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Louisburg Minnesota Map

Explore Louisburg, 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 Louisburg, Minnesota

How to Use This Louisburg, Minnesota Map

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

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	Louisburg
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Lac qui Parle County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.166074
Longitude	-96.171159
Population	31
Density	47.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56256
Area Code	320
County Seat	Madison
School District	Ortonville Public Schools

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About Louisburg, Minnesota

Louisburg is a locality in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 31. The population density is 47.1 people per km². Louisburg is located at 45.1661°N, 96.1712°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Louisburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56256.

Louisburg occupies a quiet expanse of the high, wind-brushed plains where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the vast Midwestern sky. It lies 53.1 miles north-northwest of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 339°T), and is situated 16.4 miles southeast of Ortonville. The land around Louisburg unfolds in subtle, tectonic shifts of prairie grass and dark, fertile loam, interrupted only by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Antelope Hills rising twenty-four miles to the west. Two miles away, the Minnesota River carves a serpentine path through the valley, its waters reflecting the shifting gray and amber tones of a long, northern day. To the east, the landscape draws breath near the quiet margins of Spring Lake, a seven-mile distance that offers a still, glass-like respite from the relentless pulse of the open fields.

Louisburg maintains a steady, rhythmic connection to the earth, grounded in an agricultural heritage that favors the patient work of the seasons over the frantic pace of modern industry. Proximity to the Lac qui Parle State Wildlife Management Area, just one mile away, ensures that the wilder character of the region remains an intimate neighbor to those who live and labor here. Generations have cultivated these acres, leaving behind a quiet resilience that persists in the austere geometry of grain elevators and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the local dwellings. The air carries a sharp, clean clarity during the long winters, a cold that sharpens the senses and defines the character of the people who call Louisburg home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lac qui Parle State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 030° NE
Red Buffalo State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 116° SE
Lac Qui Parle County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.2 mi, 103° E
Plover Prairie Fee (Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 300° NW
Lac Qui Parle Lake (Recreation Area) — 4.6 mi, 088° E
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.8 mi, 302° NW · 23k acres
Swift County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.0 mi, 049° NE
Chippewa Prairie Fee (Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 093° E
Arv Hus Museum (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 107° E
Lac qui Parle State Park (State Park) — 15.5 mi, 125° SE
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 306° NW
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.6 mi, 024° NE · 12k acres
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 21.4 mi, 267° W
Milbank Grist Mill (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 280° W
Grant County Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 280° W
Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 22.9 mi, 279° W
Valley Queen Heritage Center (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 280° W
Boyd House (Attraction) — 25.5 mi, 149° SE
Barckes Corner (Monument) — 26.4 mi, 191° S
Swift County Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 070° E
Willard Andrews Lookout (Viewpoint) — 28.8 mi, 305° NW
Canby Depot Museum (Museum) — 32.0 mi, 189° S
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 42.4 mi, 140° SE
Samuel J Brown State Monument (Monument) — 44.0 mi, 313° NW
HGC Eagle Carving (Public Artwork) — 47.4 mi, 197° S
Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 48.5 mi, 066° NE
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 50.3 mi, 069° E
Marshall 6 Theatre (Cinema) — 53.0 mi, 159° S
Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 53.3 mi, 015° N

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