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Soldier Iowa Map

Explore Soldier, 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 Soldier, Iowa

How to Use This Soldier, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.985266
Longitude	-95.779452
Population	184
Density	229.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51572
Area Code	641
County Seat	Onawa
School District	Charter Oak-Ute Community School District

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About Soldier, Iowa

Soldier is a locality in Monona County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 184. The population density is 229.2 people per km². Soldier is located at 41.9853°N, 95.7795°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Soldier is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51572.

Soldier occupies a quiet stretch of land where the Soldier River traces a deliberate, winding path through the fertile soil of the region. It lies 47.2 miles west of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 264°T), and is situated 16.6 miles east of Onawa. The landscape surrounding Soldier manifests as a vast, rhythmic expanse of tilled earth, where the horizon is defined by the persistent, subtle geometry of corn and soybean rows. Sunlight at dusk catches the fine, pale dust kicked up from field edges, casting a soft, amber glow over the terrain that extends toward the distant rise of Granger Hill. To the west, the topography gains a more dramatic character as the land begins its transition toward the Loess Hills State Forest, creating a contrast between the flat, productive plains and the more erratic, wind-blown ridges that mark the edge of the Missouri River valley.

Established through the industry of those who sought to cultivate this deep, dark prairie soil, Soldier maintains an economy fundamentally tethered to the cycles of the harvest. The cultural imprint of early Scandinavian and German settlers persists in the deliberate, unshowy civility of the residents, whose lives follow the seasonal progression of planting and storage. While the pace of daily existence remains measured, residents often seek the restorative quiet of the Oldham Rec Area, which provides a local point of communion with the native grasses and woodland fringes. Life here is defined not by grand spectacle, but by a literate, grounded awareness of the land, where the changing light across the fields serves as the primary clock for the work of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Oldham Rec Area (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 343° N
Moorhead Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 5.7 mi, 220° SW
Preparation Canyon State Park (State Park) — 8.6 mi, 224° SW
Loess Hills State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 9.0 mi, 225° SW
Turin Preserve Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 295° NW
Nelson Park (Local Park) — 9.9 mi, 107° E
Davs Wetland (Local Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 290° W
Loess Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 299° NW
Dunham Barn (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 135° SE
Schoenjahn Wildlife Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 352° N
Dougal House (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 134° SE
McClean Museum (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 134° SE
The Booster Buck (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 134° SE
Monona County Veterans Memorial Museum (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 282° W
Monona County Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 283° W
Pawnee Recreation Area Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 17.3 mi, 333° NW
Smithland Town Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 335° NW
Sioux City - Smithland - Stagecoach Trail (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 333° NW
Lewis and Clark State Park (State Park) — 19.6 mi, 279° W
Pelican Point State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.9 mi, 239° SW
Tree Shelter (Public Artwork) — 20.0 mi, 281° W
Inkpaduta Historical Marker (Monument) — 20.1 mi, 338° N
Donna Reed Center for Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 21.9 mi, 084° E
Mondamin Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.6 mi, 214° SW
Washington Township One-Room Schoolhouse Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 138° SE
Museum of Religious Arts (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 185° S
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.8 mi, 200° S · 16k acres
Vet's Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 33.1 mi, 135° SE
State Theatre (Cinema) — 36.8 mi, 019° N
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.9 mi, 193° S · 7,936 acres

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