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Rose Creek Minnesota Map

Explore Rose Creek, 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 Rose Creek, Minnesota

How to Use This Rose Creek, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.603576
Longitude	-92.831854
Population	397
Density	312.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	55970
Area Code	218
County Seat	Austin
School District	Southland Public School District

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About Rose Creek, Minnesota

Rose Creek is a locality in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 397. The population density is 312.8 people per km². Rose Creek is located at 43.6036°N, 92.8319°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rose Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55970.

Rose Creek emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the southern Minnesota prairie, defined by the winding passage of its namesake waterway. It lies 8.4 miles east-southeast of Austin, MN (from Austin, MN: bearing 121°T), and is situated 34.1 miles south-southwest of Rochester. The land here stretches wide and unobstructed, a horizontal world where the horizon holds a weight that pulls the gaze toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Table Rock. Sunlight in the late afternoon possesses a particular, honeyed clarity, casting long shadows across the black soil that seems to hold the warmth of the day long after the sun has dipped low. Beyond the town limits, the landscape remains tethered to the quiet rhythms of the earth, punctuated only by the seasonal transition from the deep, crystalline cold of winter to the sudden, verdant urgency of spring.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Rose Creek, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels over a grid of roads that track the movement of the harvest. The economic life of the region is deeply rooted in the stewardship of these fields, a legacy of labor that has defined the community since its early settlement. Residents often look toward the Rose State Wildlife Management Area for a reprieve from the plow, finding in its protected acreage a stark contrast to the manicured rows of corn and soy. While the stillness of the plains dominates the local experience, the proximity of East Side Lake offers a rare, reflective break in the terrain, providing a mirror for the vast, open skies that define this corner of the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rose State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 187° S
Lena Larson State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 210° SW
Jay C Hormel Nature Center (Local Park) — 6.9 mi, 321° NW
Rydjor Bike Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 302° NW
Mower County Historical Society Exhibits (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 297° NW
Wildwood Park (Local Park) — 8.9 mi, 307° NW
Summerset Theater (Theatre) — 9.6 mi, 302° NW
Otranto Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 223° SW
Freeborn County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 13.1 mi, 302° NW
Lake Louise State Park (State Park) — 15.5 mi, 108° E
Saint Ansgar Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 195° S
Myrtle Museum (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 261° W
Welcome to Hayfield (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 356° N
Cedar Valley Memories Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 181° S
Watts Theater (Cinema) — 22.1 mi, 177° S
Worth County Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 240° SW
Myre-Big Island State Park (State Park) — 22.7 mi, 277° W
Bear Cave Park Meadow (Viewpoint) — 23.9 mi, 043° NE
Mall Cinema 7 Theatre (Cinema) — 26.8 mi, 282° W
Freeborn County Courthouse (Monument) — 27.0 mi, 276° W
Byron Bear (Public Artwork) — 32.3 mi, 016° N
Driftless Art Academy (Arts Centre) — 32.7 mi, 032° NE
Brewery (Historic Ruins) — 34.1 mi, 212° SW
Threshold Arts (Gallery) — 34.1 mi, 032° NE
Taylor Arena (Stadium) — 34.4 mi, 033° NE
Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 34.4 mi, 015° N
Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.6 mi, 107° E · 2,440 acres
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.7 mi, 045° NE · 274k acres

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