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Bernadotte Minnesota Map

Explore Bernadotte, 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 Bernadotte, Minnesota

How to Use This Bernadotte, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.455243
Longitude	-94.301086
Population	180
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	56054, 56011
Area Code	320
County Seat	St. Peter

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About Bernadotte, Minnesota

Bernadotte is a locality in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Bernadotte is located at 44.4552°N, 94.3011°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 56054, 56011.

Bernadotte holds the stillness of the high prairie, where the horizon stretches thin and pale under a sky that seems to possess its own immense, unblinking weight. It lies 12.6 miles northeast of New Ulm, MN (from New Ulm, MN: bearing 39°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south-southwest of Gaylord. The landscape around Bernadotte acts as a vast stage for the seasonal shift of light, which turns the stubble of autumn fields into a burnished copper, reflecting the quiet intensity of a land removed from the urgency of the world. Four miles to the west, the Windot State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native shrubs, providing a sheltered corridor for wildlife amidst the open expanse. Further out, the terrain dips toward the Marsh Lakebed, a subtle reminder of the ancient, retreating waters that once defined this topography before the plow transformed the earth into a rigorous grid of agriculture.

Swedish settlers arrived in Bernadotte to carve a life from the stubborn soil, leaving a legacy of endurance that persists in the austere geometry of the surrounding farms. The regional economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, a rhythm dictated by the demands of the grain and the unpredictable grace of the weather. While Sand Lake sits four miles away as a glassy, quiet witness to the passage of time, the distant flow of County Ditch Number Seventyeight marks the land’s slow, deliberate drainage toward the larger basins of the interior. Life here retains a steady, interior focus, where the labor of the field is balanced by a communal reliance on the quietude of the plains, ensuring that Bernadotte remains a place defined by the strength of its own quiet persistence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Alfsborg State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 324° NW
Swan Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 172° S
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 8.3 mi, 348° N
Art Wall Park (Public Artwork) — 12.2 mi, 220° SW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 12.4 mi, 219° SW
Sibley County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.5 mi, 014° N
Minnesota Music Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 219° SW
John Lind House (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 219° SW
Wanda Gag House (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 220° SW
State Street Theater Co. (Theatre) — 12.7 mi, 219° SW
Defenders Monument (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 219° SW
Hermann Monument (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 220° SW
Martin Luther Statue (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 219° SW
Mcleod County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 13.6 mi, 000° N
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.7 mi, 219° SW
Flandrau State Park (State Park) — 13.7 mi, 213° SW
Glueck Park (State Recreation Area) — 18.1 mi, 125° SE
Harold and Ruth Schaefer Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 18.6 mi, 120° SE
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 18.7 mi, 120° SE
Minneopa State Park (State Park) — 19.2 mi, 160° S
Le Sueur Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 088° E
Sibley County Historic Society and Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 075° E
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.0 mi, 073° E · 24k acres
Minnesota Valley (State Recreation Area) — 20.1 mi, 073° E
Fort Ridgely (Historic Castle / Fort) — 21.4 mi, 270° W
Sleepy Eye Depot Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 243° SW
Spotlight Theatres Mankato 4 (Cinema) — 24.8 mi, 144° SE
410 Project (Gallery) — 24.9 mi, 144° SE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.5 mi, 252° W · 12k acres

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