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Sharpsburg Iowa Map

Explore Sharpsburg, 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 Sharpsburg, Iowa

How to Use This Sharpsburg, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	40.802488
Longitude	-94.642468
Population	72
Density	78.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50862
Area Code	319
County Seat	Bedford
School District	Lenox Community School District

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About Sharpsburg, Iowa

Sharpsburg is a locality in Taylor County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 72. The population density is 78.1 people per km². Sharpsburg is located at 40.8025°N, 94.6425°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sharpsburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50862.

Sharpsburg occupies a quiet expanse of the Midwestern plains where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that shifts from pale morning violet to a deep, heavy indigo by dusk. It lies 33.8 miles north-northeast of Maryville, MO (from Maryville, MO: bearing 21°T), and is situated 23.0 miles southwest of Creston. The landscape is defined by the steady, industrious work of agriculture, where tilled fields of corn and soybeans create a textured grid that follows the slow, natural contours of the earth. A mile away, the Middle Fork One Hundred and Two River cuts a modest, winding path through the soil, offering a thin ribbon of riparian growth that interrupts the vast, cultivated stretches. While the distant Pinhook Hills remain only a faint suggestion of elevation far to the west, the immediate terrain maintains a grounded, rhythmic character, punctuated by the occasional stillness of Wilson Lake six miles out or the quiet, specialized operations at Winemiller Farm (Subterra 102).

Sharpsburg carries the weight of a long-standing agrarian heritage, an economic lifeblood that is visible in the utilitarian grace of its grain silos and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of its older buildings. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, fostering a culture of self-reliance and a deliberate, measured pace of life that persists regardless of the rapid changes in the outside world. There is a distinct, understated civility here, found in the way neighbors acknowledge one another across the fence lines and in the persistent, quiet pride taken in the upkeep of their land. History in Sharpsburg is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring patterns of the seasons and the collective memory of families who have worked this same dark, fertile earth for generations, maintaining a steady connection to the land that defines the character of the region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Winemiller Farm (Subterra 102) (State Recreation Area) — 4.2 mi, 177° S
Simmons Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 205° SW
Lake of Three Fires State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 200° S
Wilson Park (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 066° NE
French Nature Preserve Wildlife Refuge (Local Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 141° SE
Taylor County Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 204° SW
Windmill Lake (Local Park) — 10.7 mi, 243° SW
Adams County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 340° N
Fogle Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.9 mi, 086° E
Kline Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 006° N
Boone Woods (Local Conservation Area) — 18.7 mi, 144° SE
Olson/Linn Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 297° NW
Clarinda Treatment Complex Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 262° W
Page County War Memorial (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 258° W
Vernon J. Baker (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 258° W
Nodaway Valley Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 255° W
Union County Freedom Rock (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 039° NE
Viking Lake State Park (State Park) — 22.8 mi, 302° NW
Swedish Heritage and Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 27.0 mi, 298° NW
Centennial Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 33.6 mi, 202° S
The Rose Theatre (Theatre) — 33.7 mi, 201° S
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.4 mi, 169° S · 3,906 acres
Oxbow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 42.5 mi, 103° E
Osceola Statue (Attraction) — 47.7 mi, 070° E
Tree in the Road (Attraction) — 49.5 mi, 348° N
Tree on the road (Attraction) — 49.5 mi, 348° N
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.5 mi, 213° SW · 15k acres
Reasoner School (Historic Ruins) — 57.4 mi, 286° W
Treynor High School Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 58.4 mi, 301° NW

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