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Milan Minnesota Map

Explore Milan, 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 Milan, Minnesota

How to Use This Milan, Minnesota Map

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

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	Milan
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Chippewa County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.108571
Longitude	-95.913371
Population	428
Density	242.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56262
Area Code	320
County Seat	Montevideo
School District	Lac Qui Parle Valley School District

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About Milan, Minnesota

Milan is a locality in Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 428. The population density is 242.3 people per km². Milan is located at 45.1086°N, 95.9134°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Milan is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56262.

Milan occupies a wide expanse of the Minnesota prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and unrelenting under a sky that seems to press against the earth with singular, expansive weight. It lies 42.4 miles west of Willmar, MN (from Willmar, MN: bearing 269°T), and is situated 14.8 miles northwest of Montevideo. The landscape is defined by the subtle, rhythmic shifts of open fields and the quiet endurance of the Milan State Wildlife Management Area, which anchors the immediate surroundings in a wild, uncultivated state. Only two miles distant, the waters of Lac Qui Parle mirror the changing temperament of the seasons, while the drainage of Watson Sag marks the land three miles out with a low, persistent dampness that nourishes the tall grasses. On the distant horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Antelope Hills suggests a world beyond the reach of the immediate plains, grounding the view in a vast, geologic scale.

Milan carries the quiet resonance of Scandinavian heritage, a history manifested in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the deliberate, measured pace of a life tethered to the soil. The local economy persists through the harvest of these fertile plains, with grain elevators rising as the primary sentinels of a culture built on the cycles of planting and dormancy. During the deep, biting cold of the long winters, the social life of the locality retreats into warmth, preserving a sense of self-reliance that has persisted since the first settlers broke the heavy sod. There is a particular clarity to the autumn light here, a thin, golden quality that illuminates the stubble of the harvested fields and highlights the stark, honest geometry of a place that values substance over ornament.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Arv Hus Museum (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 023° NE
Milan State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 046° NE
Chippewa County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 339° N
Lac qui Parle State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 174° S
Lac Qui Parle Lake (Recreation Area) — 2.5 mi, 191° S
Swift County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 337° NW
Chippewa Prairie Fee (Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 293° NW
Lac qui Parle State Park (State Park) — 4.4 mi, 164° S
Upper Minnesota River Valley Fee (Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 309° NW
Lac qui Parle County Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 243° SW
Boyd House (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 178° S
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.8 mi, 293° NW · 23k acres
Swift County Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 046° NE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.2 mi, 349° N · 12k acres
Swensson Farm Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 135° SE
Yellow Medicine County Museum (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 139° SE
Barckes Corner (Monument) — 28.2 mi, 219° SW
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 28.4 mi, 297° NW
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 32.2 mi, 153° SE
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 34.1 mi, 275° W
Milbank Grist Mill (Monument) — 35.3 mi, 283° W
Highest elevation in park (Viewpoint) — 35.5 mi, 034° NE
Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 36.0 mi, 283° W
Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 39.6 mi, 054° NE
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 40.8 mi, 057° NE
Golden Ticket Kandi 6 (Cinema) — 42.6 mi, 090° E
Civil War Statue (Public Artwork) — 45.8 mi, 173° S
Runestone Replica (Monument) — 50.0 mi, 014° N
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 54.6 mi, 135° SE

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