Explore Sacred Heart, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sacred Heart, 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 Sacred Heart.
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 | Sacred Heart |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Renville County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 44.786903 |
| Longitude | -95.351678 |
| Population | 510 |
| Density | 198.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56285 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Olivia |
| School District | Renville County West School District |
Sacred Heart occupies a vast, horizontal stretch of the Minnesota prairie where the sky asserts its dominance over the earth. It lies 27.6 miles south-southwest of Willmar, MN (from Willmar, MN: bearing 213°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east of Granite Falls. The terrain unfolds in wide, rhythmic swells of fertile black soil, occasionally punctuated by the quiet persistence of the Trongard State Wildlife Management Area just two miles away. To the west, the subtle rise of Middag Knutea breaks the horizon line, a distant silhouette that watches over the flat expanse. During the late autumn, the light here loses its sharpness, turning into a pale, bruised gold that catches on the dried stalks of the fields and makes the air feel heavy with the coming frost. Four miles to the east, the waters of Hawk Creek carve a narrow, winding path through the landscape, acting as a low-lying vein that feeds the surrounding fields and provides a sanctuary for local wildlife.
Agriculture remains the singular, steady pulse of Sacred Heart, dictating the cycles of labor and the quietude of the streets. The village grew from the ambition of pioneers who saw potential in the deep, unyielding soil, and today, the economy still aligns with the seasonal demands of the harvest. Residents maintain a steady, measured pace, finding comfort in the predictable return of the seasons and the quiet distance from the chaotic rush of larger centers. While the reflective waters of Long Lake remain seven miles out, the presence of such nearby natural spaces provides a necessary contrast to the rigorous order of the grain elevators that stand as sentinels over the settlement. Life in Sacred Heart persists with a quiet, deliberate character, defined by the long, deep winters that pull the community inward and the expansive, sun-drenched summers that call everyone to the work of the land.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sacred Heart, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.786903, -95.351678. 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 Sacred Heart includes the ZIP code (56285), telephone area code (320), county seat of Renville County (Olivia), and school district assignment (Renville County West School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |