Explore Sully, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sully, 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 Sully.
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 | Sully |
| State | Iowa (IA) |
| County | Jasper County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.578329 |
| Longitude | -92.844916 |
| Population | 881 |
| Density | 584.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 50251 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| County Seat | Newton |
| School District | Lynnville-Sully Community School District |
Sully emerges from the vast, planar expanse of the Iowa prairie, defined by the relentless geometry of tilled fields that stretch until they dissolve into the pale haze of the horizon. It lies 12.3 miles north-northeast of Pella, IA (from Pella, IA: bearing 17°T), and is situated 13.4 miles southeast of Newton. The soil here is dark and heavy, a deep, fertile loam that dictates the rhythm of the seasons, turning from the sharp, frozen silence of winter to the verdant, emerald urgency of spring. Only a mile away, the quiet currents of Buckley Creek carve a thin, winding vein through the landscape, offering a cool respite where the land dips into shadowed gullies. Three miles to the east, the Wagaman Mill-Skunk River Access provides a quiet threshold to the wilder reaches of the region, where the light at dusk catches the tall grasses, turning the entire plain into a shimmering, gilded sea of grain.
Sully remains anchored to the industry of the earth, its economy a direct reflection of the cycles of corn and soybean harvests that have sustained the region for generations. The legacy of those who settled this prairie is evident in the unshowy, sturdy architecture of the main thoroughfares and the industrious spirit that hums beneath the surface of daily life. While the quietude of the plains might seem absolute, a sense of deep, literate civility persists in the way neighbors gather and the deliberate pace at which the day unfolds. Though the expansive blue sky rarely offers the distraction of distant peaks, the proximity of Rock Creek Lake, eleven miles away, serves as a common destination for those seeking the stillness of water. Life in Sully is measured not by the passage of crowds, but by the steady, reliable turn of the seasons and the enduring strength of a landscape that demands both labor and respect.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sully, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.578329, -92.844916. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Sully includes the ZIP code (50251), telephone area code (515), county seat of Jasper County (Newton), and school district assignment (Lynnville-Sully Community School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |