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Canby Minnesota Map

Explore Canby, 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 Canby, Minnesota

How to Use This Canby, Minnesota Map

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

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	Canby
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Yellow Medicine County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	44.708852
Longitude	-96.276434
Population	1,695
Density	292.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56220
Area Code	320
County Seat	Granite Falls
School District	Canby Public School District

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About Canby, Minnesota

Canby is a locality in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,695. The population density is 292.3 people per km². Canby is located at 44.7089°N, 96.2764°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Canby is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56220.

Canby emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a collection of grain elevators rising like monoliths above the surrounding prairie. It lies 30.1 miles northwest of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 307°T), and is situated 31.5 miles west-southwest of Montevideo. The landscape here is defined by the persistent, unhurried flow of Canby Creek, which carves a modest path through the earth, offering a ribbon of riparian color against the vast, sun-bleached grasses. To the west, the Antelope Hills break the monotony of the plains, their silhouettes hardening against the violet bruise of a coming storm. Three miles away, the Benjamin Thovson Memorial State Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for migratory birds, its quiet wetlands contrasting with the agricultural order of the nearby fields. In the autumn, the air grows sharp and brittle, carrying the scent of dry stalks and the metallic tang of the first frost, while the light at dusk turns the stubble fields into a sea of burnished copper.

The history of Canby is written in the steel rails that once dictated the movement of grain and the slow, deliberate growth of the local economy. Agriculture remains the steady pulse of the region, where the labor of the seasons dictates the rhythm of the day and the character of the people. While Culver Lake lies nine miles away as a destination for quiet reflection, the daily life of Canby is anchored to the soil and the hard-won prosperity of the harvest. The architecture of the main street reflects a utilitarian endurance, with brick facades that have weathered decades of severe winters and the relentless, driving winds of the open plains. There is a specific, grounded dignity in the way the local life organizes itself around the changing seasons, a quiet persistence that defines the identity of Canby as it looks out over the endless, shifting expanse of the Minnesota prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Canby Depot Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 240° SW
Benjamin Thovson Memorial State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 087° E
Reserve State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 076° E
Barckes Corner (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 359° N
Lincoln County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.2 mi, 199° S
Yellow Medicine County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.6 mi, 269° W
Lake Oliver (State Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 274° W
HGC Eagle Carving (Public Artwork) — 16.2 mi, 212° SW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.9 mi, 156° SE · 12k acres
Boyd House (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 062° NE
Lac qui Parle County Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 011° N
Camden State Park (State Park) — 28.5 mi, 144° SE
Marshall 6 Theatre (Cinema) — 30.0 mi, 127° SE
Minnesota's Machinery Museum (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 092° E
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 32.3 mi, 092° E
Arv Hus Museum (Museum) — 33.0 mi, 033° NE
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 34.2 mi, 332° NW
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.7 mi, 358° N · 23k acres
Swensson Farm Museum (Museum) — 35.5 mi, 070° E
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 37.7 mi, 224° SW
Milbank Grist Mill (Monument) — 39.2 mi, 335° NW
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 40.9 mi, 119° SE
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 41.3 mi, 349° N
The Stone Station (Attraction) — 46.1 mi, 135° SE
Smooth Sumac (Viewpoint) — 48.0 mi, 183° S
Three Maidens (Historic Ruins) — 48.4 mi, 183° S
Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek (Historic Ruins) — 51.1 mi, 128° SE

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