Rushmore Minnesota Map

About Rushmore, Minnesota

Rushmore is a locality in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 365. The population density is 554.8 people per km². Rushmore is located at 43.6194°N, 95.8006°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Rushmore is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56168.

Rushmore occupies a quiet expanse of the southwestern Minnesota prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that seems to possess its own immense, shifting weight. It lies 10.2 miles west of Worthington, MN (from Worthington, MN: bearing 270°T), and is situated 15.4 miles north of Sibley. The landscape is defined by the gentle persistence of the plains, a vast reach of fertile soil that softens the intensity of the summer sun and holds the biting cold of the deep winter months with a stoic, frozen patience. Little Rock Creek meanders through the periphery of the fields, its presence marked by the subtle shift in vegetation that follows the water’s path across the earth. To the far west, the faint silhouette of Buffalo Ridge provides the only break in the flat, expansive geometry of the land, a distant suggestion of elevation that anchors the view.

Agriculture serves as the heartbeat of Rushmore, with the rhythm of the seasons dictating the pulse of local activity as heavy machinery moves across the fields in a slow, deliberate choreography. The legacy of those who first broke this ground remains visible in the sturdy, upright lines of the grain elevators that stand as sentinels over the community. Residents often look toward the Dewald State Wildlife Management Area for a reminder of the wilder, undisturbed character of the region, where the prairie grasses sway in the wind just as they did long before the arrival of the rail lines. On quieter evenings, the atmosphere carries a clarity that makes the distance to Okabena Lake feel insignificant, as if the landscape itself were a singular, unified reflection of the Midwestern interior.

About This Rushmore Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rushmore, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.61941, -95.800571. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Rushmore includes the ZIP code (56168), telephone area code (320), county seat of Nobles County (Worthington), and school district assignment (Worthington Public School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.