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Swanville Minnesota Map

Explore Swanville, 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 Swanville, Minnesota

How to Use This Swanville, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.910243
Longitude	-94.643624
Population	326
Density	238.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56382
Area Code	320
County Seat	Little Falls
School District	Swanville Public School District

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About Swanville, Minnesota

Swanville is a locality in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 326. The population density is 238.8 people per km². Swanville is located at 45.9102°N, 94.6436°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Swanville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56382.

Swanville emerges from the flat, expansive plains of central Minnesota, defined by the steady, unpretentious flow of the Swan River that carves a quiet path through the surrounding agricultural fields. It lies 29.0 miles northwest of Sartell, MN (from Sartell, MN: bearing 314°T), and is situated 14.3 miles west-southwest of Little Falls. The horizon remains vast and unobstructed, save for the faint, jagged silhouette of the Ripley Esker rising in the distance to break the monotony of the sky. In the cool hours of early morning, a heavy, silver mist often clings to the low-lying grasses, muffling the sound of the wind as it travels over the black earth. Only two miles away, the Clare Johnson - Carl W. Schmidt State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary where the land remains untamed, providing a stark contrast to the orderly, gridded geometry of the nearby farms.

Swanville bears the weight of a heritage rooted in the labor of the soil, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of the local economy and the quiet endurance of its residents. Long winters enforce a stillness upon the land, turning the world into a study in shades of gray and white until the spring thaw brings the promise of planting. While Lake Pepin sits within the broader regional landscape, the life of the inhabitants remains tethered to the immediate cycles of harvest and the maintenance of the homestead. There is a profound, stoic beauty in the way the light catches the drying stalks of corn at dusk, illuminating a place that values the steady persistence of its people over the fleeting allure of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Clare Johnson - Carl W. Schmidt State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 144° SE
Sponsa State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 172° S
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 5.5 mi, 185° S
Stearns County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.4 mi, 183° S
Birch Lakes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 11.2 mi, 212° SW
Todd County Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 293° NW
Charles A. Lindbergh State Park (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 076° E
Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 076° E
Pine Grove Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 13.4 mi, 069° E
Minnesota Fishing Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 070° E
Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.5 mi, 092° E · 4,358 acres
Melrose Area Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 206° SW
Minnesota Military Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 050° NE
510 Art Lab (Arts Centre) — 19.1 mi, 231° SW
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 316° NW
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 25.7 mi, 152° SE
Saint John's Pottery Studio (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 152° SE
Stone Gate (Historic Ruins) — 25.9 mi, 151° SE
Maple Sugar Shack (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 150° SE
Crow Wing State Park (State Park) — 27.5 mi, 028° NE
Paul Bunyan Statue (Public Artwork) — 28.7 mi, 033° NE
Ox Cart Crossing (Historic Ruins) — 29.6 mi, 029° NE
CTC Center (Theatre) — 30.0 mi, 016° N
NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule (Attraction) — 31.4 mi, 138° SE
Gnarly Bard Theater (Theatre) — 33.6 mi, 136° SE
Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 33.6 mi, 136° SE
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.7 mi, 124° SE · 61k acres
Chippewa National Forest (National Forest) — 73.7 mi, 360° N · 660k acres

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