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Urbana Iowa Map

Explore Urbana, 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 Urbana, Iowa

How to Use This Urbana, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.228594
Longitude	-91.886652
Population	1,554
Density	294.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52345
Area Code	712
County Seat	Vinton
School District	Center Point-Urbana Community School District

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About Urbana, Iowa

Urbana is a locality in Benton County, Iowa, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,554. The population density is 294.7 people per km². Urbana is located at 42.2286°N, 91.8867°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Urbana is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52345.

Urbana occupies a quiet expanse of the Midwestern plains, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky asserts an immense, pale authority over the tilled earth. It lies 19.0 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids, IA (from Cedar Rapids, IA: bearing 322°T), and is situated 8.5 miles east-northeast of Vinton. The landscape around Urbana is defined by the steady, rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean rows that ripple toward the distance, broken only by the thin, dark ribbon of West Branch Blue Creek as it carves a slow passage through the loam. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of The Hogback rises against the late afternoon sun, a distant reminder of the earth’s ancient folding, while the local air carries the dry, honest scent of turned soil and cooling metal. Residents often seek the solitude of Wildcat Bluff Access, where the transition from cultivated field to wilder brush offers a brief, shaded reprieve from the flat intensity of the surrounding acreage.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, a legacy of the German and Scandinavian settlers who first recognized the fertility of this dark, heavy soil. Life in Urbana moves with the seasonal clock, marked by the mechanical hum of planters in the spring and the deep, dusty amber of the harvest, a cycle that has persisted with a quiet, literate civility for generations. While the proximity of Ice House Lake provides a modest, reflective surface for the quiet hours of a weekend, the true character of the place is found in the unshowy persistence of those who work the land. Education and local enterprise anchor the daily routine, ensuring that Urbana remains a place of steady, grounded labor where the transitions between the work day and the long, expansive dusk feel both deliberate and entirely earned.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wildcat Bluff Access (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 180° S
Cedar Valley Nature Trail (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 125° SE
Blue Creek Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 105° E
Wood Duck Bottoms Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 140° SE
Goose Pond Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 146° SE
Dudgeon Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 248° W
Minnie Estema Access (State Recreation Area) — 7.0 mi, 287° W
Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.0 mi, 157° SE
Vinton Railroad Depot and Museum (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 238° SW
Iowa's Largest Frying Pan (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 314° NW
Cedar Rock (State Park) — 12.4 mi, 023° NE
FFA Historical and Ag Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 291° W
Riverwalk Parks Community Bandshell (Theatre) — 16.9 mi, 358° N
In Honor of the Veterans of Benton County (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 175° S
Witch's Basement (Historic Ruins) — 18.4 mi, 147° SE
Collins Road Theatres (Cinema) — 19.3 mi, 136° SE
The 5th Realm (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 136° SE
Blessed Art Thou Arch (Public Artwork) — 19.6 mi, 142° SE
Westside Rising (Monument) — 19.6 mi, 147° SE
Sister Catherine McAuley (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 142° SE
Studio 17 of the Eastern Iowa ARTS Academy (Arts Centre) — 20.0 mi, 143° SE
Campbell Steele Callery (Gallery) — 20.0 mi, 132° SE
History Center (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 146° SE
Gilded Pear Gallery (Gallery) — 20.7 mi, 146° SE
Modern Gallery And Framing (Gallery) — 20.7 mi, 146° SE
Mount Trashmore Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 22.1 mi, 147° SE
Iowa Baseball Museum of Norway (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 184° S
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.3 mi, 196° S · 24k acres
Backbone State Park (State Park) — 30.5 mi, 032° NE
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.4 mi, 048° NE · 274k acres

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