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Luverne Minnesota Map

Explore Luverne, 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 Luverne, Minnesota

How to Use This Luverne, Minnesota Map

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

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.

CityLuverne
StateMinnesota (MN)
CountyRock County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude43.654136
Longitude-96.212807
Population4,946
Density519.9 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code56156
Area Code320
County SeatLuverne
School DistrictLuverne Public School District

About Luverne, Minnesota

Luverne is a locality in Rock County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,946. The population density is 519.9 people per km². Luverne is located at 43.6541°N, 96.2128°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Luverne is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56156.

Luverne reveals itself through a vast, open horizon where the prairie sky stretches wide enough to swallow the day. It lies 30.9 miles west of Worthington, MN (from Worthington, MN: bearing 275°T), and is situated 18.4 miles east-northeast of Brandon. The landscape is defined by a deep, quiet persistence, with the Rock River carving a narrow, serpentine path just a mile from the center of the grid. Here, the earth feels solid and ancient, punctuated by the presence of Kolbert Park, where the wind moves through the grasses with a low, rhythmic sigh. In the distance, the Cactus Hills provide a faint, serrated edge against the sunset, while the stillness of South Mound Creek Pool rests four miles away, offering a glassy mirror for the shifting clouds. The light at dusk settles over the fields in a bruised shade of gold, clarifying the edges of the barns and silos until they appear as sharp, essential silhouettes against the darkening plains.

Luverne carries a weight of history in its architecture, where red quartzite buildings stand as enduring relics of an economy built on the strength of the soil and the grit of the plains. This stone, quarried nearby, gives the storefronts a distinct, rose-hued gravity that seems to hold the heat of the summer sun long after the temperature drops. Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of the region, dictating the seasonal migration of dust and the heavy, mechanical hum of harvest time. Life moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, reflecting a culture that values the steady labor of the hands and the quietude of a life lived far from the clamor of the coasts. Through the changing seasons, the people of Luverne maintain a stoic familiarity with the land, finding a particular beauty in the way the frost clings to the fence lines or the way the winter snow flattens the world into a single, clean plane of white.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Luverne Bell (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 354° N
  • Stephen State Aquatic Management Area (Rock) (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 136° SE
  • The Buffalo (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 182° S
  • Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 012° N
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 039° NE
  • Russ Blanford State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 156° SE
  • Blue Mounds State Park (State Park) — 2.4 mi, 000° N
  • Tower (Viewpoint) — 2.4 mi, 178° S
  • Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.6 mi, 331° NW · 12k acres
  • Boon Ranch Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 173° S
  • Minnesota Welcomes You (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 256° W
  • Palisades (State Recreation Area) — 15.1 mi, 279° W
  • Garretson Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 287° W
  • Rock Island Depot Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 172° S
  • Lyon County Historical Society Museum Complex (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 172° S
  • King & Queen Rock (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 279° W
  • Split Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 17.3 mi, 334° NW
  • Big Sioux (State Recreation Area) — 19.7 mi, 257° W
  • Blood Run Site (Historic Ruins) — 22.5 mi, 235° SW
  • Historic School Museum (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 215° SW
  • Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 25.0 mi, 348° N · 302 acres
  • Three Maidens (Historic Ruins) — 25.1 mi, 348° N
  • Two Eagles (Public Artwork) — 26.3 mi, 256° W
  • Inwood Iowa Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 205° SW
  • Eastbank Art Gallery (Gallery) — 26.5 mi, 254° W
  • JK Gallery (Gallery) — 26.5 mi, 254° W
  • Exposure Gallery & Studios (Gallery) — 26.7 mi, 255° W
  • Orpheum Theater Center (Theatre) — 26.7 mi, 255° W
  • Anne Zabel Studio Theater (Theatre) — 26.7 mi, 255° W
  • Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area 3 (National Conservation Area) — 46.3 mi, 016° N · 235 acres

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About This Luverne Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Luverne, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.654136, -96.212807. 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 Luverne includes the ZIP code (56156), telephone area code (320), county seat of Rock County (Luverne), and school district assignment (Luverne 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.