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Heron Lake Minnesota Map

Explore Heron Lake, 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 Heron Lake, Minnesota

How to Use This Heron Lake, Minnesota Map

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

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	Heron Lake
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Jackson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.794959
Longitude	-95.320276
Population	602
Density	187.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56137
Area Code	320
County Seat	Jackson
School District	Heron Lake-Okabena School District

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About Heron Lake, Minnesota

Heron Lake is a locality in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 602. The population density is 187.1 people per km². Heron Lake is located at 43.7950°N, 95.3203°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Heron Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56137.

Heron Lake sits squarely upon the vast, open expanse of the southwestern Minnesota prairie, where the horizon pulls the sky taut against a flat, fertile floor of black earth. It lies 18.3 miles northeast of Worthington, MN (from Worthington, MN: bearing 49°T), and is situated 11.3 miles west-southwest of Windom. The landscape around Heron Lake is defined by its quiet horizontal majesty, a patchwork of agricultural fields that shift from the deep, bruised greens of midsummer to the pale, brittle gold of harvest. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Duck Lake catch the erratic, brilliant light of the afternoon sun, while the Heron Lake Outlet traces a thin, winding vein through the grasses. To the north, the Heron Meadows State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall reeds and sedge, where the air grows heavy with the scent of damp soil and the dry, rustling sound of wind moving through native flora.

History in Heron Lake is recorded in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of grain elevators and the straight lines of section roads that divide the land into a precise, geometric grid. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the seasons, driven by the intense labor of cultivation and the steady, mechanical pulse of regional commerce. Life in Heron Lake moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the long, deep winters that force a kind of introspective stillness upon the inhabitants. Even in the height of productivity, there is a pervasive sense of space, a feeling that the land is far more expansive than the structures built upon it, leaving the inhabitants to navigate a world where the weather and the soil dictate the boundaries of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Heron Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 164° S
Valleau State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 231° SW
Heron Lake Fee (Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 096° E
Jackson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 281° W
Jackson County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 281° W
Des Moines River SNA (Nature Reserve) — 11.4 mi, 091° E
Kilen Woods State Park (State Park) — 13.3 mi, 109° E
Westbrook Heritage House Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 341° N
Loon Lake Cemetery (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 149° SE
Heritage Village Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 064° NE
Mountain Lake Site (Historic Ruins) — 23.1 mi, 068° E
House Frame (Historic Ruins) — 24.2 mi, 033° NE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.7 mi, 344° N · 12k acres
Lake Shetek State Park (State Park) — 27.0 mi, 318° NW
Dickinson County Museum (Museum) — 27.8 mi, 157° SE
Pearson Lakes Art Center (Arts Centre) — 29.2 mi, 161° S
Okoboji Summer Theatre (Theatre) — 29.3 mi, 161° S
Ranch Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 29.5 mi, 160° S
Higgins Museum (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 162° S
Bike Monument (Monument) — 30.1 mi, 167° S
Welcome To Sherburn (Monument) — 30.8 mi, 107° E
Arnolds Park Museum (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 163° S
Ringham Habitat Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 32.5 mi, 136° SE
Milford Pioneer Theatre (Cinema) — 33.6 mi, 165° S
The Stone Station (Attraction) — 34.0 mi, 335° NW
Estherville Rock Garden (Attraction) — 36.2 mi, 139° SE

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