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Ormsby Minnesota Map

Explore Ormsby, 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 Ormsby, Minnesota

How to Use This Ormsby, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.848289
Longitude	-94.697755
Population	118
Density	129.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56162
Area Code	320
County Seat	St. James
School District	St. James Public School District

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About Ormsby, Minnesota

Ormsby is a locality in Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 118. The population density is 129.1 people per km². Ormsby is located at 43.8483°N, 94.6978°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ormsby is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56162.

Ormsby occupies a quiet expanse of the prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to press down with the weight of its own clarity. It lies 18.0 miles northwest of Fairmont, MN (from Fairmont, MN: bearing 319°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-southwest of St. James. The earth here is dark and heavy, a vast grid of fertile soil that hums with the growth of corn and soy, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of the South Fork Watonwan River as it cuts through the fields. Toward the edges of the plain, the Watline State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal brush, providing a stark, wild contrast to the disciplined rows of the surrounding farms. Three miles away, the surface of Buffalo Lake acts as a mirror for the shifting clouds, catching the pale, amber light of late afternoon and holding it until the shadows of the grain elevators grow long and thin across the gravel roads.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of Ormsby, dictating the tempo of the calendar from the first thaw to the final harvest. The history of the place is written in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of the grain bins and the enduring resilience of those who cultivate this demanding, productive landscape. Life in Ormsby moves with the deliberate pace of a season, marked by the mechanical drone of machinery during the work months and the profound, snow-muffled silence that settles over the plains when winter takes hold. It is a location defined by its isolation and its utility, where the wind carries the scent of turned earth and the constant, quiet expectation of the next season’s yield. In the stillness of an evening, one can feel the immense scale of the geography, a reminder that human effort here is merely a small, persistent shadow against the vastness of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Watline State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 029° NE
Fossum State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 300° NW
Martin County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.1 mi, 125° SE
Round House Railroad Club (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 018° N
Mountain Lake Site (Historic Ruins) — 10.8 mi, 297° NW
Cottonwood County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.5 mi, 303° NW
Heritage Village Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 299° NW
SGT Corey Sathoff (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 104° E
Welcome To Sherburn (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 188° S
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 15.3 mi, 131° SE
Fairmont Opera House (Theatre) — 18.0 mi, 139° SE
Martin County Historical Society and Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 139° SE
Des Moines River SNA (Nature Reserve) — 19.1 mi, 261° W
Watona Park Peace Pole (Monument) — 19.2 mi, 046° NE
Kilen Woods State Park (State Park) — 19.6 mi, 244° SW
Major General Doyle E. Larson (Public Artwork) — 19.7 mi, 045° NE
Site 8 (Historic Ruins) — 24.3 mi, 314° NW
Winnebago Museum (Museum) — 27.2 mi, 102° E
Ringham Habitat Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 28.6 mi, 198° S
Sleepy Eye Depot Museum (Museum) — 31.1 mi, 358° N
Elevated Lake Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 31.9 mi, 357° N
Estherville Rock Garden (Attraction) — 32.0 mi, 193° S
Flandrau State Park (State Park) — 32.2 mi, 019° N
Auditorium (Theatre) — 33.5 mi, 019° N
John Lind House (Attraction) — 34.1 mi, 020° N
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.1 mi, 301° NW · 12k acres
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.0 mi, 141° SE · 5,668 acres

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