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Volga Iowa Map

Explore Volga, 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 Volga, Iowa

How to Use This Volga, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	42.804706
Longitude	-91.540978
Population	203
Density	104.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	52077
Area Code	712
County Seat	Elkader
School District	Central Community School District

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About Volga, Iowa

Volga is a locality in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 203. The population density is 104.2 people per km². Volga is located at 42.8047°N, 91.5410°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Volga is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 52077.

Volga emerges from the landscape where the Volga River carves a quiet, persistent path through the limestone-rich earth of northeastern Iowa. It lies 46.1 miles east-northeast of Waterloo, IA (from Waterloo, IA: bearing 62°T), and is situated 19.4 miles south of Postville. The horizon here is defined by the steady, rhythmic rise and fall of tilled fields, a vast expanse of corn and soybeans that catches the low, amber light of late afternoon. Just beyond the immediate reach of the dwellings, the Volga White Pine Forest Preserve offers a sanctuary of needle-strewn paths and cool, shaded air, standing in sharp contrast to the sun-bleached intensity of the surrounding prairie. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of Hefel Ridge anchors the western perspective, while the ground itself slopes toward the deep, shadowed creases of Hells Hollow, where the soil holds the damp chill of the morning long after the sun has climbed high.

Volga carries the quiet weight of a history built on agrarian resolve and the steady hands of those who settled this valley. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the earth, as the local rhythm is dictated by the planting and the harvest, a tradition that has persisted through generations of Scandinavian and German influence. Life here moves with an unshowy, literate civility, where the silence of the countryside is broken only by the mechanical hum of machinery or the shifting of the wind through the pines. While the distant Pony Hollow Trail beckons those seeking the solitude of the woods, the people of Volga maintain a deliberate, grounded pace, finding a particular beauty in the way the twilight deepens the color of the fallow fields, turning the world a soft, muted gray before the stars assert their brilliance over the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Volga White Pine Forest Preserve (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 337° NW
Volga River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 088° E
Osborne Outdoor Ed. Cnt. Park (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 101° E
Leonard Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 116° SE
Wadena Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 292° W
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.8 mi, 073° E · 2,440 acres
Carter House Museum (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 064° NE
Wilder Memorial Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 178° S
World's Largest Strawberry (Public Artwork) — 8.4 mi, 178° S
Motor Mill Access (Local Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 088° E
Volga River State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.0 mi, 296° NW
Backbone State Park (State Park) — 11.1 mi, 184° S
Volga River Access (State Recreation Area) — 11.4 mi, 283° W
Backbone Fish Hatchery (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 11.9 mi, 185° S
Red Barn Model Railroad Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 178° S
Clermont Museum (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 337° NW
Abraham Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 338° N
Plagmans Barn Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 106° E
Richardson-Jakway House (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 213° SW
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.8 mi, 065° NE · 274k acres
Effigy Mounds National Monument (National Monument) — 20.8 mi, 064° NE · 2,460 acres
Veteran’s Memorial (Monument) — 22.5 mi, 093° E
Wyalusing State Park (State Park) — 22.6 mi, 064° NE
Crows Nest (Viewpoint) — 23.3 mi, 055° NE
Manchester Fish Hatchery (Attraction) — 24.8 mi, 163° S
St. Feriole Island Riverfront Playground (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 048° NE
St. Feriole Island Play Area (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 048° NE
Little Bear Mound (Historic Ruins) — 26.9 mi, 042° NE
Riverwalk Parks Community Bandshell (Theatre) — 29.1 mi, 218° SW
Inwood Woodcarving Exhibit (Gallery) — 30.7 mi, 136° SE

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