Grand Meadow Minnesota Map

About Grand Meadow, Minnesota

Grand Meadow is a locality in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,127. The population density is 638.0 people per km². Grand Meadow is located at 43.7058°N, 92.5721°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Grand Meadow is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55936.

Grand Meadow occupies a vast, level expanse of the high prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unobstructed under a sky that shifts from pale, translucent blue to the bruised indigo of a gathering storm. It lies 20.3 miles east of Austin, MN (from Austin, MN: bearing 82°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west of Spring Valley. Low, rhythmic swells of earth define the terrain, a landscape shaped by the patient, persistent work of glacial retreat and the subsequent layering of deep, dark loam. Deer Creek meanders quietly through the periphery of the fields, its banks lined with the occasional tangle of brush and willow that breaks the monotony of the open vista. In the distance, the faint, irregular silhouette of Table Rock suggests a ruggedness absent from the immediate, fertile flatness of the plains, while the dense, shadowed canopy of the Minnesota Memorial Hardwood State Forest waits fourteen miles away as a dark smudge against the lighter greens of the surrounding crops.

Grand Meadow serves as a quiet sentinel of the agricultural life, its streets arranged with a geometric precision that mirrors the orderly rows of corn and soybeans defining the local economy. The legacy of early settlers is felt in the steady, utilitarian architecture of the grain elevators that rise like monoliths above the skyline, signaling the town’s enduring commitment to the harvest. Beyond the immediate center, the nearby Deer Creek State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary where the tall grasses sway in rhythm with the wind, providing a rare stillness that defines the regional character. Life here moves in accordance with the seasons, from the bright, piercing clarity of the winter frost to the heavy, humid heat of midsummer nights when the crickets provide the only sound against the vast, dark fields.

About This Grand Meadow Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grand Meadow, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.705796, -92.572121. 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 Grand Meadow includes the ZIP code (55936), telephone area code (218), county seat of Mower County (Austin), and school district assignment (Grand Meadow Public School District).

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.