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Nielsville Minnesota Map

Explore Nielsville, 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 Nielsville, Minnesota

How to Use This Nielsville, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	47.527473
Longitude	-96.815079
Population	78
Density	104.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56568
Area Code	320
County Seat	Crookston
School District	Climax-Shelly Public Schools

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About Nielsville, Minnesota

Nielsville is a locality in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 78. The population density is 104.2 people per km². Nielsville is located at 47.5275°N, 96.8151°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Nielsville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56568.

Nielsville emerges from the vast, flat expanse of the Red River Valley as a testament to the endurance of the prairie. It lies 45.2 miles north of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 357°T), and is situated 19.6 miles south-southwest of Crookston. The horizon here is a relentless, horizontal line where the heavy, dark soil meets a sky that often feels wider than the earth itself, colored in shades of bruised plum and pale straw by the shifting light of the plains. Only two miles to the west, the Red River of the North carves its serpentine path through the sediment, a quiet, muddy artery that has defined the drainage of this basin for millennia. To the east, the land holds its breath, waiting for the distant, faint silhouette of the Altamont Moraine to anchor the view, while closer pockets of native grasses at Malmberg Prairie State Scientific and Natural Area preserve the memory of the landscape before the plow arrived.

Agriculture remains the singular heartbeat of Nielsville, with the rhythmic cycle of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of every day. The economy is rooted firmly in the deep, fertile loam that yields substantial crops, supporting a culture of quiet diligence that has persisted since the first settlers broke the sod to build their lives against the long, biting winters. While the stillness of the countryside is occasionally broken by the hum of machinery, the environment retains a profound, ancient silence, particularly when the cold descends and the frost clings to the stalks of stubble left in the fields. Those seeking the stillness of deeper waters might travel toward Grandin Lake, yet for the residents of Nielsville, the true character of the place is found in the open, unyielding fields that stretch toward the edges of the world, reflecting a life lived in harmony with the changing seasons and the immense, open air.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Polk County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 18.5 mi, 076° E
Polk County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 18.5 mi, 076° E
Chicog State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.8 mi, 073° E
Wildwood Park (Local Park) — 19.0 mi, 030° NE
Liberty State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.0 mi, 087° E
Sweetlight Gallery (Gallery) — 19.6 mi, 029° NE
Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.4 mi, 069° E · 46k acres
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 23.0 mi, 090° E
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.9 mi, 133° SE · 12k acres
Zavoral Monument (Monument) — 27.1 mi, 342° N
AFL CIO Commemorative Plaque (Monument) — 27.9 mi, 336° NW
Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 29.2 mi, 340° N
Flood Memorial (Monument) — 29.3 mi, 340° N
River Cinema 15 (Cinema) — 29.4 mi, 341° N
Leonard Hall Geology Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 337° NW
Sitting Bull (Public Artwork) — 30.1 mi, 337° NW
Heritage Village (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 342° N
Twin Valley Heritage & Art Center (Museum) — 31.9 mi, 125° SE
Viking Sword Museum (Museum) — 40.4 mi, 140° SE
Immersive Reality Room (Attraction) — 42.0 mi, 181° S
Till Hill (Viewpoint) — 42.6 mi, 312° NW
Minuteman II ICBM (Attraction) — 43.0 mi, 179° S
Roger Maris Museum (Museum) — 46.2 mi, 182° S
Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (Attraction) — 60.4 mi, 153° SE
Community Art Center (Arts Centre) — 62.4 mi, 076° E
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 64.0 mi, 118° SE · 2,148 acres
Odyssey Cinemas Washington Square 7 (Cinema) — 66.9 mi, 137° SE
Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 68.9 mi, 033° NE · 5,094 acres
Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 70.8 mi, 191° S · 70k acres

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