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Olivia Minnesota Map

Explore Olivia, 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 Olivia, Minnesota

How to Use This Olivia, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.77635
Longitude	-94.989721
Population	2,343
Density	368.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56277
Area Code	320
County Seat	Olivia
School District	Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public School District

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About Olivia, Minnesota

Olivia is a locality in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,343. The population density is 368.8 people per km². Olivia is located at 44.7764°N, 94.9897°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Olivia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56277.

Olivia rises from the expansive, flat horizon of the Minnesota prairie, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 24.0 miles south of Willmar, MN (from Willmar, MN: bearing 174°T), and is situated 17.5 miles north-northeast of Redwood Falls. The landscape is defined by the quiet tenacity of black soil and the rigorous geometry of agricultural fields that stretch toward the edges of the world. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the terrain yields to the subtle meanderings of West Fork Beaver Creek, which cuts a slow, persistent path through the surrounding fields. The light here in the late afternoon possesses a peculiar, amber clarity, casting long shadows that emphasize the vast, open silence of the plains. To the north, the gentle rise of Middag Knutea marks the distant limit of the view, a reminder of the ancient, slow-moving shifts of the earth that shaped this reach of the continent.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Olivia, a rhythm set by the planting and the harvest that dictates the pace of every season. The history of the area is etched into the architecture of the grain elevators that stand as sentinels over the tracks, signaling a heritage built on the labor of those who broke the sod of the high prairie. Life here is influenced by the nearby presence of the Fred J. Roeck/Hugh C. Becker State Wildlife Management Area, where the land is returned to a wilder, native state of grasses and seasonal wetlands. While the waters of Lake Lillian offer a quiet retreat for those seeking the stillness of the shoreline, the people of Olivia maintain a grounded, pragmatic connection to the land. It is a place where the deep winters are met with a stoic endurance, and the arrival of spring is observed not with fanfare, but with the measured, necessary work of a new cycle.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fred J. Roeck/Hugh C. Becker State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 237° SW
Winfield State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 317° NW
Renville County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.8 mi, 063° NE
Kandiyohi County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 13.0 mi, 011° N
Birch Coulee Historical Marker (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 181° S
Renville County Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 179° S
Geology of the Redwood Falls Region (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 203° SW
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 203° SW
Upper Sioux Agency State Park (State Park) — 21.8 mi, 263° W
Schwanke's Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 353° N
Golden Ticket Kandi 6 (Cinema) — 22.9 mi, 354° N
Fort Ridgely State Park (State Park) — 24.1 mi, 149° SE
Kandiyohi County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 355° N
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 24.7 mi, 102° E
Yellow Medicine County Museum (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 273° W
Swensson Farm Museum (Museum) — 30.4 mi, 284° W
Chief Little Crow (Public Artwork) — 31.5 mi, 075° E
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 31.5 mi, 260° W
State Theatre (Cinema) — 31.5 mi, 075° E
Site of Sundown Village (Monument) — 31.6 mi, 190° S
Elevated Lake Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 34.8 mi, 158° S
World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man (Attraction) — 35.9 mi, 052° NE
Wanda Gag House (Attraction) — 41.1 mi, 141° SE
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 41.1 mi, 140° SE
State Street Theater Co. (Theatre) — 41.2 mi, 141° SE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.2 mi, 351° N · 12k acres
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.8 mi, 103° E · 24k acres

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