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Wall Lake Iowa Map

Explore Wall Lake, 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 Wall Lake, Iowa

How to Use This Wall Lake, Iowa Map

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

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	Wall Lake
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Sac County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.271095
Longitude	-95.093047
Population	755
Density	254.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51466
Area Code	563
County Seat	Sac City
School District	East Sac County Community School District

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About Wall Lake, Iowa

Wall Lake is a locality in Sac County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 755. The population density is 254.6 people per km². Wall Lake is located at 42.2711°N, 95.0930°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wall Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51466.

Wall Lake emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a deliberate arrangement of brick and grain, anchored firmly to the dark, fertile earth of the midwestern plains. It lies 18.3 miles northwest of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 321°T), and is situated 26.2 miles south-southeast of Storm Lake. The sky here possesses an immense, unblinking clarity, casting a long, pale light over the tilled fields that stretch in every direction, interrupted only by the occasional stand of trees or the distant, gentle rise of Gun Shot Hill. A mile away, the quiet passage of Lime Creek traces a wandering path through the soil, while the nearby expanse of Arrowhead Lake offers a reflective stillness to the surrounding prairie. The air carries the faint, dry scent of harvested stalks and the metallic tang of machinery, a sensory reminder of the relentless, seasonal labor that defines the physical character of the land.

The history of Wall Lake is etched into the grain silos and the sturdy, unadorned storefronts that serve as the center of local commerce. Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the economy, a legacy of the Scandinavian and German settlers who broke this sod and organized the landscape into the geometric precision of corn and soybean rows. Beyond the cultivated grid, the Black Hawk Wildlife Management Area preserves a fragment of the original tallgrass ecosystem, providing a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the movement of wind through switchgrass. Life in Wall Lake follows the steady, predictable rhythm of the planting and harvest cycles, reflecting an unshowy civility where the weight of the past is measured not in monuments, but in the enduring, quiet persistence of those who work the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Black Hawk Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 090° E
Sauk Rail Trail (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 103° E
Bald Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 054° NE
Black Hawk State Park (State Park) — 2.8 mi, 047° NE
Sac County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 096° E
Blackhawk Marsh Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 096° E
Lake View Museum (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 039° NE
Chief Black Hawk Statue (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 045° NE
Tomahawk Marsh Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 5.8 mi, 017° N
Tomahawk Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 018° N
Odebolt Historical Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 289° W
Hagge County Park (Local Park) — 9.1 mi, 032° NE
White Horse Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.6 mi, 082° E
Sac City Access (State Recreation Area) — 10.6 mi, 030° NE
Memorial Statue (Public Artwork) — 11.7 mi, 027° NE
War Memorial (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 181° S
Carroll 5 Theater (Cinema) — 18.3 mi, 141° SE
Lake City Capri Theater (Cinema) — 18.4 mi, 091° E
Moorehead Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 284° W
Farmstead Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 141° SE
Donna Reed Center for Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 22.1 mi, 217° SW
Fonda Opera House Museum (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 030° NE
J. Leslie Rollins Stadium (Stadium) — 26.1 mi, 347° N
Twin Lakes State Park (State Park) — 26.9 mi, 059° NE
Firefighter Memorial Benches (Monument) — 37.3 mi, 312° NW
Fighter jets (Attraction) — 38.0 mi, 292° W
McClean Museum (Attraction) — 38.7 mi, 222° SW
The Booster Buck (Attraction) — 38.7 mi, 222° SW
Pawnee Recreation Area Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 43.2 mi, 264° W
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.5 mi, 341° N · 12k acres

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