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Comfrey Minnesota Map

Explore Comfrey, 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 Comfrey, Minnesota

How to Use This Comfrey, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.110236
Longitude	-94.904709
Population	392
Density	353.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56019
Area Code	320
County Seat	New Ulm
School District	Comfrey Public School District

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About Comfrey, Minnesota

Comfrey is a locality in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 392. The population density is 353.6 people per km². Comfrey is located at 44.1102°N, 94.9047°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Comfrey is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56019.

Comfrey emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Minnesota prairie like a quiet gathering of grain elevators and brick storefronts defined by the immense, pale sky above. It lies 15.3 miles west-southwest of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 237°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-southeast of Springfield. The landscape around Comfrey is a vast, rhythmic expanse of cultivated soil, occasionally punctuated by the thin, winding ribbon of the North Fork Watonwan River as it cuts through the earth two miles away. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain holds the subtle depressions of the Reed Lakebed, while the waters of Wood Lake offer a rare, reflective stillness six miles to the north. When the sun hangs low, the light stretches across the stubble of the harvested fields, turning the soil a deep, bruised purple and casting long, sharp shadows that seem to anchor the buildings to the dark, fertile ground.

Comfrey preserves the steady, deliberate character of the early settlers who broke the sod to establish a life built upon the seasonal cycles of corn and soybeans. The local economy remains tethered to the health of these wide, open acres, reflecting a history of agrarian persistence that survives in the orderly streets and the modest architecture of the downtown grid. Life here moves in accordance with the demands of the seasons, often finding a natural reprieve in the quiet expanses of the Terri State Wildlife Management Area, where the land is allowed to return to its original, unplowed state. Even as the decades have shifted the scale of modern agriculture, Comfrey maintains a grounded, functional dignity, a place where the wind carries the scent of dry stalks and the distant, cooling promise of the changing weather.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bashaw State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 349° N
Wood Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 077° E
Red Rock Prairie Fee (Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 251° W
Site 8 (Historic Ruins) — 7.4 mi, 260° W
Site 7 (Historic Ruins) — 7.4 mi, 260° W
Watonwan County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 098° E
Cottonwood County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.1 mi, 181° S
Heritage Village Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 183° S
Sleepy Eye Welcomes You (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 032° NE
Sleepy Eye Depot Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 034° NE
Chief Sleepy Eye Statue (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 035° NE
Ish Tak Ha Ba Monument (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 035° NE
Round House Railroad Club (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 126° SE
Elevated Lake Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 16.3 mi, 032° NE
Des Moines River SNA (Nature Reserve) — 22.8 mi, 202° S
Flandrau State Park (State Park) — 24.3 mi, 060° NE
Major General Doyle E. Larson (Public Artwork) — 24.4 mi, 100° E
Fort Ridgely State Park (State Park) — 24.7 mi, 019° N
Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.3 mi, 058° NE
Wanda Gag House (Attraction) — 25.9 mi, 057° NE
State Street Theater Co. (Theatre) — 25.9 mi, 057° NE
John Lind House (Attraction) — 26.0 mi, 057° NE
Minnesota Music Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 057° NE
Westbrook Heritage House Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 260° W
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.0 mi, 279° W · 12k acres
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 32.3 mi, 340° N
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.3 mi, 059° NE · 24k acres

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