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Emmons Minnesota Map

Explore Emmons, 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 Emmons, Minnesota

How to Use This Emmons, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.501899
Longitude	-93.488268
Population	367
Density	167.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56029
Area Code	320
County Seat	Albert Lea
School District	Glenville-Emmons School District

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About Emmons, Minnesota

Emmons is a locality in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 367. The population density is 167.5 people per km². Emmons is located at 43.5019°N, 93.4883°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Emmons is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56029.

Emmons occupies a flat, expansive stretch of the Midwestern prairie where the horizon line remains unbroken by anything save for the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator or a distant stand of trees. It lies 11.7 miles south-southwest of Albert Lea, MN (from Albert Lea, MN: bearing 211°T), and is situated 6.1 miles north-northeast of Lake Mills. The landscape is defined by the deep, fertile earth of the plains, punctuated by the quiet waters of State Line Lake, which sits at the very edge of the horizon where the sky meets the soil. Two miles away, the steady movement of Lime Creek draws a thin, dark ribbon through the fields, providing a slow, rhythmic pulse to the drainage of the region. During the long, cold winters, the air turns sharp and clear, turning the fields into a vast, monochrome expanse, while in the warmer months, the light catches the tall grass of the State Line State Wildlife Management Area, casting long, amber shadows that seem to stretch toward the distant rise of Pilot Knob.

Emmons maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, rooted in the agricultural traditions that have dictated the rhythm of the seasons for generations. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding soil, with the local character shaped by a history of hard labor and the quiet resilience of those who tend to the land. Beyond the immediate reach of the cultivated plots, the land retains a sense of solitude, though the proximity of Hartland Forest offers a deeper, shadowed contrast to the open fields of the plains. Life in Emmons is marked by the shifting colors of the harvest and the persistent, low-frequency hum of machinery that defines the daily labor of the residents. It is a place where the architecture of the past—simple, functional, and enduring—continues to frame the present, standing as a quiet witness to the seasons as they turn in their slow, predictable cycle.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Line State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 115° SE
Brights Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 142° SE
Northern Prairie Wildlife Management Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 109° E
Hogsback Marsh Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 231° SW
Winnebago County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 231° SW
Winnebago County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ia (Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 231° SW
Wood Duck Hollow (Local Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 124° SE
Silver Lake Park (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 106° E
Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 203° SW
Thanks for Visiting Minnesota (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 089° E
Minnesota Welcomes You (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 089° E
Elk Creek Marsh Waterfowl Production Area (State Resource Management Area) — 6.7 mi, 149° SE
Rice Lake State Park (State Park) — 7.8 mi, 187° S
Myre-Big Island State Park (State Park) — 11.9 mi, 043° NE
Alden Community Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 339° N
Freeborn County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 031° NE
Worth County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 106° E
Swensrud School Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 106° E
Mall Cinema 7 Theatre (Cinema) — 14.1 mi, 028° NE
Holtan Farm Museum (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 209° SW
Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 18.2 mi, 205° SW
Buddy Holly Crash Site (Public Artwork) — 20.2 mi, 165° S
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 26.5 mi, 146° SE
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 27.1 mi, 147° SE
Summerset Theater (Theatre) — 27.5 mi, 064° NE
Rancho Deluxe (Attraction) — 28.3 mi, 148° SE
Mason City Communit Theatre (Theatre) — 28.3 mi, 149° SE
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 29.7 mi, 324° NW
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.6 mi, 249° W · 5,668 acres
Watts Theater (Cinema) — 37.2 mi, 114° SE

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