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Garvin Minnesota Map

Explore Garvin, 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 Garvin, Minnesota

How to Use This Garvin, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.214404
Longitude	-95.755848
Population	124
Density	171.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56132
Area Code	320
County Seat	Marshall
School District	Tracy Area Public School District

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About Garvin, Minnesota

Garvin is a locality in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 124. The population density is 171.0 people per km². Garvin is located at 44.2144°N, 95.7558°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Garvin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56132.

Garvin occupies a stretch of high, open prairie where the horizon pulls the sky taut over fields of corn and soybean. It lies 16.1 miles south of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 174°T), and is situated 6.9 miles west of Tracy. The land here remains largely featureless, save for the subtle depression of the Jim Lakebed six miles to the west and the faint, hazy silhouette of Buffalo Ridge rising twenty-one miles away. Near the edge of town, the Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area provides a quiet sanctuary for migratory birds, while the Des Moines River and the nearby waters of Long Lake offer a slow, steady pulse to the local ecology. The light at dusk here is thin and sharp, catching the frost on the stubble of harvested fields and casting long, indigo shadows that seem to stretch toward the very center of the continent.

Garvin grew from the iron-willed expansion of the railroads, a quiet pivot point for the agricultural commerce that defines the surrounding plains. The local economy persists as a reflection of the seasonal harvest, where the collective labor of the harvest season dictates the tempo of daily existence. Residents move with a deliberate, measured pace, shaped by the weight of deep winters and the necessity of self-reliance in a landscape that offers little shelter from the wind. Even now, the history of the place lingers in the weathered grain elevators and the sturdy construction of the buildings, standing as silent observers to a life dictated by the soil and the sun rather than the frantic pace of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 317° NW
Garvin State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 311° NW
Lake Maria State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 220° SW
Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 074° E
Tracy Tornado Memorial (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 076° E
The Stone Station (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 076° E
Lake Shetek State Park (State Park) — 7.4 mi, 159° S
Murray County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 8.8 mi, 184° S
Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area 3 (National Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 301° NW · 235 acres
Camden State Park (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 315° NW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.4 mi, 102° E · 12k acres
Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek (Historic Ruins) — 14.7 mi, 080° E
Marshall 6 Theatre (Cinema) — 16.2 mi, 354° N
Mrs. Whitney Statue (Public Artwork) — 16.4 mi, 355° N
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 036° NE
Our Lady of Victory (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 045° NE
Westbrook Heritage House Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 127° SE
Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 30.9 mi, 244° SW · 302 acres
Smooth Sumac (Viewpoint) — 31.3 mi, 244° SW
Three Maidens (Historic Ruins) — 31.4 mi, 243° SW
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 33.7 mi, 011° N
Minnesota's Machinery Museum (Museum) — 33.7 mi, 011° N
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 38.9 mi, 053° NE
Yellow Medicine County Museum (Museum) — 41.8 mi, 015° N
Canby Depot Museum (Museum) — 42.7 mi, 323° NW
Des Moines River SNA (Nature Reserve) — 44.0 mi, 131° SE
Boyd House (Attraction) — 44.5 mi, 351° N

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