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Appleton Minnesota Map

Explore Appleton, 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 Appleton, Minnesota

How to Use This Appleton, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.196906
Longitude	-96.019767
Population	1,392
Density	287.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56208
Area Code	320
County Seat	Benson
School District	Lac Qui Parle Valley School District

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About Appleton, Minnesota

Appleton is a locality in Swift County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,392. The population density is 287.4 people per km². Appleton is located at 45.1969°N, 96.0198°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Appleton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56208.

Appleton emerges from the expansive, flat horizon of the high prairie where the Pomme de Terre River carves a deliberate, winding path through the silt and dark earth. It lies 47.9 miles west of Willmar, MN (from Willmar, MN: bearing 277°T), and is situated 22.8 miles northwest of Montevideo. The landscape around Appleton remains defined by the persistent sweep of the wind across open fields, a terrain where the sky claims more space than the land itself and the light at dusk turns the stubble of harvested crops into a shimmering, bronze expanse. Three miles to the north, the waters of Spring Lake hold a stillness that mirrors the vast, cloud-streaked heavens, while the faint, hazy suggestion of the Antelope Hills lingers on the western edge of vision, anchoring the distance. The air here carries the bracing chill of the interior, a sharp reminder of the long winters that have shaped the endurance of the local character.

History in Appleton remains deeply tethered to the rhythmic demands of the soil and the iron-willed efforts of those who broke the sod to establish a life on the plains. Agriculture serves as the primary pulse of the local economy, with the work of the day governed by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest that sustains the region. Proximity to the Lac qui Parle State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary for migratory birds and wild grasses, preserving a vestige of the original prairie that once stretched uninterrupted for miles. Life in Appleton proceeds with a quiet, steady resolve, where the social fabric is stitched together by shared labor and the understated resilience of a people who have learned to thrive in the heart of the continent.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lac qui Parle State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 184° S
Upper Minnesota River Valley Fee (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 180° S
Chippewa Prairie Fee (Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 170° S
Lac Qui Parle Lake (Recreation Area) — 2.8 mi, 208° SW
Swift County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 327° NW
Lac Qui Parle County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.5 mi, 204° SW
Persen State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 092° E
Arv Hus Museum (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 138° SE
Lac qui Parle State Park (State Park) — 12.2 mi, 154° SE
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.2 mi, 277° W · 23k acres
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.7 mi, 002° N · 12k acres
Swift County Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 068° E
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 21.2 mi, 289° W
Boyd House (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 166° S
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 28.9 mi, 264° W
Milbank Grist Mill (Monument) — 29.2 mi, 274° W
Grant County Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 273° W
Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 30.0 mi, 273° W
Valley Queen Heritage Center (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 273° W
Swensson Farm Museum (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 136° SE
Barckes Corner (Monument) — 30.7 mi, 204° SW
Willard Andrews Lookout (Viewpoint) — 34.2 mi, 295° NW
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 40.0 mi, 151° SE
Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 40.9 mi, 065° NE
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 42.6 mi, 068° E
Runestone Replica (Monument) — 45.8 mi, 022° N
Golden Ticket Kandi 6 (Cinema) — 48.1 mi, 097° E
Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 49.7 mi, 007° N
HGC Eagle Carving (Public Artwork) — 52.0 mi, 204° SW

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