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St. Donatus Iowa Map

Explore St. Donatus, 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 St. Donatus, Iowa

How to Use This St. Donatus, Iowa Map

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

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	St. Donatus
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Jackson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.360843
Longitude	-90.539295
Population	120
Density	123.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52071
Area Code	712
County Seat	Maquoketa
School District	Dubuque Community School District

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About St. Donatus, Iowa

St. Donatus is a locality in Jackson County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 120. The population density is 123.9 people per km². St. Donatus is located at 42.3608°N, 90.5393°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. St. Donatus is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52071.

St. Donatus emerges from the limestone bluffs like a fragment of the Old World cast into the deep, fertile heart of the Midwest. It lies 11.6 miles south-southeast of Dubuque, IA (from Dubuque, IA: bearing 146°T), and is situated 6.8 miles southwest of Galena. Lux Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the limestone, its cool waters reflecting the quiet persistence of the landscape as it winds past the foundations of homes built into the valley walls. Beyond the immediate village, the horizon is defined by the steady, muted silhouette of the Dubuque Hills, which catch the bruised purple light of dusk long after the valley floor has fallen into shadow. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and crushed clover, a stillness that seems to amplify the rhythmic clatter of distant machinery working the surrounding fields.

Luxembourgish immigrants founded St. Donatus, imprinting the settlement with a European architectural sensibility that remains distinct among the vast, tilled grids of Iowa. The local economy has long been tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the demands of the soil, with the surrounding expanse of corn and soybeans dictating the pace of life for generations. Visitors seeking a reprieve from the open plains often find their way to the Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area, a place that offers a glimpse into the natural transition between the limestone ridges and the broader river corridors. While the nearby Tippy Lake provides a quiet, singular mirror for the expansive prairie sky, the character of St. Donatus remains rooted in its stone walls and the unshowy, literate civility of its people, who carry their history in the heavy, reliable masonry of their buildings.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 3.0 mi, 059° NE
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.7 mi, 019° N · 274k acres
Keough Effigy Mounds Land and Water Reserve (Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 048° NE
Massey Marina (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 337° NW
Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve (Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 086° E
Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 5.8 mi, 092° E
Big Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 173° S
Mines of Spain State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.2 mi, 331° NW
Linmar Gardens (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 056° NE
Galena Trolley Tours (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 057° NE
Julia Dent Grant (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 059° NE
Outside the Lines (Gallery) — 6.8 mi, 056° NE
Presidential Pets and China (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 059° NE
Galena Golf Club (Local Recreation) — 7.2 mi, 037° NE
Apple River Canyon State Park (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 099° E
Princess Mine Algific Slope (Nature Reserve) — 8.2 mi, 117° SE
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 8.3 mi, 325° NW
Ampitheater (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 325° NW
Rice Algific Slope (Nature Reserve) — 8.5 mi, 107° E
Revolutionary War Patriots (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 140° SE
Jackson County Freedom Rock (Public Artwork) — 9.1 mi, 140° SE
Bellevue State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 146° SE
Julien Dubuque Monument (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 324° NW
Great River Gallery (Gallery) — 9.4 mi, 140° SE
Lime Kiln (Historic Ruins) — 9.5 mi, 144° SE
National Rivers Hall of Fame (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 327° NW
Voices Studios (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 327° NW
Heitkamp Planetarium (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 324° NW
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.0 mi, 247° SW · 2,440 acres
Green Island Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 17.1 mi, 136° SE · 3,776 acres

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