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Blomkest Minnesota Map

Explore Blomkest, 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 Blomkest, Minnesota

How to Use This Blomkest, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.94274
Longitude	-95.023337
Population	145
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56216
Area Code	320
County Seat	Willmar
School District	Willmar Public School District

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About Blomkest, Minnesota

Blomkest is a locality in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 145. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Blomkest is located at 44.9427°N, 95.0233°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Blomkest is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56216.

Blomkest emerges from the vast, flat expanse of the Minnesota prairie as a quiet collection of structures defined by the relentless horizon. It lies 12.4 miles south of Willmar, MN (from Willmar, MN: bearing 175°T), and is situated 11.6 miles north of Olivia. The earth here is heavy and dark, a fertile quilt of agricultural fields that stretches toward the distant, hazy rise of Middag Knutea, which anchors the far-off skyline. In the humid stillness of a mid-summer afternoon, the light turns a bruised, electric gold, catching the dust kicked up from gravel roads that slice through the grid of corn and soybean stalks. Four miles to the east, the waters of Big Kandiyohi Lake reflect the wide, unyielding sky, while the nearby Kandiyohi County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary where the tall grasses sway in rhythm with the persistent, cooling winds that sweep across the open plains.

Blomkest carries the weight of a history rooted in the grit of agrarian labor, where the economy remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of the harvest and the slow, mechanical pulse of grain elevators. The local character is forged by the endurance of long, austere winters, creating a culture that values the steady, unspoken reliability of neighbors who understand the necessity of clearing snow and tending the land. Beyond the immediate vicinity, the landscape is punctuated by the linear precision of State Ditch Number One, a testament to the early efforts to tame the marshy soil, while the distant, quiet tracks of the Luce Line State Trail offer a path for those seeking the solitude of the interior woods. Life in Blomkest moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the frenetic energy of the world beyond, finding its own cadence in the early morning frost and the deep, silent shadows of the evening.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kandiyohi County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.7 mi, 028° NE
Whitefield State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 349° N
Winfield State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 208° SW
Schwanke's Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 354° N
Golden Ticket Kandi 6 (Cinema) — 11.3 mi, 356° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.6 mi, 001° N
Kandiyohi County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 357° N
Renville County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.8 mi, 118° SE
Upper Sioux Agency State Park (State Park) — 24.4 mi, 235° SW
Sibley State Park (State Park) — 24.5 mi, 000° N
Birch Coulee Historical Marker (Monument) — 25.3 mi, 177° S
Renville County Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 176° S
Litchfiel Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 26.9 mi, 064° NE
Yellow Medicine County Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 249° W
Geology of the Redwood Falls Region (Monument) — 27.4 mi, 190° S
Meeker County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 062° NE
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 27.5 mi, 190° S
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.6 mi, 351° N · 12k acres
World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man (Attraction) — 31.8 mi, 070° E
Chief Little Crow (Public Artwork) — 32.1 mi, 096° E
State Theatre (Cinema) — 32.2 mi, 096° E
A maze'n Farmyard (Attraction) — 33.1 mi, 037° NE
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 34.0 mi, 240° SW
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 34.6 mi, 345° N
Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 36.5 mi, 342° N
Fort Ridgely (Historic Castle / Fort) — 36.7 mi, 157° SE
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 59.9 mi, 113° SE · 24k acres

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