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Kensington Minnesota Map

Explore Kensington, 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 Kensington, Minnesota

How to Use This Kensington, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.778015
Longitude	-95.696159
Population	266
Density	286.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56343
Area Code	320
County Seat	Alexandria
School District	West Central Area

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About Kensington, Minnesota

Kensington is a locality in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 266. The population density is 286.9 people per km². Kensington is located at 45.7780°N, 95.6962°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kensington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56343.

Kensington occupies a quiet expanse of the high, glacial plains where the horizon stretches toward a pale, expansive sky. It lies 17.0 miles west-southwest of Alexandria, MN (from Alexandria, MN: bearing 244°T), and is situated 16.9 miles northeast of Morris. The land around Kensington is defined by the subtle rise of Runestone Hill, a modest prominence that breaks the flatness of the surrounding prairie. To the west, the Chippewa River carves a slow, meandering path through the earth, while the still, reflective surface of Roland Lake lies nearby, holding the reflection of passing clouds. The Kensington State Wildlife Management Area envelops the periphery, offering a sanctuary of native grasses and brush where the wind moves with an audible, rhythmic sigh across the open terrain.

History lingers in the soil of Kensington, grounding the present in a lineage of agricultural endurance and the persistent, quiet labor of the farmstead. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, with grain elevators and machinery marking the landscape as monuments to a long-standing tradition of cultivation. In the autumn, the light turns a sharp, brittle gold, illuminating the stubble of harvested fields and casting long, thin shadows that emphasize the solitude of the region. Life in Kensington moves with a deliberate pace, dictated by the turning seasons and the internal gravity of a place that values the steady, unspoken bond between the inhabitants and the vast, unyielding reach of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kensington State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 265° W
Douglas County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 0.5 mi, 181° S
Douglas County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 0.5 mi, 181° S
Hegg Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 046° NE
Runestone Replica (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 036° NE
Staffanson Prairie Fee (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 318° NW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.4 mi, 192° S · 12k acres
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Fee (Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 189° S
Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 13.0 mi, 315° NW
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 13.6 mi, 053° NE
Brandon Auditorium (Theatre) — 13.7 mi, 020° N
Alexandria Area Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 17.0 mi, 064° NE
Big Ole statue (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 063° NE
Pope County Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 122° SE
Glacial Lakes State Park (State Park) — 17.9 mi, 154° SE
Highest elevation in park (Viewpoint) — 19.2 mi, 151° SE
Lake Carlos State Park (State Park) — 21.9 mi, 047° NE
Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 31.4 mi, 137° SE
Inukshuk (Public Artwork) — 31.7 mi, 024° NE
Swift County Historical Museum (Museum) — 32.5 mi, 173° S
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 33.9 mi, 135° SE
Art of the Lakes (Gallery) — 34.8 mi, 359° N
510 Art Lab (Arts Centre) — 36.0 mi, 094° E
Broken Down Dam (Historic Ruins) — 38.7 mi, 336° NW
Todd County Museum (Museum) — 42.5 mi, 071° E
Initial Point, North Dakota South Dakota boundary (Monument) — 43.1 mi, 285° W
Melrose Area Museum (Museum) — 43.5 mi, 099° E
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.3 mi, 219° SW · 23k acres
Arv Hus Museum (Museum) — 47.2 mi, 193° S

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