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New Munich Minnesota Map

Explore New Munich, 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 New Munich, Minnesota

How to Use This New Munich, Minnesota Map

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

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	New Munich
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Stearns County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.630243
Longitude	-94.753623
Population	356
Density	257.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56356
Area Code	320
County Seat	St. Cloud
School District	Melrose Public School District

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About New Munich, Minnesota

New Munich is a locality in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 356. The population density is 257.9 people per km². New Munich is located at 45.6302°N, 94.7536°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. New Munich is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56356.

New Munich emerges from the flat, industrious horizon of central Minnesota as a collection of sturdy rooftops and silos anchored by the steady, dark flow of the Sauk River. It lies 26.4 miles west of Sartell, MN (from Sartell, MN: bearing 271°T), and is situated 4.0 miles southeast of Melrose. The landscape here is defined by wide expanses of fertile soil that transition into the quiet, wooded patches of the Christopher Kurilla State Wildlife Management Area, where the land holds a damp, cooling stillness even in the heat of a July afternoon. Only a mile away, the surface of Frevels Lake mirrors the shifting gray of the sky, acting as a glass pane that catches the sharp, fleeting light of the sun before it slips behind the grain elevators. There is a weight to the air here, a crispness that suggests the long, deep winters of the region are never truly absent, merely waiting in the wings of the changing seasons.

German settlers established the roots of New Munich, bringing with them a legacy of hard labor and a preference for order that remains visible in the tidy arrangement of the fields and the disciplined pace of daily life. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the land, driven by the rhythmic demands of agriculture and the small-scale commerce that keeps the main thoroughfares functional and focused. While the bustle of the world feels distant, the spirit of the place is marked by a stubborn endurance, seen in the way the town maintains its character despite the vast, open plains that stretch toward the horizon. Even as the modern day moves forward, New Munich retains an old-world gravity, where the sound of the wind through the trees and the slow movement of the Sauk River dictate the tempo of the hours better than any clock.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Christopher Kurilla State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 331° NW
Stearns County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 026° NE
Meadowlark Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 307° NW
Melrose Area Museum (Museum) — 3.9 mi, 319° NW
Sauk River Park (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 325° NW
Daniel Shay State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 128° SE
Birch Lakes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 9.0 mi, 356° N
Todd County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.7 mi, 322° NW
510 Art Lab (Arts Centre) — 12.1 mi, 308° NW
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 13.8 mi, 013° N
Koronis Cinema (Cinema) — 17.3 mi, 174° S
Paynesville Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 172° S
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 17.6 mi, 101° E
Saint John's Pottery Studio (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 101° E
Giant Crow Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.8 mi, 224° SW
Stone Gate (Historic Ruins) — 18.2 mi, 100° E
Maple Sugar Shack (Attraction) — 18.6 mi, 100° E
A maze'n Farmyard (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 162° S
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.0 mi, 228° SW · 12k acres
Sibley State Park (State Park) — 24.2 mi, 211° SW
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.0 mi, 238° SW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 26.1 mi, 099° E
NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule (Attraction) — 26.5 mi, 099° E
Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone (Monument) — 27.4 mi, 116° SE
Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 27.4 mi, 242° SW
Charles A. Lindbergh State Park (State Park) — 28.0 mi, 037° NE
Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 038° NE
Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 28.9 mi, 100° E
Gnarly Bard Theater (Theatre) — 29.0 mi, 100° E
Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.5 mi, 051° NE · 4,358 acres

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