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Paynesville Minnesota Map

Explore Paynesville, 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 Paynesville, Minnesota

How to Use This Paynesville, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.38052
Longitude	-94.711948
Population	2,388
Density	402.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56362
Area Code	320
County Seat	St. Cloud
School District	Paynesville Public School District

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About Paynesville, Minnesota

Paynesville is a locality in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,388. The population density is 402.6 people per km². Paynesville is located at 45.3805°N, 94.7119°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Paynesville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56362.

Paynesville emerges from the expansive, level horizons of the upper Midwest where the North Fork Crow River carves a deliberate, winding path through the fertile soil of the Bonanza Valley. It lies 24.1 miles northeast of Willmar, MN (from Willmar, MN: bearing 42°T), and is situated 19.7 miles north-northwest of Litchfield. This landscape is defined by the quiet persistence of the water and the surrounding agricultural plains, where the light at dusk flattens the distance into bruised purples and golds, casting long shadows from the silos that punctuate the horizon. Just a short distance away, the glacial remnants of Lake Koronis offer a stillness that mirrors the sky, while the grasses of the Spirit Prairie State Wildlife Management Area ripple in the wind, maintaining a wild, unmanicured integrity against the encroachment of the grid.

Settlement in Paynesville reflects a history grounded in the sturdy, pragmatic labor of those who broke the prairie sod and relied upon the rhythms of the seasons to sustain a livelihood. The local economy persists as a marriage of agricultural tradition and small-scale enterprise, where the pulse of the workday is marked by the shifting colors of wheat and corn rather than the frantic pace of larger urban centers. Residents carry the legacy of Scandinavian and regional heritage in their measured speech and a deep-seated respect for the long, brittle winters that test the fiber of the community. Beyond the town limits, the distant silhouette of Mount Tom serves as a static, silent witness to the daily commerce and the quiet, steady preservation of a way of life that values the tangible over the ephemeral.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Koronis Cinema (Cinema) — 0.1 mi, 306° NW
Paynesville Historical Museum (Museum) — 0.4 mi, 083° E
Spirit Prairie State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 001° N
Partners State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 036° NE
Roscoe Prairie Fee (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 031° NE
Stearns County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.5 mi, 051° NE
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 3.9 mi, 141° SE
Regal Meadow Fee (Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 267° W
Kandiyohi County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.7 mi, 221° SW
A maze'n Farmyard (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 129° SE
Sibley State Park (State Park) — 14.9 mi, 256° W
Giant Crow Statue (Public Artwork) — 15.1 mi, 287° W
Meeker County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 152° SE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.9 mi, 273° W · 12k acres
Saint John's Pottery Studio (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 048° NE
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 20.6 mi, 048° NE
Melrose Area Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 347° N
Litchfiel Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 20.8 mi, 154° SE
Stone Gate (Historic Ruins) — 21.1 mi, 049° NE
Maple Sugar Shack (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 050° NE
Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 077° E
Kandiyohi County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 23.6 mi, 222° SW
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.2 mi, 278° W
World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man (Attraction) — 24.5 mi, 143° SE
Golden Ticket Kandi 6 (Cinema) — 24.8 mi, 220° SW
Schwanke's Museum (Museum) — 25.6 mi, 220° SW
Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 26.7 mi, 280° W
Monson Lake State Park (State Park) — 26.7 mi, 261° W
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.0 mi, 077° E · 61k acres

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