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Cottonwood Minnesota Map

Explore Cottonwood, 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 Cottonwood, Minnesota

How to Use This Cottonwood, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.608846
Longitude	-95.674187
Population	1,149
Density	445.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56229
Area Code	320
County Seat	Marshall
School District	Lakeview School District

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About Cottonwood, Minnesota

Cottonwood is a locality in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,149. The population density is 445.4 people per km². Cottonwood is located at 44.6088°N, 95.6742°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cottonwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56229.

Cottonwood emerges from the vast, flat expanse of the Minnesota prairie where the horizon line remains unbroken by anything save for the distant, singular silhouette of Middag Knutea. It lies 12.5 miles north-northeast of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 27°T), and is situated 15.3 miles south-southwest of Granite Falls. The landscape around Cottonwood is defined by the heavy, dark soil of the plains, a terrain etched by the slow, quiet movement of the Yellow Medicine River just four miles to the north. At the edge of the residential grid, the waters of Cottonwood Lake hold the pale, diffused light of the afternoon sun, reflecting a sky that seems to possess more depth here than anywhere else. To the east, the low, sunken depression of the Lady Shoe Lake Bed marks the earth, while the nearby Sham Lake State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native brush where the wind carries the dry, rhythmic rustle of the changing seasons.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Cottonwood, with the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest dictating the quiet, deliberate pace of daily life. The history of the area is anchored in the sturdy, pragmatic spirit of early settlers who broke the sod to cultivate this stubborn, fertile ground, leaving behind a legacy of resilience that persists in the modest architecture and the steady hum of local commerce. Winter brings a profound, crystalline stillness, turning the fields into a monochromatic expanse of white that highlights the stark, geometric lines of grain elevators rising against the gray sky. Residents move through these months with a practiced patience, finding a peculiar beauty in the way the frost clings to the fence lines and the profound silence that descends when the temperature drops, grounding the identity of Cottonwood in the enduring strength of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sham Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 046° NE
Lines State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 136° SE
Yellow Medicine County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.6 mi, 311° NW
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 6.3 mi, 025° NE
Minnesota's Machinery Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 024° NE
Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.6 mi, 167° S
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 7.2 mi, 064° NE
The Mustang Statue (Public Artwork) — 11.6 mi, 201° S
Marshall 6 Theatre (Cinema) — 12.4 mi, 207° SW
Upper Sioux Agency State Park (State Park) — 12.8 mi, 047° NE
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 156° SE
Our Lady of Victory (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 143° SE
Swensson Farm Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 012° N
Boyd House (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 326° NW
Camden State Park (State Park) — 20.2 mi, 217° SW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.5 mi, 243° SW · 12k acres
Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area 3 (National Conservation Area) — 24.7 mi, 213° SW · 235 acres
Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center (Museum) — 25.7 mi, 176° S
Tracy Tornado Memorial (Monument) — 25.7 mi, 174° S
The Stone Station (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 173° S
Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek (Historic Ruins) — 26.9 mi, 157° SE
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 098° E
Canby Depot Museum (Museum) — 30.4 mi, 283° W
Renville County Historical Museum (Museum) — 34.2 mi, 096° E
Golden Ticket Kandi 6 (Cinema) — 46.3 mi, 042° NE
Buffalo Rub (Historic Ruins) — 46.9 mi, 139° SE
Fort Ridgely (Historic Castle / Fort) — 47.5 mi, 103° E
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.8 mi, 325° NW · 23k acres

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