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Farwell Minnesota Map

Explore Farwell, 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 Farwell, Minnesota

How to Use This Farwell, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.752182
Longitude	-95.617268
Population	56
Density	84.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56327
Area Code	320
County Seat	Glenwood
School District	Minnewaska School District

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About Farwell, Minnesota

Farwell is a locality in Pope County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 56. The population density is 84.5 people per km². Farwell is located at 45.7522°N, 95.6173°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Farwell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56327.

Farwell occupies a quiet expanse of the high plains where the horizon stretches thin and pale, defined by the slow, deliberate work of wind across the fields. It lies 14.8 miles southwest of Alexandria, MN (from Alexandria, MN: bearing 232°T), and is situated 18.4 miles northeast of Morris. The earth here holds the deep, dark memory of glacial retreat, a landscape of subtle swells and dips that reach toward the distant, softened silhouette of Runestone Hill. Farwell State Wildlife Management Area envelops the periphery, offering a sanctuary of tall grasses and scrub where the light at dusk turns a bruised, metallic gold, catching the edges of the swaying stalks in a sudden, fleeting clarity. A mile away, Pike Lake mirrors the expansive sky, its surface often stilled into a sheet of slate, while the Little Chippewa River meanders four miles distant, carving a jagged, silver vein through the surrounding loam.

Farwell traces its pulse to the rhythm of the seasons, an economy bound to the soil and the persistent, unyielding cycle of the harvest. Historical echoes of Scandinavian settlers remain in the architecture and the quiet, stoic demeanor of the place, where the long winters dictate a life of careful preparation and indoor warmth. The daily pace is measured by the turning of heavy machinery and the distant hum of trucks moving grain, a steady, rhythmic labor that persists beneath the vast, indifferent expanse of the Minnesota sky. Farwell maintains a character of profound endurance, a collection of lives shaped by the solitude of the plains and the knowledge that, in this remote geography, the land provides only what is earned through patience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Farwell State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 234° SW
Douglas County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.1 mi, 023° NE
Douglas County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 1.1 mi, 023° NE
Hegg Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 318° NW
Runestone Replica (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 332° NW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.7 mi, 226° SW · 12k acres
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Fee (Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 224° SW
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 10.8 mi, 134° SE
Pope County Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 124° SE
Brandon Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.7 mi, 004° N
Alexandria Area Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 14.7 mi, 051° NE
Glacial Lakes State Park (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 164° S
Big Ole statue (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 050° NE
Highest elevation in park (Viewpoint) — 16.0 mi, 160° S
Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 17.1 mi, 310° NW
Lake Carlos State Park (State Park) — 20.7 mi, 036° NE
Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 27.5 mi, 140° SE
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 30.0 mi, 138° SE
Swift County Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.4 mi, 180° S
510 Art Lab (Arts Centre) — 32.1 mi, 092° E
Inukshuk (Public Artwork) — 32.1 mi, 016° N
Art of the Lakes (Gallery) — 36.9 mi, 353° N
Melrose Area Museum (Museum) — 39.5 mi, 098° E
Todd County Museum (Museum) — 39.5 mi, 067° NE
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 41.3 mi, 051° NE
Broken Down Dam (Historic Ruins) — 42.0 mi, 333° NW
Arv Hus Museum (Museum) — 46.5 mi, 198° S
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.5 mi, 224° SW · 23k acres

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