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Nicollet Minnesota Map

Explore Nicollet, 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 Nicollet, Minnesota

How to Use This Nicollet, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.276077
Longitude	-94.187463
Population	1,143
Density	486.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56074
Area Code	320
County Seat	St. Peter
School District	Nicollet Public School District

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About Nicollet, Minnesota

Nicollet is a locality in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,143. The population density is 486.6 people per km². Nicollet is located at 44.2761°N, 94.1875°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Nicollet is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56074.

Nicollet rises from the expanse of the Minnesota prairie, a quiet grid of streets anchored in the heavy, fertile soil of the high plains. It lies 10.4 miles northwest of North Mankato, MN (from North Mankato, MN: bearing 313°T), and is situated 12.1 miles northwest of Mankato. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, where the sky presses down with a weight that turns the light at dusk into a bruised, violet glow across the open fields. Only a mile away, the shallow, marshy basin of Swan Lake holds the stillness of the interior, its waters reflecting the shifting clouds that drift over the flat horizon. The land, largely defined by the broad, ancient drainage of the Fox Lakebed six miles distant, feels patient and singular, a place where the wind carries the dry scent of turning stalks and the cold promise of the coming frost.

Nicollet sustains itself through the slow, cyclical labor of agriculture, the primary pulse that governs the pace of the days and the character of its people. The history of the settlement remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, an inheritance of labor that stretches back through generations of tillers who worked the black, stubborn earth. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the Swan Lake State Wildlife Management Area serves as a sanctuary for the migratory life that passes through the flyway, while the Swan Lake Outlet marks the modest drainage of the local watershed. Life here moves with a steady, deliberate gravity, defined not by the rush of industry but by the quiet maintenance of the land and the endurance of a life lived far from the reach of the coasts.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Swan Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 000° N
Minneopa State Park (State Park) — 5.7 mi, 171° S
Cambria State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 241° SW
Benson Park (Local Park) — 8.8 mi, 129° SE
Glueck Park (State Recreation Area) — 9.5 mi, 079° E
Kiwanis Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 9.6 mi, 122° SE
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 10.2 mi, 082° E
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 10.9 mi, 084° E
Harold and Ruth Schaefer Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 11.0 mi, 073° E
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 11.0 mi, 074° E
Anderson Theatre (Theatre) — 11.1 mi, 073° E
Sesquicentennial Statue (Public Artwork) — 11.1 mi, 073° E
Dakota 38 Memorial (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 129° SE
U.S.-Dakota War Historic Marker (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 129° SE
Spotlight Theatres Mankato 4 (Cinema) — 11.8 mi, 130° SE
410 Project (Gallery) — 11.9 mi, 131° SE
Blue Earth County Heritage Center Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 131° SE
Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 135° SE
Blue Earth County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.6 mi, 180° S
Andreas Theatre (Theatre) — 12.8 mi, 133° SE
Conkling Art Center (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 133° SE
Flandrau State Park (State Park) — 13.0 mi, 273° W
Bresnan Arena (Stadium) — 13.1 mi, 133° SE
Former Dam Site (Viewpoint) — 13.1 mi, 273° W
John Lind House (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 281° W
Minnesota Music Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 281° W
Wanda Gag House (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 281° W
Le Sueur Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 046° NE
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.5 mi, 038° NE · 24k acres
Minnesota Valley (State Recreation Area) — 22.8 mi, 036° NE

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