Explore Kinbrae, 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 Kinbrae, 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 Kinbrae.
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 | Kinbrae |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Nobles County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 43.825795 |
| Longitude | -95.487226 |
| Population | 10 |
| Density | 4.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56131 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Worthington |
| School District | Fulda Public School District |
Kinbrae marks the horizon where the flat, fertile plains of the prairie soften into the quiet edges of Kinbrae Lake. It lies 15.2 miles north-northeast of Worthington, MN (from Worthington, MN: bearing 21°T), and is situated 18.7 miles west of Windom. The air here holds a crisp, high-latitude clarity that sharpens the stalks of ripening corn and pulls the light into long, amber fingers as the sun descends toward the distant silhouette of Buffalo Ridge. Across the immediate landscape, the Kinbrae State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal wetlands, providing a stillness that remains undisturbed by the modern velocity of the world. Jack Creek carves a subtle, winding path through the soil three miles away, its presence marked only by a thicker gathering of willow and cottonwood that trace the water’s slow migration toward the horizon.
Kinbrae emerged as a modest waypoint forged by the labor of those who broke the stubborn sod to claim the richness of the earth, defining an economy still tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the harvest. The architecture of the region reflects a heritage of practical endurance, where sturdy structures stand against the deep, resonant winters that define the passage of years. Life in Kinbrae moves with the measured pace of the seasons, a quiet continuity maintained by families who recognize the value of the soil and the shelter of the local woods. Even as the modern world shifts, the daily existence here remains tethered to the land, an unassuming persistence found in the way the morning frost clings to the fence lines or the way the evening wind carries the scent of dry grain across the open fields.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kinbrae, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.825795, -95.487226. 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 Kinbrae includes the ZIP code (56131), telephone area code (320), county seat of Nobles County (Worthington), and school district assignment (Fulda Public 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. |