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Fountain Minnesota Map

Explore Fountain, 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 Fountain, Minnesota

How to Use This Fountain, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.739964
Longitude	-92.136272
Population	409
Density	158.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	55935
Area Code	218
County Seat	Preston
School District	Fillmore Central

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About Fountain, Minnesota

Fountain is a locality in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 409. The population density is 158.9 people per km². Fountain is located at 43.7400°N, 92.1363°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fountain is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55935.

Fountain occupies a quiet pocket of the Driftless Area, where the land rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells of limestone and topsoil. It lies 25.6 miles southeast of Rochester, MN (from Rochester, MN: bearing 139°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south-southeast of Chatfield. Rice Creek traces a meandering path through the earth nearby, its banks fringed with wild grasses that lean toward the current as if listening to the water’s low, persistent hum. The horizon is defined by the deep, verdant shadows of the Minnesota Memorial Hardwood State Forest, which stands only eight miles away, casting a cooling influence over the surrounding fields. When the sun begins to retreat behind the distant, hazy silhouette of Pigtail Ridge, the light takes on a bruised, amber quality that makes the very air feel heavy with the scent of damp loam and cooling stone.

Fountain owes its enduring character to the limestone karst topography that lies beneath the surface, a geology that once invited the development of a local economy deeply tied to the land’s hidden depths. While the nearby Johnson Creek II State Aquatic Management Area (Fillmore/St. Louis) preserves the integrity of the local watershed, the daily life of Fountain persists in the steady, industrious work of those who cultivate the surrounding plateau. History here is marked by the slow accumulation of seasons, a legacy of agriculture that values the resilience of the soil above all else. In the quiet transition between the harvest and the deep freeze, one might catch the faint, sharp rattle of machinery or the sudden, absolute silence that falls when the wind dies down, leaving the landscape to wait out the winter in a state of watchful patience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fillmore County Historical Center (Museum) — 0.0 mi, 115° SE
Pin Oak Prairie State Scientific and Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 313° NW
S. Br. Root River State Aquatic Management Area (Fillmore) (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 158° S
R J D Memorial Hardwood State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.2 mi, 359° N
Preston Veteran's Memorial (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 148° SE
Preston Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.6 mi, 146° SE
Forestville Mystery Cave State Park (State Park) — 6.4 mi, 206° SW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 340° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.7 mi, 341° N
Lanesboro History Museum (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 100° E
Pope & Young Club (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 338° N
Labyrinth (Public Artwork) — 12.8 mi, 014° N
Methodist Church Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 254° W
Washburn-Zittleman Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 254° W
Niagara Cave (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 165° S
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Caboose (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 345° N
Chester Woods amphitheater (Theatre) — 19.5 mi, 333° NW
Whitewater State Park (State Park) — 20.6 mi, 012° N
Historic Structure (Historic Ruins) — 24.8 mi, 324° NW
Quarry Hill Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 25.0 mi, 324° NW
Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 25.2 mi, 319° NW
Driftless Art Academy (Arts Centre) — 25.2 mi, 317° NW
Taylor Arena (Stadium) — 25.2 mi, 321° NW
Threshold Arts (Gallery) — 25.3 mi, 320° NW
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.4 mi, 153° SE · 2,440 acres
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.0 mi, 018° N · 274k acres

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