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Alden Minnesota Map

Explore Alden, Minnesota, 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 Alden, Minnesota

How to Use This Alden, Minnesota Map

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

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	Alden
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Freeborn County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.670233
Longitude	-93.576051
Population	583
Density	233.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56009
Area Code	320
County Seat	Albert Lea
School District	Alden-Conger Public School District

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About Alden, Minnesota

Alden is a locality in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 583. The population density is 233.3 people per km². Alden is located at 43.6702°N, 93.5761°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56009.

Alden occupies a flat, expansive reach of the prairie where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by anything but the vertical lines of grain elevators and distant shelterbelts. It lies 10.5 miles west of Albert Lea, MN (from Albert Lea, MN: bearing 278°T), and is situated 9.3 miles southeast of Wells. The earth here is dark and heavy, pulling moisture from the sky to feed the vast, geometric quilt of corn and soybean fields that stretch toward the edges of the horizon. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Foster Creek move through the landscape, acting as a slow, deliberate drain for the surrounding lowlands. During the autumn, the light turns a thin, pale gold that catches the dried corn stalks, and the Freeborn County Waterfowl Production Area becomes a gathering place for migrating birds, their calls echoing over the marshy ground as the air grows sharp and brittle with the approach of winter.

Alden grew from the labor of those who cleared the stubborn sod to harness the fertility of the soil, anchoring the local economy to the steady, seasonal rhythms of agriculture. The legacy of the early settlers remains in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the communal focus on the harvest, a tradition that persists even as modern machinery replaces the older methods of working the land. Residents look toward the nearby Freeborn Lake, which serves as a quiet reminder of the glacial shifts that once defined this terrain, while the distance to the Mule Lakebed twelve miles away offers a glimpse into the region’s deeper, ancient topography. Life in Alden moves with a predictable, grounded pace, defined by the cycle of planting and reaping and the long, quiet nights that follow the setting of the sun behind the windbreaks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Alden Community Museum (Museum) — 0.0 mi, 035° NE
Freeborn County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 278° W
Halls Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 068° E
Save the Wetlands State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 260° W
Edgewater Park (Local Park) — 8.9 mi, 089° E
Bancroft Bay (Local Park) — 9.8 mi, 089° E
Freeborn County Courthouse (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 099° E
Freeborn County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 094° E
Mall Cinema 7 Theatre (Cinema) — 11.0 mi, 086° E
Winnebago County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ia (Resource Management Area) — 11.8 mi, 180° S
Myre-Big Island State Park (State Park) — 12.8 mi, 103° E
Thanks for Visiting Minnesota (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 136° SE
Minnesota Welcomes You (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 136° SE
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 18.0 mi, 313° NW
Rice Lake State Park (State Park) — 19.6 mi, 170° S
Myrtle Museum (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 109° E
Worth County Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 131° SE
Swensrud School Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 131° SE
Jolly Green Giant (Public Artwork) — 26.0 mi, 267° W
Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 28.3 mi, 187° S
Summerset Theater (Theatre) — 29.0 mi, 089° E
Voyager Valley Teepee (Attraction) — 32.0 mi, 349° N
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.9 mi, 229° SW · 5,668 acres
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 38.7 mi, 150° SE
Bresnan Arena (Stadium) — 38.9 mi, 328° NW
Ted Paul Theatre (Theatre) — 39.2 mi, 328° NW
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 39.3 mi, 151° SE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.6 mi, 210° SW · 12k acres

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