Explore Steen, 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 Steen, 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 Steen.
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 | Steen |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Rock County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 43.514693 |
| Longitude | -96.263086 |
| Population | 171 |
| Density | 151.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56173 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Luverne |
| School District | Hills-Beaver Creek School District |
Steen occupies a quiet expanse of the southwestern prairie where the horizon stretches flat and unrelenting under a sky that seems to possess more weight than the earth itself. It lies 34.2 miles west-southwest of Worthington, MN (from Worthington, MN: bearing 258°T), and is situated 10.0 miles south-southwest of Luverne. The land here is defined by a rigorous, geometric order of corn and soybean fields, interrupted only by the occasional shelterbelt of trees or the slow, meandering path of Ash Creek as it cuts through the topsoil two miles distant. During the autumn, the light at dusk turns a bruised, singular gold, casting long shadows across the stubble of the harvest and revealing the subtle, glacial-carved swells of the terrain. While the elevation remains modest, one might look toward the horizon to catch the faint, distant silhouette of The Mound, a solitary reminder of the earth’s uneven slumber. Those seeking the reach of untamed grasses often venture toward Big John’s State Wildlife Management Area, where the air hums with the dry, rasping song of insects and the sudden, sharp flight of birds rising from the brush.
Steen exists as a waypoint of industry and endurance, its origins tied to the iron-willed expansion of the rail lines that once dictated the pulse of the plains. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the yield of the soil, with grain elevators standing as the singular sentinels of the skyline, overseeing the daily transaction of labor and harvest. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, residents find a different pace upon the Rock Rapids Trail, a path that invites a steady, meditative gait through the quietude of the open country. Life in Steen is stripped of ornamentation, favoring a pragmatism that mirrors the landscape—an environment where the long, biting winters demand a certain inward focus and a communal reliance. The heritage of the region lingers in the architecture and the quiet, deliberate speech of those who remain, keeping watch over a geography that asks for little but gives back in the stark, unvarnished beauty of the changing seasons.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Steen, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.514693, -96.263086. 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 Steen includes the ZIP code (56173), telephone area code (320), county seat of Rock County (Luverne), and school district assignment (Hills-Beaver Creek 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. |