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Amboy Minnesota Map

Explore Amboy, 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 Amboy, Minnesota

How to Use This Amboy, Minnesota Map

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

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	Amboy
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Blue Earth County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.888015
Longitude	-94.156626
Population	535
Density	662.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56010
Area Code	320
County Seat	Mankato
School District	Maple River School District

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About Amboy, Minnesota

Amboy is a locality in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 535. The population density is 662.1 people per km². Amboy is located at 43.8880°N, 94.1566°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Amboy is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56010.

Amboy anchors itself to the vast, fertile plains of southern Minnesota, where the horizon stretches with a relentless, flat clarity that defines the local sky. It lies 20.6 miles south-southwest of Mankato, MN (from Mankato, MN: bearing 202°T), and is situated 17.5 miles north of Blue Earth. The land here is an expanse of rich, dark soil, marked by the slow, deliberate meander of the Blue Earth River, which flows just a mile away. Only two miles distant, the shallow depression of the Jackson Lakebed and the quiet expanse of Ida Lake offer a subtle contrast to the surrounding fields, their waters often reflecting the bruised purples and golds of an approaching prairie storm. In the colder months, the wind sweeps across these open tracts with an unobstructed force, hardening the earth and turning the Ida Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Blue Earth) into a hushed, frozen sanctuary for the hardy wildlife that persists through the deep, legendary winters.

Amboy remains a place where the rhythm of existence is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest, a quiet testament to the agricultural heritage that first drew settlers to these interior reaches. The economy here is tied closely to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, with grain elevators rising as the primary architecture against the clouds, serving as markers for those navigating the grid of county roads. Life in Amboy moves with a measured, intentional pace, shaped by the legacy of early homesteaders who broke the prairie sod and established a community that has endured through changing times. Even now, the spirit of the place is found in the way the sunlight catches the dust motes in a grain shed or the steady, persistent industry of a season’s labor, grounding the identity of Amboy firmly in the soil it cultivates.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dodd Ford Historic Bridge (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 243° SW
Ida Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Blue Earth) (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 013° N
Blue Earth County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 158° S
Faribault County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.5 mi, 147° SE
Smith State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 127° SE
Winnebago Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 183° S
SGT Corey Sathoff (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 248° W
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 16.0 mi, 100° E
Jolly Green Giant (Public Artwork) — 16.7 mi, 169° S
Watona Park Peace Pole (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 309° NW
Wakefield House Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 170° S
Etta C Ross Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 170° S
Minneopa State Park (State Park) — 17.9 mi, 008° N
Bresnan Arena (Stadium) — 19.5 mi, 024° NE
Conkling Art Center (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 024° NE
Andreas Theatre (Theatre) — 19.7 mi, 024° NE
Ted Paul Theatre (Theatre) — 19.7 mi, 024° NE
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 20.1 mi, 231° SW
Blue Earth County Heritage Center Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 022° N
410 Project (Gallery) — 20.4 mi, 021° N
Spotlight Theatres Mankato 4 (Cinema) — 20.6 mi, 021° N
Voyager Valley Teepee (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 054° NE
Flandrau State Park (State Park) — 30.7 mi, 331° NW
Former Dam Site (Viewpoint) — 31.2 mi, 332° NW
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 31.2 mi, 017° N
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.8 mi, 178° S · 5,668 acres
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.0 mi, 016° N · 24k acres

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