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Bricelyn Minnesota Map

Explore Bricelyn, 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 Bricelyn, Minnesota

How to Use This Bricelyn, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.562176
Longitude	-93.811893
Population	348
Density	463.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56014
Area Code	320
County Seat	Blue Earth
School District	United South Central School District

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About Bricelyn, Minnesota

Bricelyn is a locality in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 348. The population density is 463.3 people per km². Bricelyn is located at 43.5622°N, 93.8119°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bricelyn is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56014.

Bricelyn anchors itself firmly amidst the vast, geometric expanse of the southern Minnesota plains, where the earth stretches flat and dark toward the horizon. It lies 23.0 miles west-southwest of Albert Lea, MN (from Albert Lea, MN: bearing 255°T), and is situated 15.4 miles east-southeast of Blue Earth. The sky here possesses a singular, heavy presence, pressing down upon the endless rows of corn and soybeans that define the regional geometry. A mile to the west, Brush Creek carves a shallow, unassuming path through the loamy soil, its waters moving with a quiet, persistent gravity that mimics the town's own deliberate pace. Five miles distant, the Walnut Lake State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal marshland, providing a stark, wild contrast to the manicured precision of the surrounding agricultural fields. The light at dusk often turns a bruised, singular violet, casting long shadows across the black dirt that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has vanished.

Bricelyn carries the quiet weight of a century of agrarian industry, a place where the economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest and the seasonal cycles of the soil. The legacy of Scandinavian settlement lingers in the architectural bones of the older buildings and the stoic, measured temperament of the residents who maintain them. While the Oza Tanka Lakebed lies nine miles away as a ghostly reminder of ancient geological shifts, the local life remains focused on the immediate, tangible yields of the present. Even the proximity of Rice Lake, seven miles to the north, serves as a modest punctuation mark in a landscape defined by the sheer, unyielding scale of the prairie. Here, the passage of time is measured not by the frantic tick of a clock, but by the slow, steady turning of the seasons, as Bricelyn observes the quiet dignity of a life lived in direct conversation with the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Walnut Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 008° N
Faribault County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.2 mi, 122° SE
Winnebago County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ia (Resource Management Area) — 7.9 mi, 166° S
Good Neighbors Marsh Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 7.9 mi, 166° S
Quam Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 209° SW
Harmon Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 144° SE
Lande River Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 13.5 mi, 127° SE
Alden Community Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 058° NE
Heritage Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 209° SW
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 14.9 mi, 288° W
Wakefield House Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 290° W
Etta C Ross Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 290° W
Jolly Green Giant (Public Artwork) — 15.5 mi, 293° NW
Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 125° SE
Rice Lake State Park (State Park) — 19.3 mi, 129° SE
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 19.7 mi, 356° N
Holtan Farm Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 156° SE
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.2 mi, 223° SW · 5,668 acres
Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 22.4 mi, 157° SE
Freeborn County Courthouse (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 075° E
Thanks for Visiting Minnesota (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 100° E
Mall Cinema 7 Theatre (Cinema) — 24.3 mi, 070° E
Myre-Big Island State Park (State Park) — 24.7 mi, 079° E
Fairmont Opera House (Theatre) — 33.1 mi, 281° W
Lone Rock (Attraction) — 35.1 mi, 228° SW
Voyager Valley Teepee (Attraction) — 39.3 mi, 008° N
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.8 mi, 201° S · 12k acres
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 40.7 mi, 130° SE
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 41.1 mi, 131° SE
Bresnan Arena (Stadium) — 41.3 mi, 347° N

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