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Tennant Iowa Map

Explore Tennant, 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 Tennant, Iowa

How to Use This Tennant, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.593601
Longitude	-95.441113
Population	78
Density	42.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51537
Area Code	641
County Seat	Harlan
School District	AHSTW Community School District

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About Tennant, Iowa

Tennant is a locality in Shelby County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 78. The population density is 42.0 people per km². Tennant is located at 41.5936°N, 95.4411°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tennant is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51537.

Tennant emerges from the deep, fertile loam of the Iowa plains as a solitary cluster of rooftops amidst an expansive, rhythmic geometry of tilled soil. It lies 31.6 miles northeast of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 43°T), and is situated 7.2 miles southwest of Harlan. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, where the golden light of late afternoon stretches across the fields, turning the soybean stalks into brittle, metallic filaments that shiver under the weight of the cooling air. A quiet gravity defines the landscape, anchored by the slow, deliberate meanderings of Keg Creek a short distance away, where the water cuts through the silt with a persistent, whispered tenacity. Beyond the immediate reach of the silos, the land tilts toward the distant Loess Hills, framing the view in a soft, monochromatic haze that settles over the prairie long before the sun finally dips below the edge of the world.

Tennant carries the quiet endurance of a settlement born from the necessity of the rail and the harvest, its history etched into the sturdy, unadorned architecture that lines the narrow streets. The local economy remains tethered to the pulse of the changing seasons, with the heavy machinery of modern agriculture marking the tempo of the year. For those seeking the quietude of the land, the nearby Rock Island Old Stone Arch Trail offers a passage through the vestiges of earlier transit, while the expansive silence of Schley Park provides a sanctuary for the native grasses and birds that have reclaimed these margins. Life in Tennant moves with an unshowy, literate civility, a place where the stillness is not an absence of activity, but a deliberate choice to exist in harmony with the slow, inevitable cycles of the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Schley Park (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 260° W
Nishna Bend Recreation Area (Local Park) — 5.8 mi, 106° E
Mouth of Nickinabockina Cutoff Ditch (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 042° NE
Shelby County Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 056° NE
Vet's Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 7.1 mi, 059° NE
Washington Township One-Room Schoolhouse Museum (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 350° N
Oak Ridge Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 095° E
Prairie Rose State Park (State Park) — 10.8 mi, 088° E
Dinesen Prairie State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 046° NE
Walnut Creek Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 125° SE
Woodbine Grain Elevator (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 306° NW
Merry Brook Schoolhouse & Harrison County Historical Society (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 306° NW
B-B Town Ball Field (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 253° W
Cen + Ten Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 042° NE
General Store Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 083° E
V&w Petersen Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.8 mi, 027° NE
Soldiers Monument (Monument) — 25.7 mi, 120° SE
Word of Honor (Monument) — 26.5 mi, 200° S
Treynor High School Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 26.5 mi, 199° S
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.7 mi, 249° W · 7,936 acres
John James Audubon Statue (Public Artwork) — 27.8 mi, 071° E
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.3 mi, 264° W · 16k acres
Lewis and Clark Monument Park (Viewpoint) — 29.5 mi, 227° SW
Donna Reed Center for Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 29.6 mi, 009° N
Wilson Island State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 29.7 mi, 256° W
Kinsman Monument (Monument) — 30.7 mi, 224° SW
Lake Manawa State Park (State Park) — 33.9 mi, 218° SW
Ruth Sokolof Theater (Cinema) — 34.1 mi, 229° SW

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