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Washburn Iowa Map

Explore Washburn, 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 Washburn, Iowa

How to Use This Washburn, Iowa Map

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

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	Washburn
State	Iowa (IA)
County	Black Hawk County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.411656
Longitude	-92.267406
Population	870
Density	271.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	50702
Area Code	319
County Seat	Waterloo
School District	Waterloo Community School District

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About Washburn, Iowa

Washburn is a locality in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 870. The population density is 271.8 people per km². Washburn is located at 42.4117°N, 92.2674°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 50702.

Washburn anchors itself to the expansive, tilled flatness of the Iowa plains where the horizon stretches into an uninterrupted line of earth and sky. It lies 6.8 miles southeast of Waterloo, IA (from Waterloo, IA: bearing 145°T), and is situated 4.7 miles east-southeast of Orange. The landscape around Washburn operates on the scale of immense, geometric fields, defined by the seasonal shifting of corn and soybeans that turn from pale emerald to a deep, brittle gold. A quiet watercourse, Sink Creek, traces a subtle depression through the terrain two miles out, its presence marked only by the darker, denser vegetation that clings to its banks. Beyond the immediate reach of the township, the land remains largely open, though one can sense the distant, faint silhouette of The Hogback thirty-two miles away, a reminder of the tectonic shifts that once defined this region. On clear evenings, the light here possesses a peculiar, cooling clarity, casting long shadows that emphasize the slow, deliberate work of the wind across the soil.

Generations of settlers established the foundations of Washburn by working the resilient prairie earth, creating a legacy of agrarian industry that continues to dictate the local tempo. The Cedar Valley Nature Trail provides a corridor for movement just one mile away, serving as a narrow, forested artery where residents find respite from the methodical demands of the surrounding fields. While Hanson Lake sits three miles off, holding the runoff of the seasons in its quiet basin, the life of the place remains tethered to the persistent, unshowy labor of agriculture and the maintenance of its rail-side roots. There is a literate, reserved quality to the daily interactions here, a byproduct of a culture that values the steady maintenance of homesteads and the quiet continuity of the harvest. Washburn persists as a place of deliberate order, where the rhythm of the year is measured by the planting, the growth, and the eventual clearing of the fields under an immense, unblinking sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cedar Valley Nature Trail (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 020° N
Schaefer Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 060° NE
Lloyd Randall Park (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 343° N
Cedar River Natural Resource Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 126° SE
Lokolo (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 314° NW
Mama Pezaki (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 314° NW
Mura Dancer (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 314° NW
Ohu Hoppers (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 314° NW
POW Memorial (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 328° NW
USS Frank E. Evans D7540 (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 328° NW
Statue Of Liberty Replica (Public Artwork) — 6.8 mi, 328° NW
National Wrestling Hall Of Fame (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 327° NW
Phelps Youth Pavillion (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 328° NW
Brandon Road Boatramp (State Recreation Area) — 7.3 mi, 135° SE
FFA Historical and Ag Museum (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 150° SE
Robinson Bird Sanctuary (Local Recreation) — 7.9 mi, 291° W
McBride Auditorium (Theatre) — 9.0 mi, 336° NW
George Wyth State Park (State Park) — 9.0 mi, 322° NW
Hudson Depot Museum (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 269° W
Casey's Paha State Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 197° S
Cedar Falls Historical Society (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 313° NW
Overman Park (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 313° NW
Riverwalk Parks Community Bandshell (Theatre) — 19.4 mi, 077° E
Palace Theater (Cinema) — 24.0 mi, 335° NW
Cedar Rock (State Park) — 24.2 mi, 093° E
McElroy Communication Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 24.4 mi, 333° NW
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.4 mi, 196° S · 24k acres
Backbone Fish Hatchery (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 39.1 mi, 067° NE
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.6 mi, 067° NE · 274k acres

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