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Wallingford Iowa Map

Explore Wallingford, 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 Wallingford, Iowa

How to Use This Wallingford, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	43.319682
Longitude	-94.792762
Population	165
Density	64.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51365
Area Code	563
County Seat	Estherville
School District	Estherville Lincoln Central Community School District

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About Wallingford, Iowa

Wallingford is a locality in Emmet County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 165. The population density is 64.5 people per km². Wallingford is located at 43.3197°N, 94.7928°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wallingford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51365.

Wallingford emerges from the flat, horizon-spanning expanse of the Iowa prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 21.6 miles northeast of Spencer, IA (from Spencer, IA: bearing 55°T), and is situated 6.0 miles south-southeast of Estherville. The landscape around Wallingford is defined by the steady, rhythmic geometry of tilled fields, where the dark, fertile soil yields to the seasonal transition of emerald corn and the pale gold of ripening soybeans. Only a mile away, the Des Moines River cuts a subtle, meandering path through the terrain, its banks lined with the quiet persistence of native cottonwoods and willows. A few miles further, the waters of Bur Oak Lake provide a still, reflective counterpoint to the vast openness of the plains, while the nearby Peterson Access offers a modest, unadorned gateway to the wilder pockets of the local ecosystem.

The economic pulse of Wallingford beats in time with the harvest, rooted in a history of agricultural industry that has long defined the character of its inhabitants. Descendants of Scandinavian and German settlers maintain a culture of quiet, pragmatic industry, where the pride of a well-tended farmstead speaks louder than any public proclamation. Daily life in Wallingford moves with an unforced cadence, dictated by the turning of the seasons and the demands of the soil that anchors the region. There is a particular clarity to the light during the late afternoon, catching the dust motes above the fields and casting long, sharp shadows across the grain elevators that serve as the silent sentinels of the local landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Peterson Access (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 097° E
Emmet County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.5 mi, 143° SE
Burr Oak Lake Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 2.5 mi, 143° SE
Burr Oak Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 168° S
Ingham-High Wetland Complex (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 111° E
Ingham-High Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 3.5 mi, 097° E
Jim Hall Habitat Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 164° S
Wolden Recreation Area (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 095° E
Peterson Point (Local Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 103° E
Emmet County Historical Society Museum Complex (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 348° N
Fort Defiance State Park (State Park) — 5.9 mi, 327° NW
Estherville Meteorite Sculpture (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 340° N
Estherville Rock Garden (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 334° NW
Estherville Swinging Bridge (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 336° NW
Estherville Meteorite Memorial (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 352° N
Ringham Habitat Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 10.1 mi, 337° NW
Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.3 mi, 147° SE
Gull Point State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 293° NW
House of Dolls Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 159° S
Palo Alto County Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 157° SE
Victorian Museum on Main (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 157° SE
Wild Rose Casino and Resort (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 155° SE
Dickinson County Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 295° NW
Ranch Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 17.4 mi, 287° W
Pearson Lakes Art Center (Arts Centre) — 17.7 mi, 287° W
Okoboji Summer Theatre (Theatre) — 17.7 mi, 287° W
Milford Pioneer Theatre (Cinema) — 18.0 mi, 271° W
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.1 mi, 218° SW · 12k acres
Southpark 7 Theatres (Cinema) — 22.6 mi, 234° SW
Lone Rock (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 106° E

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