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Hanska Minnesota Map

Explore Hanska, 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 Hanska, Minnesota

How to Use This Hanska, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.148849
Longitude	-94.494136
Population	382
Density	597.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56041
Area Code	320
County Seat	New Ulm
School District	New Ulm Public School District

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About Hanska, Minnesota

Hanska is a locality in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 382. The population density is 597.1 people per km². Hanska is located at 44.1488°N, 94.4941°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hanska is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56041.

Hanska emerges from the expansive, sun-bleached plains of southern Minnesota as a quiet testament to the resilience of the prairie. It lies 9.3 miles southeast of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 127°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north-northwest of Madelia. County Ditch Number Sixtythree snakes through the landscape, a functional artery that defines the earth’s drainage as much as it directs the flow of the local terrain. Only a mile away, the surface of Linden Lake reflects the shifting sky with a stillness that suggests an ancient, subterranean patience. To the west, the subtle rise of Fort Hill breaks the horizon, while the nearby Broom Lakebed offers a basin of low-lying soil where the grasses thicken in the damp. During the long, deep winters, the air turns sharp and crystalline, pulling the color from the fields until the world exists in shades of slate and bone, illuminated by a pale, insistent light that lingers long after the sun has dipped below the prairie’s edge.

Hanska draws its character from deep Scandinavian roots, a legacy that remains visible in the steady, unassuming architecture of the streets and the quiet industry of the surrounding farms. Economic life here is bound to the productivity of the soil, with the rhythms of planting and harvest dictating the seasonal pulse of the neighborhood. A few miles away, the Joseph A. Tauer Prairie State Scientific and Natural Area preserves a fragment of the original tallgrass ecosystem, serving as a reminder of the wilder, unplowed state of the land before the grid of modern agriculture took hold. Life in Hanska moves with an internal consistency, where the history of the early settlers is not merely remembered, but practiced in the careful maintenance of the homesteads and the persistent, diligent work of those who remain stewards of this inland horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Joseph A. Tauer Prairie State Scientific and Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 333° NW
Brown County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 324° NW
Southeast Hanska State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 244° SW
Blue Earth County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.2 mi, 090° E
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 151° SE
Major General Doyle E. Larson (Public Artwork) — 7.7 mi, 151° SE
Watona Park Peace Pole (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 154° SE
Flandrau State Park (State Park) — 9.0 mi, 012° N
Former Dam Site (Viewpoint) — 9.7 mi, 012° N
Auditorium (Theatre) — 10.9 mi, 006° N
Martin Luther Statue (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 006° N
State Street Theater Co. (Theatre) — 11.4 mi, 008° N
John Lind House (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 008° N
Minnesota Music Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 008° N
Wanda Gag House (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 007° N
Round House Railroad Club (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 211° SW
Sleepy Eye Depot Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 312° NW
Minneopa State Park (State Park) — 16.4 mi, 079° E
Fort Ridgely (Historic Castle / Fort) — 24.1 mi, 331° NW
410 Project (Gallery) — 24.2 mi, 088° E
Spotlight Theatres Mankato 4 (Cinema) — 24.2 mi, 087° E
Blue Earth County Heritage Center Museum (Museum) — 24.4 mi, 088° E
Conkling Art Center (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 090° E
Bresnan Arena (Stadium) — 24.7 mi, 090° E
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.4 mi, 047° NE · 24k acres
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.0 mi, 272° W · 12k acres

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