Hanley Falls Minnesota Map
Explore Hanley Falls, 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 Hanley Falls, Minnesota
How to Use This Hanley Falls, Minnesota Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hanley Falls, 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 Hanley Falls.
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 | Hanley Falls |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Yellow Medicine County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 44.692735 |
| Longitude | -95.621964 |
| Population | 243 |
| Density | 376.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56245 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Granite Falls |
| School District | Yellow Medicine East |
About Hanley Falls, Minnesota
Hanley Falls is a locality in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 243. The population density is 376.8 people per km². Hanley Falls is located at 44.6927°N, 95.6220°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hanley Falls is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56245.Hanley Falls anchors itself firmly within the expansive prairie, where the Yellow Medicine River carves a deliberate path through the fertile, dark-soiled earth. It lies 18.9 miles north-northeast of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 26°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-southwest of Granite Falls. The terrain stretches out in a vast, horizontal geometry, punctuated only by the occasional grain elevator that rises like a silent sentinel against the expansive sky. Light here possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, especially in the late afternoon when the sun leans low and turns the dried grasses into a field of burnished copper. To the west, the subtle rise of Middag Knutea marks the horizon, while the quiet basin of Twin Lake Bed sits to the east, a reminder of the ancient, slow-moving water that once shaped this topography.
Hanley Falls maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the cycle of the harvest, an economy rooted in the deep, unyielding productivity of the surrounding fields. The legacy of those who settled this open country remains visible in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture and the enduring patterns of agricultural life that define the local character. Residents look toward the nearby Wood Lake for a change of pace, or toward the quiet expanses of Miscellaneous, where the landscape offers a reprieve from the relentless linearity of the farmstead rows. Life in Hanley Falls moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, reflecting a history of endurance in a climate that demands both respect and resilience from those who call the plains home.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Minnesota's Machinery Museum (Museum) — 0.0 mi, 075° E
- Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 0.1 mi, 119° SE
- Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 4.5 mi, 121° SE
- Sham Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 197° S
- Yellow Medicine County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.7 mi, 261° W
- Lines State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 181° S
- Upper Sioux Agency State Park (State Park) — 7.4 mi, 067° NE
- Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.2 mi, 183° S
- Swensson Farm Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 006° N
- Boyd House (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 309° NW
- The Mustang Statue (Public Artwork) — 18.0 mi, 202° S
- Marshall 6 Theatre (Cinema) — 18.8 mi, 206° SW
- Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 170° S
- Our Lady of Victory (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 159° S
- Geology of the Redwood Falls Region (Monument) — 26.3 mi, 111° E
- Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 26.3 mi, 112° E
- Camden State Park (State Park) — 26.4 mi, 214° SW
- Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.7 mi, 235° SW · 12k acres
- Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area 3 (National Conservation Area) — 31.0 mi, 211° SW · 235 acres
- The Stone Station (Attraction) — 31.3 mi, 179° S
- Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 181° S
- Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek (Historic Ruins) — 31.6 mi, 166° S
- Canby Depot Museum (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 272° W
- Arv Hus Museum (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 334° NW
- Golden Ticket Kandi 6 (Cinema) — 40.3 mi, 045° NE
- Fort Ridgely (Historic Castle / Fort) — 46.7 mi, 110° E
- Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.8 mi, 318° NW · 23k acres
- Buffalo Rub (Historic Ruins) — 49.9 mi, 146° SE
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About This Hanley Falls Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hanley Falls, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.692735, -95.621964. 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 Hanley Falls includes the ZIP code (56245), telephone area code (320), county seat of Yellow Medicine County (Granite Falls), and school district assignment (Yellow Medicine East).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
