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Balaton Minnesota Map

Explore Balaton, 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 Balaton, Minnesota

How to Use This Balaton, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.233296
Longitude	-95.872242
Population	595
Density	158.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56115
Area Code	320
County Seat	Marshall
School District	Tracy Area Public School District

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About Balaton, Minnesota

Balaton is a locality in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 595. The population density is 158.3 people per km². Balaton is located at 44.2333°N, 95.8722°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Balaton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56115.

Balaton emerges from the wide, flat expanse of the prairie like a quiet anchor cast into a sea of tallgrass. It lies 15.3 miles south-southwest of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 196°T), and is situated 17.9 miles north-northwest of Slayton. The landscape remains defined by its openness, where the horizon stretches indefinitely until it meets the distant, muted silhouette of Buffalo Ridge. Here, the earth holds the memory of ancient glacial movements, eventually giving way to the quiet waters of Lake Yankton, which sits at the edge of the grid, its surface often mirroring the vast, shifting colors of the Minnesota sky. A mile away, the Cottonwood River cuts a slender path through the soil, offering a subtle contrast to the static, sun-drenched fields that characterize the surrounding terrain. Even during the stillness of a mid-afternoon, one can feel the land breathing, a rhythmic expansion of wind across the plains that makes the air feel thinner and more crystalline than in more crowded corners of the world.

Balaton carries the weight of a history rooted in the grit of agricultural settlement, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the resilience of the local soil. The spirit of the place is preserved within the Lake Yankton State Wildlife Management Area, a sanctuary that honors the native ecology and provides a refuge for the migratory life that defines the seasons. Beyond the immediate reach of the cultivated fields, the distant, sunken expanse of Oscar Lakebed serves as a reminder of the shifting topography that has shaped human ambition in this region for generations. Life in Balaton moves with a deliberate, tempered pace, dictated more by the turning of the agricultural calendar and the deep, enduring cold of winter than by the frenetic pulse of distant urban centers. In the quiet evenings, when the light turns a bruised violet against the stubble of the fields, the endurance of those who built their lives upon this prairie becomes the most notable feature of the landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Yankton State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 089° E
Happy Hollow State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 334° NW
Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.8 mi, 077° E
Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area 3 (National Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 320° NW · 235 acres
Camden State Park (State Park) — 7.1 mi, 341° N
Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 088° E
Lake Shetek State Park (State Park) — 11.7 mi, 135° SE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.0 mi, 271° W · 12k acres
Tracy Tornado Memorial (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 088° E
The Stone Station (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 088° E
Marshall 6 Theatre (Cinema) — 15.4 mi, 016° N
Civil War Statue (Public Artwork) — 15.5 mi, 014° N
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 051° NE
Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek (Historic Ruins) — 20.3 mi, 087° E
Our Lady of Victory (Monument) — 23.4 mi, 057° NE
Westbrook Heritage House Museum (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 122° SE
Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 26.6 mi, 236° SW · 302 acres
Smooth Sumac (Viewpoint) — 26.9 mi, 236° SW
Three Maidens (Historic Ruins) — 27.1 mi, 235° SW
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 34.0 mi, 021° N
Minnesota's Machinery Museum (Museum) — 34.1 mi, 021° N
Canby Depot Museum (Museum) — 38.4 mi, 329° NW
Yellow Medicine County Museum (Museum) — 42.4 mi, 023° NE
Boyd House (Attraction) — 42.7 mi, 358° N
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 42.9 mi, 059° NE
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 46.3 mi, 277° W

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