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Ghent Minnesota Map

Explore Ghent, 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 Ghent, Minnesota

How to Use This Ghent, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.512738
Longitude	-95.891137
Population	376
Density	463.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56239
Area Code	320
County Seat	Marshall
School District	Marshall Public School District

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About Ghent, Minnesota

Ghent is a locality in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 376. The population density is 463.8 people per km². Ghent is located at 44.5127°N, 95.8911°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ghent is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56239.

Ghent emerges from the expansive, flat horizon of the Minnesota prairie as a quiet collection of structures anchored to the earth by deep, dark soil. It lies 6.8 miles northwest of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 312°T), and is situated 30.8 miles south-southwest of Montevideo. The landscape surrounding Ghent is defined by the steady, unyielding presence of agricultural fields that stretch toward the sky, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of Threemile Creek as it carves a path through the terrain just a mile away. The light here in the late afternoon possesses a particular clarity, turning the vast fields into a sea of amber and gold that seems to vibrate against the cooling air. A few miles to the north, the Good Medicine State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native shrubs, providing a sharp, wild contrast to the disciplined geometry of the surrounding farms.

Railroad tracks once dictated the rhythm of commerce in Ghent, drawing the pulse of the regional economy toward the grain elevators that stand as silent sentinels over the village. The local spirit is forged in the enduring legacy of those who first broke the sod, a history that lingers in the sturdiness of the buildings and the deliberate pace of daily life. While the distant, ancient basin of the Lady Shoe Lake Bed and the waters of Island Lake sit eleven miles away, the life of the inhabitants remains tethered to the cycle of the harvest and the changing seasons of the plains. Winters here are long and profound, casting a silver stillness over the land that demands a certain quiet resilience from everyone who calls Ghent their home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Good Medicine State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 132° SE
Grandview State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 271° W
Civil War Statue (Public Artwork) — 6.4 mi, 132° SE
Marshall 6 Theatre (Cinema) — 6.8 mi, 131° SE
Yellow Medicine County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.1 mi, 334° NW
Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.2 mi, 235° SW
Camden State Park (State Park) — 9.6 mi, 188° S
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.0 mi, 248° W · 12k acres
Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area 3 (National Conservation Area) — 14.4 mi, 191° S · 235 acres
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 112° E
Minnesota's Machinery Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 047° NE
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 047° NE
Our Lady of Victory (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 108° E
Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 146° SE
Tracy Tornado Memorial (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 145° SE
Canby Depot Museum (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 306° NW
Boyd House (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 359° N
The Stone Station (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 144° SE
Upper Sioux Agency State Park (State Park) — 25.3 mi, 053° NE
Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek (Historic Ruins) — 27.9 mi, 131° SE
Swensson Farm Museum (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 030° NE
Lac qui Parle County Museum (Museum) — 37.2 mi, 336° NW
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 37.8 mi, 086° E
Smooth Sumac (Viewpoint) — 40.5 mi, 212° SW
Three Maidens (Historic Ruins) — 40.8 mi, 212° SW
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 47.0 mi, 253° W
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.2 mi, 338° N · 23k acres

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