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Pipestone Minnesota Map

Explore Pipestone, 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 Pipestone, Minnesota

How to Use This Pipestone, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.000526
Longitude	-96.317534
Population	4,215
Density	392.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56164
Area Code	320
County Seat	Pipestone
School District	Pipestone Area School District

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About Pipestone, Minnesota

Pipestone is a locality in Pipestone County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,215. The population density is 392.5 people per km². Pipestone is located at 44.0005°N, 96.3175°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Pipestone is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56164.

Pipestone emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a singular geological anchor where the prairie grass yields to the ancient, exposed Sioux Quartzite. It lies 40.5 miles southwest of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 221°T), and is situated 14.2 miles east-southeast of Flandreau. The landscape here functions as a vast, quiet theater for the sky, which shifts from a pale, bleached blue at midday to the bruised purples and golds of a long, lingering dusk. Within the immediate periphery of Pipestone, the land is marked by the modest, purposeful flow of Split Rock Creek, which carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the earth. Nearby, the elevation rises slightly toward the modest rise of Stony Point, offering a vantage point over a terrain that feels immense and indifferent to the frenetic pace of distant modern centers. Even within the local boundaries of Leon H Moore Park, the soil holds a heavy, solid coolness, a reminder of the bedrock that defines the physical character of this inland expanse.

Generations have recognized the significance of the red stone found here, a material that has shaped the economic and cultural identity of Pipestone since long before the arrival of the railroad. The town maintains a deliberate, steady rhythm, where the architecture of the downtown district reflects a time when stone masonry was a language of permanence and civic pride. While the regional economy remains tethered to the cycles of agriculture and the quiet productivity of the plains, the presence of the quarries provides a unique, enduring legacy that sets the locality apart from the surrounding farmland. Travelers moving toward the distant horizon might catch a glimpse of the water reflecting the sky near Lake Benton, yet the true gravity of the region remains rooted in the heavy, iron-rich earth underfoot. Life in Pipestone persists with an unpretentious grace, defined by the seasonal shifts of the wind across the open fields and the quiet endurance of a community built upon the very stone that grants it a name.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Harmon Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 143° SE
Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 0.6 mi, 359° N · 302 acres
Three Maidens (Historic Ruins) — 0.6 mi, 342° N
Westview Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 269° W
Inkpaduta Campsite (Viewpoint) — 0.9 mi, 340° N
Sundance Site (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 346° N
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.3 mi, 354° N · 12k acres
Pipestone State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 354° N
Terrace State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 079° E
Split Rock Creek State Park (State Park) — 6.9 mi, 201° S
Blue Mounds State Park (State Park) — 20.0 mi, 162° S
Garretson Area Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 205° SW
Dinosaur Statue (Public Artwork) — 22.2 mi, 266° W
King & Queen Rock (Attraction) — 23.9 mi, 205° SW
Luverne Bell (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 168° S
The Buffalo (Monument) — 25.3 mi, 168° S
Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area 3 (National Conservation Area) — 27.2 mi, 041° NE · 235 acres
Cinema 5 (Cinema) — 32.2 mi, 312° NW
Museum of Visual Materials (Museum) — 37.1 mi, 214° SW
The Coliseum (Theatre) — 37.1 mi, 214° SW
Exposure Gallery & Studios (Gallery) — 37.2 mi, 214° SW
Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce (Gallery) — 37.2 mi, 214° SW
Old Courthouse Museum (Museum) — 37.2 mi, 214° SW
Eastbank Art Gallery (Gallery) — 37.2 mi, 213° SW
Orpheum Theater Center (Theatre) — 37.2 mi, 213° SW
Dance Gallery (Arts Centre) — 37.5 mi, 213° SW
Creative Spirits (Arts Centre) — 37.5 mi, 213° SW

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