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Ostrander Minnesota Map

Explore Ostrander, 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 Ostrander, Minnesota

How to Use This Ostrander, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.613575
Longitude	-92.42795
Population	231
Density	187.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	55961
Area Code	218
County Seat	Preston
School District	LeRoy-Ostrander Public Schools

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About Ostrander, Minnesota

Ostrander is a locality in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 231. The population density is 187.8 people per km². Ostrander is located at 43.6136°N, 92.4279°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ostrander is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55961.

Ostrander sits amidst a vast, quiet expanse of Midwestern prairie where the horizon line remains unbroken by anything save for the occasional silo or the distant, dark silhouette of the Minnesota Memorial Hardwood State Forest. It lies 27.6 miles east of Austin, MN (from Austin, MN: bearing 97°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south-southwest of Spring Valley. The land here is defined by a slow, rhythmic patience, characterized by flat, fertile expanses that catch the low autumn light in a way that turns the earth the color of weathered copper. A mile to the north, the South Branch Root River cuts a modest, winding path through the soil, offering a cool, steady pulse to the landscape that persists even when the winds grow sharp and the fields lie fallow under a pale, wide sky. Beyond the cultivated grid of the fields, the Goethite State Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary of wilder, unmanicured grasses and brush, serving as a reminder of the prairie that existed long before the plow first turned this dirt.

Ostrander carries the quiet weight of a regional history rooted deeply in the cycles of agriculture and the determined labor of those who settled this inland plain. Life here moves in accordance with the turning of the seasons, where the economy remains tethered to the health of the soil and the success of the harvest, creating a sense of continuity that feels remarkably undisturbed by the frenetic pace of the world beyond. While the nearest recreation, such as the waters of Lake Hendricks, lies well to the west, the local identity is firmly grounded in the immediate reach of the horizon and the reliable, daily persistence of the people who call this place home. It is a quietude born of distance and open space, where the quality of the air at dusk, cold and smelling faintly of turned earth and dry stalks, serves as the most familiar measure of the passing day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Goethite State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 086° E
Beaver Creek State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 175° S
Washburn-Zittleman Museum (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 019° N
Methodist Church Museum (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 019° N
R J D Memorial Hardwood State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.7 mi, 088° E
Forestville Mystery Cave State Park (State Park) — 5.7 mi, 088° E
Lake Louise State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 222° SW
Fillmore County Historical Center (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 059° NE
Bear Cave Park Meadow (Viewpoint) — 17.2 mi, 347° N
Preston Veteran's Memorial (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 077° E
Niagara Cave (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 110° E
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 037° NE
Pope & Young Club (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 035° NE
Kellow House - Howard County Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 137° SE
Upper Iowa River Wildlife Management Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.0 mi, 123° SE
Chester Woods amphitheater (Theatre) — 26.7 mi, 012° N
Driftless Art Academy (Arts Centre) — 27.2 mi, 354° N
Labyrinth (Public Artwork) — 27.5 mi, 040° NE
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Caboose (Monument) — 27.7 mi, 021° N
Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 27.8 mi, 356° N
Threshold Arts (Gallery) — 28.1 mi, 356° N
Taylor Arena (Stadium) — 28.3 mi, 357° N
Rochester Civic Theatre (Theatre) — 28.3 mi, 357° N
Historic Structure (Historic Ruins) — 28.7 mi, 360° N
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.3 mi, 120° SE · 2,440 acres
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.7 mi, 029° NE · 274k acres

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