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Superior Iowa Map

Explore Superior, 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 Superior, Iowa

How to Use This Superior, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	43.430238
Longitude	-94.946379
Population	132
Density	118.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51363
Area Code	563
County Seat	Spirit Lake
School District	Estherville Lincoln Central Community School District

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About Superior, Iowa

Superior is a locality in Dickinson County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 132. The population density is 118.8 people per km². Superior is located at 43.4302°N, 94.9464°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Superior is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51363.

Superior anchors itself to the vast, flat expanse of the Iowa prairie, where the horizon stretches into an infinite, pale blue line that seems to pull the sky down until it touches the earth. It lies 22.3 miles north-northeast of Spencer, IA (from Spencer, IA: bearing 26°T), and is situated 6.0 miles west-northwest of Estherville. The landscape is defined by the rigorous geometry of tilled fields, where the dark, rich soil holds the memory of ancient grasses and the persistent weight of the changing seasons. Only a mile away, Big Muddy Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the terrain, its banks offering a quiet sanctuary for the native flora that clings to the edges of the cultivated grid. Just two miles distant, the waters of Swan Lake gather in a shallow basin, reflecting the immense, shifting clouds that dictate the mood of the afternoon. A mile from the center, the Dickinson County Waterfowl Production Area provides a protected stillness, a patch of wilder ground where the air vibrates with the sudden, frantic wings of migrating birds moving across the open plains.

Superior emerged from the industrious spirit of settlers who saw promise in the stubborn endurance of the soil, building an economy rooted firmly in the cyclical harvest of corn and soybeans. The rhythm of daily life here remains tethered to the slow turn of the planting and reaping, a quiet labor that honors a heritage of Scandinavian and German resilience. While the Dickinson County Spine Trail lies ten miles to the north, offering a modern avenue for passage through the region, the life within Superior remains more localized and intimate, moving at the pace of a tractor crawling across a distant ridge. There is a particular clarity to the light at dusk as it catches the dust rising from the fields, gilding the silos and the modest structures of the main road in a fleeting, amber glow. It is an unshowy existence, one that values the steady competence of work and the deep, uncomplicated peace of a place where the land dictates the terms of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Christopherson Slough Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 000° N
Dickinson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 000° N
Christopherson Slough Complex (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 015° N
Superior Marsh (Local Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 034° NE
Emmet County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 120° SE
Four Mile Lake Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 120° SE
Spring Run Wetland Complex (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 280° W
Ringham Habitat Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 066° NE
Fort Defiance State Park (State Park) — 4.2 mi, 124° SE
North Trailhead (State Recreation Area) — 4.4 mi, 064° NE
Estherville Swinging Bridge (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 109° E
Estherville Rock Garden (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 114° SE
Estherville Meteorite Center (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 109° E
Gull Point State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 256° W
Emmet County Historical Society Museum Complex (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 108° E
Ranch Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 9.3 mi, 253° W
Pearson Lakes Art Center (Arts Centre) — 9.4 mi, 255° W
Okoboji Summer Theatre (Theatre) — 9.5 mi, 255° W
Loon Lake Cemetery (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 312° NW
Higgins Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 251° W
Iowa Rock N Roll Museum (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 245° SW
Arnolds Park Museum (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 245° SW
Spirit Lake Massacre Monument (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 245° SW
Milford Pioneer Theatre (Cinema) — 12.6 mi, 234° SW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.8 mi, 229° SW · 12k acres
Southpark 7 Theatres (Cinema) — 23.4 mi, 207° SW
Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 24.0 mi, 142° SE
Wild Rose Casino and Resort (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 147° SE
Des Moines River SNA (Nature Reserve) — 26.1 mi, 344° N
Fairmont Opera House (Theatre) — 28.7 mi, 058° NE

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