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Twin Lakes Iowa Map

Explore Twin Lakes, 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 Twin Lakes, Iowa

How to Use This Twin Lakes, Iowa Map

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

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	Twin Lakes
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Calhoun County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.484696
Longitude	-94.635891
Population	316
Density	92.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	50563
Area Code	319
County Seat	Rockwell City
School District	South Central Calhoun Community School District

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About Twin Lakes, Iowa

Twin Lakes is a locality in Calhoun County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 316. The population density is 92.3 people per km². Twin Lakes is located at 42.4847°N, 94.6359°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 50563.

Twin Lakes sprawls across a vast, flat expanse of the Midwestern prairie where the horizon line remains unbroken by anything but the vertical reach of grain silos and distant stands of oak. It lies 23.9 miles west of Fort Dodge, IA (from Fort Dodge, IA: bearing 268°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north of Rockwell City. North Twin Lake anchors the geography, its still surface reflecting the immense, pale Iowa sky while the surrounding terrain remains dominated by the methodical geometry of tilled soil. Near the water's edge, Gutz Park offers a quiet threshold where the wind moves through prairie grasses, carrying the scent of damp earth and the subtle, metallic tang of the coming harvest. The air here holds a peculiar weight at dusk, turning a dusty gold that makes the heavy, black loam seem almost liquid under the fading light.

History in Twin Lakes is recorded in the slow rotation of the seasons and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of families who have worked this land for generations. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil, with soybean and corn production defining the calendar and the essential labor of the residents. A short distance away, the quiet flow of Lake Creek shapes the local drainage, acting as a small, persistent artery through the fields that have been shaped by a heritage of German and Scandinavian industry. Life here maintains an unshowy civility, where the pace is dictated by the requirements of the crop rather than the urgency of the clock, leaving the residents to cultivate a quiet, literate connection to the land they tend.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Gutz Prairie (Local Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 043° NE
Twin Lakes State Park (State Park) — 0.3 mi, 190° S
Featherstone Memorial County Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 030° NE
Featherstone Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 041° NE
South Twin Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 179° S
Hendricks Sanctuary (Local Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 211° SW
Kalsow Prairie State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 031° NE
Fonda Opera House Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 302° NW
Lake City Capri Theater (Cinema) — 15.8 mi, 199° S
Pocahontas Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.2 mi, 356° N
White Horse Access (State Recreation Area) — 18.3 mi, 227° SW
Poduska Farm (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 004° N
Fleege Farm (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 354° N
Gowrie Depot Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 128° SE
Blanden Memorial Art Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 087° E
Hawkeye Community Theater (Theatre) — 23.1 mi, 085° E
Chief Black Hawk Statue (Monument) — 24.1 mi, 240° SW
Bald Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 238° SW
Dolliver Memorial State Park (State Park) — 28.3 mi, 103° E
Copperas Beds (Attraction) — 28.9 mi, 104° E
Boneyard Hollow (Attraction) — 29.1 mi, 102° E
Brushy Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 31.0 mi, 095° E
J. Leslie Rollins Stadium (Stadium) — 31.1 mi, 290° W
Carroll 5 Theater (Cinema) — 31.4 mi, 202° S
Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 35.1 mi, 157° SE
Lindsey Memorial (Monument) — 35.1 mi, 157° SE
"twister Hill" (Attraction) — 40.9 mi, 122° SE
Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 43.9 mi, 125° SE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.4 mi, 332° NW · 12k acres
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.0 mi, 025° NE · 5,668 acres

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