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Roland Iowa Map

Explore Roland, 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 Roland, Iowa

How to Use This Roland, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.166375
Longitude	-93.501879
Population	1,362
Density	459.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50236
Area Code	515
County Seat	Nevada
School District	Roland-Story Community School District

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About Roland, Iowa

Roland is a locality in Story County, Iowa, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,362. The population density is 459.3 people per km². Roland is located at 42.1664°N, 93.5019°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Roland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50236.

Roland emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a quiet collection of brick and wood held fast by the steady, rhythmic turn of the agricultural seasons. It lies 10.9 miles north-northeast of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 34°T), and is situated 5.0 miles east-southeast of Story City. Bear Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth just outside the village, its banks thick with brush that turns a somber, muted brown when the Iowa frost settles deep into the soil. The sky here possesses a heavy, singular clarity, casting a long and lingering light over the vast, tilled fields that stretch toward the edges of the world. Residents often walk the nearby Praeri Rail Trail, a narrow artery of crushed limestone that cuts through the dormant prairie, offering a view of the land that remains unchanged by the frantic pace of the modern century.

Roland maintains a disciplined character shaped by the legacy of early settlers who recognized the resilience required to thrive in this open, wind-swept expanse. The local economy remains tethered to the health of the surrounding crops, with grain silos standing as silent, industrial sentinels that mark the transition between the domestic streets and the immense, productive plains. While the distant silhouette of Mormon Ridge is far beyond the reach of a day’s travel, its presence colors the local imagination, reminding those who live here of the vast, rugged diversity of the continent. Life in Roland moves with the deliberate, unshowy civility of a place where history is measured in the growth of corn and the passing of winter, fostering a quiet, literate endurance among the people who call these plains home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Erickson Park Monument (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 085° E
Praeri Rail Trail (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 069° E
Strum (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 033° NE
I-35 Prairie (Scenic View) (State Recreation Area) — 3.7 mi, 228° SW
Story City Skunk River greenbelt (Local Recreation) — 3.7 mi, 273° W
Lekwa Access (State Recreation Area) — 3.9 mi, 270° W
Doolittle Prairie State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 253° W
Bear Creek Access-Skunk River Greenbelt (Local Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 219° SW
Story City Carousel (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 289° W
Story City Soccer Fields (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 288° W
McFarland Park - Skunk River Greenbelt (Local Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 214° SW
Bob Pyle Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 287° W
Ada Hayden Rock (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 225° SW
Skunk River Overlook (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 226° SW
Acorn Music Hall (Theatre) — 10.0 mi, 215° SW
North Grand Cinema (Cinema) — 10.3 mi, 217° SW
Dire Enticement (Public Artwork) — 10.6 mi, 212° SW
Radcliffe Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 019° N
Octagon Center for the Arts (Gallery) — 11.2 mi, 210° SW
Ames City Auditorium (Theatre) — 11.3 mi, 212° SW
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.0 mi, 225° SW
Brunnier Art Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 215° SW
Elwood the Gnome (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 213° SW
Reed-Niland Corner (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 135° SE
The Depot (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 120° SE
Railroad Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 251° W
Rail Explorers: Boone, IA (Attraction) — 21.2 mi, 251° W
Ledges State Park (State Park) — 21.6 mi, 241° SW
"twister Hill" (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 270° W
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.1 mi, 166° S · 12k acres

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