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Essig Minnesota Map

Explore Essig, 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 Essig, Minnesota

How to Use This Essig, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.324128
Longitude	-94.604423
Population	49
Density	29.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	56030
Area Code	320
County Seat	New Ulm
School District	New Ulm Public School District

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About Essig, Minnesota

Essig is a locality in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 49. The population density is 29.2 people per km². Essig is located at 44.3241°N, 94.6044°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 56030.

Essig sits quietly amidst the expansive, open farmland of the Minnesota River Valley, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to press closer to the earth as the sun begins its descent. It lies 6.8 miles north-northeast of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 17°T), and is situated 7.2 miles west of New Ulm. The landscape around Essig is defined by the steady, industrious work of the soil, characterized by fertile plains and the subtle depressions of the Rose Lake Bed nearby. To the east, the Cottonwood River carves a deliberate path through the terrain, its banks lined with dense thickets that provide a sheltered corridor for local wildlife. A mere mile away, the Rosenau-Lambrecht State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native prairie, where the air smells faintly of damp earth and drying stalks, and the wind moves with a persistent, rhythmic hum across the open fields.

History in Essig remains etched in the quiet persistence of its rail-side architecture, serving as a reminder of an era when the pulse of the region was dictated by the arrival of the train and the movement of grain. The local economy stays tethered to the rhythms of the agricultural cycle, reflecting a heritage of hard-won harvests that have defined the character of the people for generations. Though Horseshoe Lake lies a short distance away, the true measure of the locality is found in the way the light catches the silver silos at dusk, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the gravel roads. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, honoring a legacy of endurance that remains as steady and reliable as the turn of the plow.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rosenau-Lambrecht State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 075° E
Milford Monument (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 014° N
Boesch State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 034° NE
Harkin Store Historic Site (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 003° N
Sportsmen'S Park (Local Park) — 6.1 mi, 262° W
Chief Sleepy Eye Statue (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 253° W
Sleepy Eye Depot Museum (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 253° W
Elevated Lake Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 6.2 mi, 260° W
Trap Range (Local Recreation) — 6.2 mi, 081° E
Flandrau State Park (State Park) — 6.3 mi, 106° E
Auditorium (Theatre) — 6.7 mi, 101° E
Wanda Gag House (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 096° E
State Street Theater Co. (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 097° E
Art Wall Park (Public Artwork) — 7.1 mi, 092° E
John Lind House (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 097° E
Minnesota Music Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 096° E
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 7.4 mi, 101° E
Brown County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 8.8 mi, 163° S
Fort Ridgely State Park (State Park) — 10.1 mi, 326° NW
Round House Railroad Club (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 184° S
Renville County Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 311° NW
Site 8 (Historic Ruins) — 27.3 mi, 234° SW
Site 7 (Historic Ruins) — 27.3 mi, 234° SW
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 30.1 mi, 302° NW
Heritage Village Museum (Museum) — 31.1 mi, 210° SW
Harold and Ruth Schaefer Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 31.1 mi, 090° E
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.3 mi, 066° NE · 24k acres
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.6 mi, 257° W · 12k acres

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