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Kilkenny Minnesota Map

Explore Kilkenny, 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 Kilkenny, Minnesota

How to Use This Kilkenny, Minnesota Map

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

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	Kilkenny
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Le Sueur County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	44.313297
Longitude	-93.574116
Population	148
Density	426.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56052
Area Code	320
County Seat	Le Center
School District	Tri-City United School District

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About Kilkenny, Minnesota

Kilkenny is a locality in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 148. The population density is 426.4 people per km². Kilkenny is located at 44.3133°N, 93.5741°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kilkenny is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56052.

Kilkenny occupies a quiet reach of southern Minnesota, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the silhouettes of silos and the sturdy, dark lines of windbreaks. It lies 15.1 miles west of Faribault, MN (from Faribault, MN: bearing 275°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south of Montgomery. The land here is a mosaic of rich, heavy soil that turns the color of iron under a spring rain, supporting fields that hold the heat of the sun long after the light has faded. A mile away, the Cannon River cuts a slow, deliberate path through the earth, while the wetlands of the Diamond Lake State Wildlife Management Area offer a sanctuary where the air feels cooler and thick with the scent of damp reeds. Two miles to the west, Sunfish Lake lies still as a mirror, reflecting the expansive sky in a way that makes the transition from prairie to water feel like a sudden, quiet shift in the world's weight.

Kilkenny grew from the aspirations of those who saw potential in the deep, fertile loam, establishing a rhythm of life that aligns with the turning of the seasons and the demands of the harvest. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the mechanical hum of tractors often serves as the steady pulse of the day. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain rises toward the distant Klondike Hill, providing a faint, elevated landmark against the vastness of the plains, while the low expanse of the Dove Lakebed sits further out, a reminder of the ancient, lingering water that once shaped the basin. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, when the wind settles, there is a tangible stillness to the place, a sense that Kilkenny exists in a pocket of time where the neighbors still know the provenance of every fence line and the subtle changes in the weather are the only news that truly matters.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Diamond Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 298° NW
Dora Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 017° N
Lesueur County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.4 mi, 359° N
Sakatah Lake State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 167° S
Arts and Heritage Center (Arts Centre) — 8.8 mi, 358° N
POW/MIA Memorial (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 065° NE
Le Sueur County Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 212° SW
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 9.6 mi, 272° W
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 273° W
Voyager Valley Teepee (Attraction) — 14.5 mi, 206° SW
Horse Arena (Stadium) — 14.6 mi, 090° E
Rice County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 095° E
Waseca County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 168° S
Gopher State Railway Museum (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 359° N
Arts Center of Saint Peter (Arts Centre) — 19.0 mi, 272° W
Sesquicentennial Statue (Public Artwork) — 19.7 mi, 272° W
Anderson Theatre (Theatre) — 19.7 mi, 272° W
Cannon Valley Cinema 10 (Cinema) — 20.2 mi, 067° NE
Nerstrand Big Woods State Park (State Park) — 22.0 mi, 085° E
Sibley County Historic Society and Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 312° NW
Union Depot (Historic) (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 132° SE
Santa's Cottage (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 064° NE
Spotlight Theatres Mankato 4 (Cinema) — 23.7 mi, 245° SW
410 Project (Gallery) — 23.8 mi, 244° SW
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.9 mi, 345° N · 24k acres

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