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Glenville Minnesota Map

Explore Glenville, 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 Glenville, Minnesota

How to Use This Glenville, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.572457
Longitude	-93.281318
Population	568
Density	208.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56036
Area Code	320
County Seat	Albert Lea
School District	Glenville-Emmons School District

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About Glenville, Minnesota

Glenville is a locality in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 568. The population density is 208.3 people per km². Glenville is located at 43.5725°N, 93.2813°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Glenville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56036.

Glenville occupies a flat, expansive stretch of prairie where the horizon remains wide and uninterrupted under the shifting weight of the Midwestern sky. It lies 6.8 miles southeast of Albert Lea, MN (from Albert Lea, MN: bearing 140°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-northwest of Northwood. The Shell Rock River cuts a winding, deliberate path through the landscape here, its waters moving with a quiet gravity that anchors the geography of the region. Just three miles away, the surface of Albert Lea Lake reflects the changing light of the seasons, often appearing as a sheet of hammered silver beneath the pale, thin sun of late autumn. Beyond the immediate fields, the vegetation transitions toward the more substantial growth of Hartland Forest, while the nearby Shell Rock State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary where tall grasses sway in the wind, undisturbed by the mechanical hum of the modern world.

Glenville serves as a steady point of reference in a region defined by its deep relationship with the soil and the methodical cycles of agriculture. The economy remains tethered to the land, shaped by the sturdy work of those who cultivate the surrounding plains and maintain the infrastructure of this inland corridor. Life in Glenville proceeds with a predictable, grounded cadence, marked by the arrival of long, intense winters that demand a particular kind of resilience from its residents. Even as the decades pass, the cultural echoes of early settlement persist in the deliberate pace of the streets and the quiet industry of the grain elevators that rise like monoliths against the clouds, watching over a terrain that values endurance above all else.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shell Rock State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 155° SE
Myre-Big Island State Park (State Park) — 3.2 mi, 354° N
St. Nicholas Park (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 326° NW
Panicum Prairie State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 197° S
Panicum Prairie (Local Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 180° S
Worth County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.5 mi, 177° S
Christianson-Taylor Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 195° S
Ochee Yahola Park (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 175° S
Myrtle Museum (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 096° E
Minnesota Welcomes You (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 218° SW
Thanks for Visiting Minnesota (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 218° SW
Freeborn County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.5 mi, 336° NW
Freeborn County Courthouse (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 320° NW
Freeborn County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 327° NW
Snyder Fields (Local Recreation) — 8.1 mi, 333° NW
Mall Cinema 7 Theatre (Cinema) — 8.5 mi, 334° NW
Worth County Historical Museum (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 161° S
Swensrud School Museum (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 161° S
Mower County Historical Society Exhibits (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 067° NE
Summerset Theater (Theatre) — 16.0 mi, 063° NE
Rice Lake State Park (State Park) — 16.9 mi, 221° SW
Buddy Holly Crash Site (Public Artwork) — 24.8 mi, 192° S
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 27.2 mi, 170° S
Winnebago Trail (Nature Reserve) — 27.9 mi, 171° S
Odvin Hagen Music Center (Arts Centre) — 28.0 mi, 220° SW
Rancho Deluxe (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 171° S
Mason City Communit Theatre (Theatre) — 29.5 mi, 172° S
Watts Theater (Cinema) — 30.9 mi, 130° SE
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 33.8 mi, 304° NW
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.0 mi, 248° W · 5,668 acres

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