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Okabena Minnesota Map

Explore Okabena, 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 Okabena, Minnesota

How to Use This Okabena, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.739404
Longitude	-95.315832
Population	203
Density	231.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56161
Area Code	320
County Seat	Jackson
School District	Heron Lake-Okabena School District

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About Okabena, Minnesota

Okabena is a locality in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 203. The population density is 231.9 people per km². Okabena is located at 43.7394°N, 95.3158°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Okabena is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56161.

Okabena occupies a quiet expanse of the prairie, where the earth stretches toward the horizon in muted shades of ochre and deep, fertile brown. It lies 16.3 miles east-northeast of Worthington, MN (from Worthington, MN: bearing 59°T), and is situated 13.2 miles southwest of Windom. Okabena Creek carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its waters serving as a persistent, rhythmic thread that binds the surrounding fields together. Just two miles to the west, the expansive surface of Heron Lake catches the shifting light of the sky, reflecting the vastness of the heavens against the sturdy, terrestrial reality of the plains. During the long, cold winters, the air gains a crystalline clarity, turning the open terrain into a silent, frozen theater where the wind dictates the movement of the snow across the fallow ground.

Agriculture defines the character of Okabena, as the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of local life. The proximity to the Heron Lake State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary for migratory birds, whose seasonal passage provides a stark, living contrast to the steady, mechanical labor of the nearby farms. History here remains quiet and unadorned, grounded in the persistence of those who worked these heavy soils and built their lives against the backdrop of the open sky. There is a particular beauty in the way the sun settles behind the grain elevators at dusk, casting long, lean shadows that emphasize the humble, enduring architecture of a place defined by its relationship to the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Heron Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 019° N
Heron Meadows State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 353° N
Heron Lake Fee (Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 038° NE
Jackson County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 6.2 mi, 166° S
Jackson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.2 mi, 166° S
Des Moines River SNA (Nature Reserve) — 11.8 mi, 072° E
Kilen Woods State Park (State Park) — 12.4 mi, 092° E
Loon Lake Cemetery (Monument) — 18.4 mi, 143° SE
Gull Point State Park (State Park) — 19.5 mi, 151° SE
Westbrook Heritage House Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 344° N
Heritage Village Museum (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 056° NE
Dickinson County Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 154° SE
Mountain Lake Site (Historic Ruins) — 24.6 mi, 059° NE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.1 mi, 219° SW · 12k acres
Pearson Lakes Art Center (Arts Centre) — 25.6 mi, 158° S
Okoboji Summer Theatre (Theatre) — 25.6 mi, 159° S
Ranch Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 25.9 mi, 158° S
Higgins Museum (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 160° S
Bike Monument (Monument) — 26.3 mi, 165° S
Spirit Lake Massacre Monument (Monument) — 27.3 mi, 161° S
Arnolds Park Museum (Museum) — 27.3 mi, 161° S
House Frame (Historic Ruins) — 27.4 mi, 028° NE
Ringham Habitat Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 29.7 mi, 131° SE
Milford Pioneer Theatre (Cinema) — 29.9 mi, 164° S
Estherville Rock Garden (Attraction) — 33.3 mi, 135° SE
The Stone Station (Attraction) — 37.6 mi, 337° NW

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