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Stuart Iowa Map

Explore Stuart, 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 Stuart, Iowa

How to Use This Stuart, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.503321
Longitude	-94.318574
Population	1,782
Density	247.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	50250
Area Code	515
County Seat	Greenfield
School District	West Central Valley Community School District

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About Stuart, Iowa

Stuart is a locality in Adair County, Iowa, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,782. The population density is 247.2 people per km². Stuart is located at 41.5033°N, 94.3186°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Stuart is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 50250.

Stuart emerges from the vast expanse of the Iowa prairie as a grid of enduring brick and timber, carved into the shoulder of the landscape where Jim Creek trace its quiet, persistent path through the soil. It lies 23.6 miles west-southwest of Waukee, IA (from Waukee, IA: bearing 252°T), and is situated 17.4 miles west-southwest of Adel. The horizon here is an infinite breadth of tilled earth, where the green-gold surge of corn and soybean fields swallows the light, leaving the sky to exert a heavy, luminous presence over the flat terrain. At dusk, the atmosphere thickens with the scent of damp loam and cooling steel, as shadows stretch long and thin across the gravel shoulders of the backroads. Five miles away, the quiet woodlands of Nations Bridge Park offer a refuge of tangled undergrowth and shaded canopy, a stark contrast to the open, sun-bleached monotony of the surrounding agricultural plains.

Stuart maintains a stubborn, industrious pulse, its history written in the iron veins of the railroad that once tethered this locality to the wider ambitions of the frontier. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest, a cycle that dictates the pace of life and the stoic, unshowy character of those who work the land. While the modern world moves with frantic haste, the people here move with a deliberate, measured grace, finding a quiet satisfaction in the maintenance of their storefronts and the preservation of their heritage. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the deeper timber of Middle River County Forest and the stillness of Meadow Lake provide the only respite from the relentless, productive hum of the fields, grounding the life of Stuart in the slow, ancient turn of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Nations Bridge Park (Local Park) — 4.6 mi, 354° N
Beaver Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 065° NE
Courtney Mccammond Access (State Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 045° NE
Dexfield Park - Bonnie and Clyde Shootout (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 047° NE
Big Bend Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 035° NE
Hanging Rock Wildlife Management Area (Local Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 054° NE
Middle Raccoon River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 019° N
Marlowe Ray Wildlife Management Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.8 mi, 000° N
Raccoon River Valley Trail (Local Park) — 9.0 mi, 027° NE
Adair County Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 210° SW
Adel Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 063° NE
Springbrook State Park (State Park) — 19.6 mi, 339° N
John Wayne (Public Artwork) — 19.7 mi, 126° SE
Lake Anita State Park (State Park) — 23.4 mi, 257° W
Forest Park Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 028° NE
Municipal Band Shell (Monument) — 25.3 mi, 025° NE
Tree in the Road (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 270° W
Tree on the road (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 270° W
Jordan Creek Amphitheater (Theatre) — 27.0 mi, 080° E
Blue Zoo (Aquarium) — 27.0 mi, 081° E
Funny Bone Comedy Club (Theatre) — 27.9 mi, 082° E
1700 Tanning Rack (Attraction) — 29.1 mi, 073° E
1700 Drying Rack (Attraction) — 29.1 mi, 073° E
Audubon County Courthouse Museum (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 282° W
Character Counts Pillars (Monument) — 31.0 mi, 074° E
Olson-Larson Galleries (Gallery) — 31.9 mi, 081° E
Flix Brewhouse (Cinema) — 33.1 mi, 074° E
Des Moines Art Center (Museum) — 33.4 mi, 080° E
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.5 mi, 085° E · 12k acres
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.7 mi, 087° E · 12k acres

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