Explore Kenyon, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Kenyon, 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 Kenyon.
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 | Kenyon |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Goodhue County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 44.272187 |
| Longitude | -92.985484 |
| Population | 1,894 |
| Density | 316.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 55946 |
| Area Code | 218 |
| County Seat | Red Wing |
| School District | Kenyon-Wanamingo School District |
Kenyon anchors itself amidst a landscape of deliberate, quiet endurance, defined by the steady presence of Pearl Creek as it carves a path through the earth. It lies 14.1 miles east of Faribault, MN (from Faribault, MN: bearing 96°T), and is situated 17.6 miles northeast of Owatonna. The light here slants low during the autumn months, catching the golden stubble of harvested fields and casting long, sharp shadows across the flat, fertile stretches of the surrounding plains. To the distant horizon, the silhouette of West Florence Ridge provides a faint, serrated edge against the sky, a reminder of the geological theater that shaped this region long before human hands arrived. While the North Fork Zumbro Woods State Scientific and Natural Area lies a few miles away, offering a dense, undisturbed sanctuary of native growth, the immediate vicinity of Kenyon remains characterized by the rhythmic, seasonal pulse of land worked by generations.
Kenyon carries the weight of a history rooted in the grit of early settlement, where the economy has long drawn its sustenance from the deep, dark soil and the industrious spirit of its people. The local character is built upon a foundation of agricultural labor and small-scale enterprise, a pragmatic cycle that persists regardless of the harsh, deep winters that blanket the region in silence. Though Crystal Lake waits twelve miles off as a mirror for the wide, prairie sky, the life of the inhabitants remains tethered to the daily maintenance of their own streets and the enduring legacy of the businesses that keep the center active. There is a particular, unadorned beauty in the way the town continues its work, a persistent hum of machinery and conversation that defines the passage of time in this corner of the state.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kenyon, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.272187, -92.985484. 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 Kenyon includes the ZIP code (55946), telephone area code (218), county seat of Goodhue County (Red Wing), and school district assignment (Kenyon-Wanamingo School District).
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. |