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Rodney Iowa Map

Explore Rodney, 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 Rodney, Iowa

How to Use This Rodney, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.205546
Longitude	-95.952511
Population	45
Density	114.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51051
Area Code	563
County Seat	Onawa
School District	Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District

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About Rodney, Iowa

Rodney is a locality in Monona County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 45. The population density is 114.3 people per km². Rodney is located at 42.2055°N, 95.9525°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rodney is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51051.

Rodney emerges from the loess-heavy earth as a modest cluster of dwellings defined by the relentless, geometric precision of the surrounding corn and soybean fields. It lies 30.6 miles southeast of Sioux City, IA (from Sioux City, IA: bearing 132°T), and is situated 14.4 miles north-northeast of Onawa. The horizon here is vast and stripped of pretense, dominated by the raw, undulating texture of the land that climbs toward the western edge in a series of dramatic, wind-blown bluffs. Just a mile away, the Little Sioux River carves a serpentine path through the deep silt, its dark, sluggish waters mirroring the heavy, humid light of late summer afternoons. At the very edge of the grid, Peter's Park offers a quiet threshold where the cultivated rows surrender to the wilder, unkempt grasses of the prairie, and the air carries the faint, dry scent of soil freshly turned by the plow.

History in Rodney remains etched into the spare, functional architecture of structures that have weathered decades of sharp winters and humid, gold-hued harvests. The local economy persists as a quiet conversation between the farmer and the unpredictable sky, a cycle of planting and reaping that dictates the slow, deliberate pulse of the day. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain dips toward the shadows of Smoky Hollow, a reminder of the tectonic patience that formed this landscape long before the first rail line arrived. Though the distance to the quiet waters of Horseshoe Lake is eleven miles and the summit of Durr Hill lies nine miles distant, the people of Rodney live with a singular, grounded awareness of the earth beneath their feet, finding a deep, unshowy solace in the rhythm of a season that turns precisely on the tilt of the sun.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Peter's Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 148° SE
Southwood Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 000° N
Johnston Recreation Area (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 109° E
Pawnee Recreation Area Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 1.0 mi, 081° E
Sioux City - Smithland - Stagecoach Trail (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 011° N
Smithland Town Museum (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 036° NE
Oak Ridge Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 354° N
Inkpaduta Historical Marker (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 023° NE
Table Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 279° W
Loess Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 180° S
Monona County Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 213° SW
Monona County Veterans Memorial Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 213° SW
Lewis and Clark State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 224° SW
Tree Shelter (Public Artwork) — 15.6 mi, 224° SW
Sea Ray Sandbar (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 248° W
West Sea Ray Sandbar (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 247° SW
West Side Sea Ray Sandbar (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 248° W
Train (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 344° N
Moorhead Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 20.3 mi, 165° S
Preparation Canyon State Park (State Park) — 21.2 mi, 175° S
AMC Movie Theatres (Cinema) — 26.3 mi, 309° NW
Moorehead Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 069° E
O'Connor House Museum Complex (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 286° W
First Bride's Grave (Monument) — 27.8 mi, 309° NW
State Theatre (Cinema) — 28.6 mi, 047° NE
Orpheum Theater (Theatre) — 30.6 mi, 311° NW
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.3 mi, 182° S · 16k acres
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.9 mi, 182° S · 7,936 acres

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