Explore Woodbine, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Woodbine, 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 Woodbine.
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 | Woodbine |
| State | Iowa (IA) |
| County | Harrison County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 41.738322 |
| Longitude | -95.702784 |
| Population | 1,625 |
| Density | 469.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 51579 |
| Area Code | 641 |
| County Seat | Logan |
| School District | Woodbine Community School District |
Woodbine emerges from the expansive, tilled plains of western Iowa, where the Boyer River carves a quiet, serpentine path through the fertile valley floor. It lies 33.9 miles north-northeast of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 14°T), and is situated 15.8 miles northeast of Missouri Valley. The landscape surrounding Woodbine is defined by the deep, wind-blown soils that rise into the dramatic, undulating forms of the Loess Hills to the west, creating a textured horizon that catches the long, amber light of late afternoon. While the Loess Hills State Forest lies a dozen miles away, the immediate vicinity remains an open theater of agriculture, where the geometry of soybean and corn fields dictates the rhythm of the seasons. The air here holds a crisp, earthen clarity, especially during the harvest months when the dust of the fields mingles with the cooling atmosphere, lending a silvery quality to the dusk that settles over the valley.
Woodbine carries the quiet weight of a settlement founded upon the promise of the rail, its historical identity tethered to the movement of grain and the industry of the plains. The local economy persists as a steady, focused endeavor, deeply rooted in the productivity of the soil and the unshowy civility of its inhabitants. Residents often seek recreation at Schaben Park, a five-mile journey that offers a reprieve into the oak and hickory stands typical of the region. Though the nearest water of any scale is Smith Lake, sixteen miles distant, the life of Woodbine remains oriented toward the river and the road, maintaining a character shaped by German and Scandinavian heritage. It is a place where the pace of daily existence is measured not by the clock, but by the slow, deliberate turning of the agricultural cycle and the persistent, literate spirit of those who call the valley home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Woodbine, Iowa. Coordinates: 41.738322, -95.702784. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Woodbine includes the ZIP code (51579), telephone area code (641), county seat of Harrison County (Logan), and school district assignment (Woodbine Community School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |