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Cosmos Minnesota Map

Explore Cosmos, 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 Cosmos, Minnesota

How to Use This Cosmos, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.936073
Longitude	-94.696661
Population	507
Density	176.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56228
Area Code	320
County Seat	Litchfield
School District	A.C.G.C. Public School District

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About Cosmos, Minnesota

Cosmos is a locality in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 507. The population density is 176.5 people per km². Cosmos is located at 44.9361°N, 94.6967°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cosmos is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56228.

Cosmos claims its space upon the flat, expansive prairie where the horizon serves as the primary architect of the view. It lies 16.3 miles west-northwest of Hutchinson, MN (from Hutchinson, MN: bearing 282°T), and is situated 15.6 miles south-southwest of Litchfield. The South Fork Crow River winds through the nearby landscape, a persistent, quiet presence that carves a subtle silver thread through the fields of corn and soy. Just a mile away, the Thompson Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Meeker) offers a quiet sanctuary of grasses and wetlands, shifting in color from the pale, brittle gold of autumn to the deep, resonant greens of summer. The air here holds a particular clarity, especially when the light of a long afternoon stretches across the open land, turning the silos and grain elevators into stark, geometric silhouettes against the vast sky.

Cosmos remains defined by the rhythm of the harvest and the steady, enduring labor of the plains. While the Thompson Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Meeker) provides a preserved space for the local ecosystem, the economic life of Cosmos centers on the productivity of the surrounding soil, a legacy inherited from generations who cleared this land to build a life in the interior. Residents occasionally journey toward the Luce Line State Trail, nine miles off, to traverse the path that once carried the commerce of the region. Even the proximity of Boon Lake, six miles distant, acts as a quiet anchor for those seeking a moment of stillness, mirroring the expansive, unhurried pace that characterizes the daily life of the people who call Cosmos home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Thompson Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Meeker) (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 269° W
Meeker County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 060° NE
Renville County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 158° S
Rodewald State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 346° N
Greenleaf Lake (State Recreation Area) — 11.5 mi, 067° NE
Litchfiel Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 035° NE
Meeker County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 032° NE
Chief Little Crow (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 077° E
Wheel and Cog (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 105° E
Just Add You Butterfly Mural (Public Artwork) — 16.3 mi, 100° E
State Theatre (Cinema) — 16.3 mi, 100° E
World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 052° NE
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 18.8 mi, 149° SE
Schwanke's Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 303° NW
Golden Ticket Kandi 6 (Cinema) — 20.5 mi, 305° NW
Depot Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 062° NE
Kandiyohi County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 309° NW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 062° NE
A maze'n Farmyard (Attraction) — 27.2 mi, 008° N
Sibley State Park (State Park) — 29.2 mi, 329° NW
Fort Ridgely State Park (State Park) — 31.7 mi, 183° S
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 33.9 mi, 218° SW
Minnesota Pioneer Park (Attraction) — 36.1 mi, 052° NE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.9 mi, 327° NW · 12k acres
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 42.0 mi, 324° NW
Elevated Lake Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 43.4 mi, 182° S
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 44.4 mi, 165° S
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.4 mi, 121° SE · 24k acres

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