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Ellendale Minnesota Map

Explore Ellendale, 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 Ellendale, Minnesota

How to Use This Ellendale, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.872738
Longitude	-93.301321
Population	676
Density	313.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56026
Area Code	320
County Seat	Owatonna
School District	NRHEG School District

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About Ellendale, Minnesota

Ellendale is a locality in Steele County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 676. The population density is 313.0 people per km². Ellendale is located at 43.8727°N, 93.3013°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ellendale is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56026.

Ellendale emerges from the flat expanse of southern Minnesota as a quiet grid of streets defined by the relentless horizon of the prairie. It lies 15.1 miles south-southwest of Owatonna, MN (from Owatonna, MN: bearing 194°T), and is situated 15.9 miles north-northeast of Albert Lea. The sky here possesses a heavy, expansive quality, pressing down upon the dark, fertile soil that has dictated the rhythm of life for generations. Two miles to the east, the surface of Beaver Lake mirrors the shifting clouds, while the land gently descends toward the basin of Mule Lakebed eight miles distant. Beyond the town limits, the landscape remains dominated by broad, open agricultural fields that hold the morning frost and the heat of midsummer with equal intensity, punctuated only by the occasional shelterbelt of trees.

Ellendale persists as a product of the railroad era, its early character shaped by the steady, unyielding labor required to harvest the bounty of the plains. The local economy remains tethered to this agrarian legacy, with elevators and equipment sheds standing as silent sentinels over the daily commerce of grain and seasonal toil. Residents look toward the Geneva State Wildlife Management Area four miles away as a necessary buffer of wildness, a place where the tall grasses provide a stark contrast to the manicured rows of corn and soy. Five miles to the west, the slow, winding path of Turtle Creek carves a thin vein through the terrain, a reminder of the water that sustains the region’s long-standing connection to the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Geneva State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 161° S
Steele County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 085° E
Chapa-kak-say-za State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 274° W
Freeborn County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.4 mi, 204° SW
Mall Cinema 7 Theatre (Cinema) — 13.4 mi, 192° S
Myre-Big Island State Park (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 178° S
Freeborn County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 191° S
Union Depot (Historic) (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 012° N
Freeborn County Courthouse (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 192° S
Lighter Than Some (Public Artwork) — 16.6 mi, 009° N
Waseca County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 325° NW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 17.6 mi, 324° NW
Rice Lake State Park (State Park) — 18.0 mi, 039° NE
Alden Community Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 225° SW
Summerset Theater (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 132° SE
Mower County Historical Society Exhibits (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 133° SE
Welcome to Hayfield (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 086° E
Voyager Valley Teepee (Attraction) — 26.5 mi, 311° NW
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 27.0 mi, 266° W
Horse Arena (Stadium) — 30.3 mi, 002° N
Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 35.6 mi, 066° NE
Cannon Valley Cinema 10 (Cinema) — 38.8 mi, 008° N
Bresnan Arena (Stadium) — 39.3 mi, 299° NW
Ted Paul Theatre (Theatre) — 39.5 mi, 299° NW
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.1 mi, 340° N · 24k acres
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 70.9 mi, 058° NE · 274k acres

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