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Good Thunder Minnesota Map

Explore Good Thunder, 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 Good Thunder, Minnesota

How to Use This Good Thunder, Minnesota Map

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

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	Good Thunder
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Blue Earth County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	44.004686
Longitude	-94.065788
Population	560
Density	344.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56037
Area Code	320
County Seat	Mankato
School District	Maple River School District

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About Good Thunder, Minnesota

Good Thunder is a locality in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 560. The population density is 344.8 people per km². Good Thunder is located at 44.0047°N, 94.0658°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Good Thunder is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56037.

Good Thunder commands a quiet stretch of fertile prairie where the Maple River carves a deliberate, winding path through the heavy black earth. It lies 11.5 miles south-southwest of Mankato, MN (from Mankato, MN: bearing 197°T), and is situated 11.8 miles south of North Mankato. The landscape unfolds in wide, rhythmic swells of cultivated fields that catch the low, amber light of autumn afternoons, casting long shadows across the stubble of harvested corn. Beyond the immediate banks of the river, the terrain flattens into an expansive horizon, offering a stark, honest view of the sky that feels infinite in its clarity. To the west, the land eventually rises toward the distant, faint silhouette of Klondike Hill, while the nearby Maple River State Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary of tangled brush and hardwoods that break the monotony of the open plains. The air here holds a crisp, dry weight, carrying the faint, earthy scent of soil and the subtle, metallic tang of the coming winter frost.

Good Thunder anchors its identity in the steady, cyclical labor of agriculture, a tradition that has defined the rhythm of the place since the first settlers turned the sod. Grain elevators rise like monoliths above the grid of streets, serving as the functional center of a local economy that remains deeply tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage. While the pace of daily life is measured by the slow turn of seasons, the proximity of Mills Lake six miles away offers a quiet reprieve for those who seek the stillness of water reflecting the expanse of the clouds. History in Good Thunder is not written in grand monuments but in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the village and the persistent, neighborly endurance required to weather the long, deep winters of the region. Life here moves with a deliberate, grounded grace, indifferent to the clamor of distant centers, finding its own meaning in the vast, open silence of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Maple River State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 149° SE
Gage State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 325° NW
Blue Earth County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.3 mi, 175° S
Minneopa State Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 355° N
Rasmussen Woods (Local Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 014° N
Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 016° N
Bresnan Arena (Stadium) — 10.3 mi, 020° N
Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 018° N
Alumni Arch and Plaza (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 019° N
Conkling Art Center (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 019° N
Ted Paul Theatre (Theatre) — 10.5 mi, 019° N
Andreas Theatre (Theatre) — 10.5 mi, 019° N
Faribault County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.9 mi, 176° S
Blue Earth County Heritage Center Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 016° N
410 Project (Gallery) — 11.3 mi, 015° N
Spotlight Theatres Mankato 4 (Cinema) — 11.5 mi, 015° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.6 mi, 008° N
Winter Warrior (Public Artwork) — 11.7 mi, 016° N
Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 12.1 mi, 015° N
Old Mill (Historic Ruins) — 15.6 mi, 134° SE
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 15.6 mi, 033° NE
Winnebago Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 197° S
Voyager Valley Teepee (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 065° NE
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 22.3 mi, 012° N
Harold and Ruth Schaefer Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 22.3 mi, 012° N
Le Sueur County Museum (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 055° NE
Wakefield House Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 183° S
Flandrau State Park (State Park) — 27.0 mi, 314° NW
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.0 mi, 013° N · 24k acres
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.8 mi, 183° S · 5,668 acres

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