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Evan Minnesota Map

Explore Evan, 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 Evan, Minnesota

How to Use This Evan, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.354127
Longitude	-94.841377
Population	70
Density	26.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56266
Area Code	320
County Seat	New Ulm
School District	Sleepy Eye Public School District

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About Evan, Minnesota

Evan is a locality in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 70. The population density is 26.2 people per km². Evan is located at 44.3541°N, 94.8414°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Evan is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56266.

Evan hunkers low against the vast, open horizon of the Minnesota prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the land itself. It lies 13.0 miles northwest of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 312°T), and is situated 7.0 miles northwest of Sleepy Eye. The terrain around Evan is defined by an ancient, flattened glacial silence, punctuated only by the subtle depression of the Bloemke Lakebed and the distant, singular prominence of Fort Hill rising toward the clouds. Four miles to the east, Spring Creek carves a thin, arterial path through the silt, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish patience that mirrors the rhythm of the surrounding fields. The air here carries a sharp, dry clarity, especially when the sun dips low and casts long, violet shadows across the fields, turning the stalks of grain into shimmering bronze needles that catch the fading light.

Evan persists as a quiet node of agricultural industry, a place where the economy remains tethered to the deep, dark soil that has supported generations of settlers. The history of the locality is etched into the grid of its streets and the weathered grain elevators that stand like sentinels against the wind, reminding travelers of a time when the railroad dictated the pulse of every harvest. While the Hindeman Creek State Aquatic Management Area (Brown) offers a quiet preserve for the local ecology six miles away, the daily life in Evan focuses on the maintenance of the homestead and the slow turn of the seasons. Even the nearby waters of Sleepy Eye Lake seem to hold the stillness of the plains, reflecting a landscape that demands endurance and rewards those who find beauty in the spare, unadorned geometry of the Midwestern interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hindeman Creek State Aquatic Management Area (Brown) (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 055° NE
Sportsmen'S Park (Local Park) — 6.1 mi, 119° SE
Sleepy Eye Welcomes You (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 129° SE
Elevated Lake Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 6.4 mi, 119° SE
Prairieview Park (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 128° SE
Sleepy Eye Depot Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 124° SE
Ish Tak Ha Ba Monument (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 123° SE
Chief Sleepy Eye Statue (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 123° SE
Fort Ridgely State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 036° NE
Minnriver State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 048° NE
Renville County Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 333° NW
Flandrau State Park (State Park) — 18.2 mi, 102° E
Auditorium (Theatre) — 18.6 mi, 100° E
Wanda Gag House (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 098° E
State Street Theater Co. (Theatre) — 18.9 mi, 099° E
Art Wall Park (Public Artwork) — 18.9 mi, 097° E
Minnesota Music Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 098° E
John Lind House (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 099° E
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 314° NW
Site 5 (Historic Ruins) — 20.9 mi, 210° SW
Site 6 (Historic Ruins) — 20.9 mi, 210° SW
Round House Railroad Club (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 159° S
Heritage Village Museum (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 188° S
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.0 mi, 249° W · 12k acres
The Stone Station (Attraction) — 39.0 mi, 259° W
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.6 mi, 074° E · 24k acres

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