Explore Brewster, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Brewster, 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 Brewster.
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 | Brewster |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Nobles County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 43.698573 |
| Longitude | -95.468615 |
| Population | 506 |
| Density | 141.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56119 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Worthington |
| School District | Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools |
Brewster occupies a vast, level expanse of the prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that feels immense and heavy with light. It lies 8.4 miles northeast of Worthington, MN (from Worthington, MN: bearing 50°T), and is situated 26.5 miles northwest of Spirit Lake. The land here is defined by its deep, fertile soil, a dark earth that yields to the slow, deliberate work of the seasons and the quiet persistence of the wind. A mile away, the thin, winding ribbon of Okabena Creek cuts through the terrain, providing a modest pulse to the stillness of the fields. To the north, the landscape remains open and exposed, though the proximity of the Fred Hoffenkamp State Wildlife Management Area, just four miles distant, offers a sanctuary where the grasses grow thick and wild. On days when the sun slants low, the shadow of Hawkeye Point looms as a faint, distant suggestion against the western sky, a reminder of the elevation that exists far beyond these flat, productive plains.
Brewster thrives as a quiet center of agricultural industry, where the rhythm of the day is marked by the mechanical hum of machinery and the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest. The history of the place is etched into the grid of its streets and the sturdy, functional architecture that serves the needs of the surrounding farms. Residents often find their way to East Graham Lake, six miles off, to watch the water catch the amber hues of a dying sun or to listen to the evening settle over the reeds. Life here avoids the frantic pace of larger hubs, favoring instead a steady, measured approach to commerce and community. In the quiet intersections of Brewster, one can hear the subtle rustle of cornstalks in the breeze, a sound that carries the weight of a long-standing tradition of working the land, generation after generation, in this corner of the interior plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brewster, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.698573, -95.468615. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Brewster includes the ZIP code (56119), telephone area code (320), county seat of Nobles County (Worthington), and school district assignment (Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |