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Frost Minnesota Map

Explore Frost, 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 Frost, Minnesota

How to Use This Frost, Minnesota Map

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

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.

CityFrost
StateMinnesota (MN)
CountyFaribault County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude43.586344
Longitude-93.92662
Population216
Density193.5 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code56033
Area Code320
County SeatBlue Earth
School DistrictBlue Earth Area Public Schools

About Frost, Minnesota

Frost is a locality in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 216. The population density is 193.5 people per km². Frost is located at 43.5863°N, 93.9266°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Frost is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56033.

Frost occupies a flat, expansive plateau where the horizon stretches thin and taut, dominated by the rhythmic geometry of agricultural land. It lies 27.1 miles east of Fairmont, MN (from Fairmont, MN: bearing 99°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east-southeast of Blue Earth. The East Branch Blue Earth River winds through the periphery, a quiet artery that carves subtle depth into the otherwise level prairie soil. Six miles to the west, the ancient, dried-up depression of the Oza Tanka Lakebed lingers as a ghostly reminder of a wetter, prehistoric epoch, while the cool, still waters of Walnut Lake remain tucked seven miles away near the Walnut Lake State Wildlife Management Area. In the waning light of late autumn, the sky turns a bruised, singular violet, casting long shadows that emphasize the stark, unadorned character of the fields.

Frost maintains an identity forged by the labor of the soil, remaining a place where the economy breathes in sync with the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest. The legacy of those who settled this inland expanse persists in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture that defines the streetscape, echoing a history of persistence against the deep, marrow-chilling winters. While the Drexler Bicentennial Trail offers a path for those seeking the quietude of the surrounding rural stretches, life in Frost is primarily defined by the steady, internal hum of a local culture rooted in agrarian tradition. It is a landscape that demands a particular kind of patience, where the silence of the plains is broken only by the distant, mechanical drone of machinery or the shifting of wind across the dry stalks of the harvest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Walnut Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 056° NE
  • Quam Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 175° S
  • Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 8.9 mi, 289° W
  • Wakefield House Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 293° NW
  • Etta C Ross Museum (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 293° NW
  • Leland Park (Local Park) — 9.4 mi, 296° NW
  • Jolly Green Giant (Public Artwork) — 9.6 mi, 298° NW
  • Winnebago County Waterfowl Production Area Of Ia (Resource Management Area) — 12.1 mi, 140° SE
  • Winnebago County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.1 mi, 140° SE
  • Good Neighbors Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.5 mi, 140° SE
  • Heritage Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 185° S
  • Alden Community Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 072° E
  • Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 18.5 mi, 013° N
  • Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.2 mi, 208° SW · 5,668 acres
  • Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 21.9 mi, 260° W
  • Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 22.7 mi, 120° SE
  • Dodd Ford Historic Bridge (Monument) — 23.9 mi, 327° NW
  • MIA-POW Display (Monument) — 24.6 mi, 193° S
  • Holtan Farm Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 145° SE
  • Rice Lake State Park (State Park) — 24.9 mi, 123° SE
  • Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 26.5 mi, 147° SE
  • Fairmont Opera House (Theatre) — 27.2 mi, 280° W
  • Mall Cinema 7 Theatre (Cinema) — 29.3 mi, 077° E
  • Myre-Big Island State Park (State Park) — 30.1 mi, 084° E
  • Lone Rock (Attraction) — 32.4 mi, 219° SW
  • Bresnan Arena (Stadium) — 38.8 mi, 355° N
  • Voyager Valley Teepee (Attraction) — 38.9 mi, 017° N
  • Ted Paul Theatre (Theatre) — 39.0 mi, 355° N
  • Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.7 mi, 192° S · 12k acres
  • 410 Project (Gallery) — 40.0 mi, 354° N

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About This Frost Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Frost, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.586344, -93.92662. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Frost includes the ZIP code (56033), telephone area code (320), county seat of Faribault County (Blue Earth), and school district assignment (Blue Earth Area Public Schools).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.