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Searles Minnesota Map

Explore Searles, 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 Searles, Minnesota

How to Use This Searles, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.228574
Longitude	-94.434692
Population	192
Density	169.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	56073, 56084
Area Code	320
County Seat	New Ulm
School District	New Ulm Public School District

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About Searles, Minnesota

Searles is a locality in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 192. The population density is 169.3 people per km². Searles is located at 44.2286°N, 94.4347°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 56073, 56084.

Searles occupies a quiet stretch of the Minnesota prairie, defined primarily by the slow, deliberate meander of the Little Cottonwood River as it cuts through the heavy, dark soil. It lies 5.9 miles south-southeast of New Ulm, MN (from New Ulm, MN: bearing 168°T), and is situated 10.4 miles east of Brown. The landscape here is one of wide horizons and expansive skies, where the earth flattens into a vast grid of agricultural fields that seem to hold the heat of the summer sun long after the light has begun to fade. To the east, the terrain rises toward the distant silhouette of Fort Hill, while the proximity of Flandrau State Park provides a necessary wildness to the edges of the settled land. Even the air here feels heavy with the scent of turned earth and drying stalks, a stillness that is only occasionally broken by the low hum of agricultural machinery or the shifting of winds across the Dane Lakebed.

Searles remains a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of existence, echoing a heritage of settlement that prioritized the fertility of the river valley over the frantic pace of urban expansion. The local economy is tied inextricably to the grain elevators and the cycle of harvest, a quiet industry that keeps the population anchored to the land and its demands. While Juni Lake lies a few miles away, serving as a reminder of the water-rich geography that characterizes this part of the state, the focus of the locality remains on the rail lines and the open, working fields that surround it. There is a particular beauty in the way the winter light turns the stubble of the fields into a pale, brittle gold, a color that seems to clarify the very air and sharpen the outlines of the barns that stand as silent markers of a long-standing commitment to the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Flandrau State Park (State Park) — 3.4 mi, 342° N
Former Dam Site (Viewpoint) — 4.1 mi, 348° N
South Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 352° N
Joseph A. Tauer Prairie State Scientific and Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 249° W
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 349° N
Swan Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 039° NE
Auditorium (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 341° N
Martin Luther Statue (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 341° N
Hermann Monument (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 341° N
Defenders Monument (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 347° N
John Lind House (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 347° N
State Street Theater Co. (Theatre) — 6.0 mi, 346° N
Minnesota Music Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 347° N
Markplatz Mall Arch (Public Artwork) — 6.1 mi, 348° N
Wanda Gag House (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 346° N
Brown County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 6.2 mi, 153° SE
Blue Earth County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.4 mi, 149° SE
Minneopa State Park (State Park) — 13.4 mi, 100° E
Sleepy Eye Depot Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 289° W
Round House Railroad Club (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 210° SW
Fort Ridgely (Historic Castle / Fort) — 21.4 mi, 316° NW
410 Project (Gallery) — 21.7 mi, 102° E
Spotlight Theatres Mankato 4 (Cinema) — 21.7 mi, 102° E
Blue Earth County Heritage Center Museum (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 102° E
Conkling Art Center (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 104° E
Bresnan Arena (Stadium) — 22.5 mi, 105° E
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.6 mi, 050° NE · 24k acres
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.0 mi, 267° W · 12k acres

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