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Rushmore Minnesota Map

Explore Rushmore, 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 Rushmore, Minnesota

How to Use This Rushmore, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.61941
Longitude	-95.800571
Population	365
Density	554.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56168
Area Code	320
County Seat	Worthington
School District	Worthington Public School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bluebird Prairie State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 022° N
Van Drie Ridge State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 316° NW
Olson Park (Local Park) — 8.2 mi, 094° E
Nobles County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.8 mi, 003° N
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.6 mi, 145° SE · 12k acres
Ed Winkel Memorial Trail (State Recreation Area) — 15.0 mi, 175° S
McCallum Museum and Brunson Heritage House (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 169° S
Blue Mounds State Park (State Park) — 19.5 mi, 287° W
Buffalo Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 20.4 mi, 289° W
The Buffalo (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 274° W
Luverne Bell (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 278° W
Lyon County Freedom Rock (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 208° SW
Rock Island Depot Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 235° SW
Lyon County Historical Society Museum Complex (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 235° SW
Sheldon Prairie Museum (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 185° S
Lake Shetek State Park (State Park) — 32.6 mi, 010° N
Westbrook Heritage House Museum (Museum) — 34.3 mi, 032° NE
King & Queen Rock (Attraction) — 36.4 mi, 278° W
Pearson Lakes Art Center (Arts Centre) — 37.1 mi, 114° SE
Okoboji Summer Theatre (Theatre) — 37.1 mi, 115° SE
Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 37.3 mi, 316° NW · 302 acres
Ranch Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 37.4 mi, 115° SE
Des Moines River SNA (Nature Reserve) — 37.4 mi, 071° E
Three Maidens (Historic Ruins) — 37.4 mi, 316° NW
Milford Pioneer Theatre (Cinema) — 38.5 mi, 122° SE
Blood Run Site (Historic Ruins) — 40.5 mi, 255° W
TePaske Theatre (Theatre) — 41.1 mi, 207° SW

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