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Willey Iowa Map

Explore Willey, 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 Willey, Iowa

How to Use This Willey, Iowa Map

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

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

Latitude	41.979153
Longitude	-94.822206
Population	73
Density	113.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	51401
Area Code	563
County Seat	Carroll
School District	Carroll Community School District

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About Willey, Iowa

Willey is a locality in Carroll County, Iowa, United States. It is a small community with a population of 73. The population density is 113.2 people per km². Willey is located at 41.9792°N, 94.8222°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Willey is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 51401.

Willey emerges from the vast, tilled expanse of Iowa as a quiet intersection of sky and soil, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered in every direction. It lies 6.4 miles south-southeast of Carroll, IA (from Carroll, IA: bearing 159°T), and is situated 18.9 miles north-northeast of Audubon. The landscape is defined by the steady, rhythmic undulation of farmland, where soybean and corn fields hold the morning light in long, golden furrows that seem to breathe with the seasons. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Willey Branch trace a modest path through the earth, offering a cool, shaded reprieve from the sun-drenched plains. Two miles to the north, the Tigges North Wildlife Area provides a sanctuary for native grasses and local fauna, maintaining a wilder, untamed character that contrasts with the methodical precision of the surrounding crops. Even from the low elevations of the plains, the distant silhouette of Mount Moses rises eight miles away, a faint, stony suggestion of height against the pale, vaulted sky.

Willey maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, rooted in the industrious heritage of the families who first broke this prairie sod. The local economy remains tethered to the vitality of the land, with the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of daily activity. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the nearby presence of Swan Lake, four miles distant, serves as a quiet marker in the geography, a place where the air hangs heavy and cool during the humid heat of midsummer. The cultural character of the region reflects a legacy of German and Scandinavian tenacity, manifested in the well-kept structures and an unshowy, literate civility that persists in the way neighbors greet one another. Here, the history of the region is not written in grand monuments but in the enduring fiber of the community, where the work of the hands and the quiet contemplation of the landscape define the essence of Willey.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tigges North Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 269° W
Swan Lake State Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 348° N
Farmstead Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 349° N
Sauk Rail Trail (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 335° NW
Daniel Davis Timber (Local Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 170° S
Carroll 5 Theater (Cinema) — 6.3 mi, 338° N
Carroll Youth Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 345° N
Greene County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.9 mi, 089° E
Dunbar Slough Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 9.9 mi, 090° E
Dunbar Slough Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 091° E
White Rock Conservancy (Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 136° SE
Coon Rapids Sculpture Park (Public Artwork) — 11.4 mi, 136° SE
Hausbarn (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 247° SW
North Raccoon Access (State Recreation Area) — 13.7 mi, 029° NE
Elk Grove Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.6 mi, 159° S
War Memorial (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 295° NW
Little Red Schoolhouse Museum (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 195° S
Lake City Capri Theater (Cinema) — 20.5 mi, 013° N
Springbrook State Park (State Park) — 22.5 mi, 128° SE
Jefferson Telephone Company Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 084° E
Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 084° E
Lindsey Memorial (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 084° E
Greene County Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 084° E
Bald Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 24.7 mi, 332° NW
Donna Reed Center for Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 27.5 mi, 276° W
Tree in the Road (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 181° S
Tree on the road (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 181° S
Vet's Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 34.5 mi, 229° SW
Mouth of Nickinabockina Cutoff Ditch (Attraction) — 35.4 mi, 232° SW
Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 46.6 mi, 078° E

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