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Stanley Iowa Map

Explore Stanley, 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 Stanley, Iowa

How to Use This Stanley, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.642762
Longitude	-91.812666
Population	81
Density	154.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50671
Area Code	319
County Seat	Independence
School District	Oelwein Community School District

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About Stanley, Iowa

Stanley is a locality in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 81. The population density is 154.1 people per km². Stanley is located at 42.6428°N, 91.8127°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Stanley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50671.

Stanley anchors a flat, expansive horizon where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 28.9 miles east-northeast of Waterloo, IA (from Waterloo, IA: bearing 69°T), and is situated 5.5 miles east-southeast of Oelwein. The West Branch Buffalo Creek cuts a quiet, serpentine path through the surrounding fields, its banks lined with the persistent green of thicket and brush that break the relentless geometry of the tilled plains. Beneath the immense, shifting canopy of the Iowa sky, the light at dusk bleeds a bruised plum color across the stubble of harvested fields, turning the soil into a dark, rich velvet that seems to hold the day’s heat long after the sun has vanished behind the distant, hazy silhouette of Bear Hill.

Stanley sustains its pulse through the seasonal cycles of grain and the quiet industry of those who work the deep, black loam. While the Swartz Preserve remains a nearby sanctuary for the observant wanderer, the economic life of the region is tethered to the rhythm of the heavy machinery that navigates the gravel roads during the long harvest weeks. History here is written not in monuments, but in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the stubborn endurance of families who have watched the seasons turn over the West Branch Buffalo Creek for generations. Life moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, where the silence of the prairie is interrupted only by the sudden, sharp call of a meadowlark or the low hum of a distant tractor, anchoring the people of Stanley to a landscape that demands both patience and respect.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Swartz Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 161° S
Oelwein RR Property (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 287° W
Jakway Forest Area (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 132° SE
Oelwein Baseball And Softball Complex (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 280° W
Otter Creek Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 255° W
Oelwein Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 288° W
Richardson-Jakway House (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 131° SE
Brush Creek Canyon State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 033° NE
Otterville Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 222° SW
Backbone State Park (State Park) — 12.3 mi, 093° E
Riverwalk Parks Community Bandshell (Theatre) — 12.4 mi, 200° S
Backbone Fish Hatchery (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 12.8 mi, 093° E
Volga River State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 13.5 mi, 010° N
Wilder Memorial Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 078° E
World's Largest Strawberry (Public Artwork) — 14.4 mi, 079° E
Red Barn Model Railroad Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 102° E
Wadena Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 030° NE
Cedar Rock (State Park) — 15.7 mi, 174° S
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 21.2 mi, 121° SE
Readlyn Historical Society (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 281° W
Fayette County Historical Museum;Fayette County Historical Library (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 001° N
Manchester Fish Hatchery (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 120° SE
Iowa's Largest Frying Pan (Attraction) — 24.8 mi, 204° SW
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.2 mi, 057° NE · 2,440 acres
Abraham Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 26.2 mi, 018° N
McBride Auditorium (Theatre) — 27.9 mi, 254° W
Nopuko Air Coaster (Attraction) — 28.7 mi, 241° SW
Palace Theater (Cinema) — 33.9 mi, 280° W
McElroy Communication Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 34.5 mi, 280° W
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.5 mi, 076° E · 274k acres

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