Iowa (IA) |
| County | Buena Vista County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.825533 |
| Longitude | -95.166384 |
| Population | 209 |
| Density | 343.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 50576 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| County Seat | Storm Lake |
| School District | Sioux Central Community School District |
Rembrandt anchors itself amidst a vast, geometric expanse of black soil, where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising under a sky that feels immense and heavy with weather. It lies 12.9 miles north of Storm Lake, IA (from Storm Lake, IA: bearing 10°T), and is situated 12.2 miles north-northeast of Alta. The terrain around Rembrandt is defined by the steady, rhythmic labor of agriculture, characterized by fields of corn and soybeans that shift in color from the bright, fragile green of early spring to the brittle, golden rust of autumn. Two miles away, the quiet waters of Soldier Creek carve a modest path through the silt, providing a thin, shaded artery for the local fauna, while the distant, singular mass of Pilot Rock serves as a solitary, craggy landmark twenty-one miles to the west. On evenings when the sun sinks low, the light flattens against the tilled earth, turning the furrows into deep, violet-shadowed lines that seem to vibrate with the cooling air.
Settlement in this corner of the plains carries the quiet, industrious imprint of Scandinavian and German pioneers who recognized the potential in such fertile, deep-drained ground. The economy of Rembrandt remains tethered to this primary inheritance, a steady cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the measured pace of the days. Life here is unadorned and observant, characterized by a reserved civility that prefers the sturdy reliability of a local grain elevator over the frantic pace of larger hubs. Residents often look toward the recreational quiet of Gabrielson Park, just four miles away, or travel the thirteen miles to the shores of Storm Lake when they seek the expansive, open water that defines the regional landscape. In this space, one learns to appreciate the subtle shifts in the wind and the profound, heavy silence that settles over the fields long after the machinery has been parked for the night.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rembrandt, Iowa. Coordinates: 42.825533, -95.166384. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Rembrandt includes the ZIP code (50576), telephone area code (319), county seat of Buena Vista County (Storm Lake), and school district assignment (Sioux Central Community School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |