Explore Trimont, 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 Trimont, 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 Trimont.
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 | Trimont |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Martin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 43.762177 |
| Longitude | -94.7072 |
| Population | 705 |
| Density | 346.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56176 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Fairmont |
| School District | Martin County West School District |
Trimont occupies a wide, expansive stretch of the prairie where the sky claims the largest portion of the visible world. It lies 14.5 miles west-northwest of Fairmont, MN (from Fairmont, MN: bearing 302°T), and is situated 15.7 miles south-southwest of St. James. The horizon here remains uninterrupted by high relief, defined instead by the steady, rhythmic swells of fertile earth that roll toward the distant Munger Lakebed. A mile from the center of the grid, the waters of Cedar Creek carve a modest, persistent path through the silt, feeding into the damp, low-lying basins that keep the soil rich and dark. Only two miles distant, the quiet surface of Cedar Lake reflects the vast, shifting colors of the Minnesota atmosphere, while the nearby Clam Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Martin) provides a sanctuary for the tall grasses and migratory birds that define the local ecology. When the sun dips low in the autumn, the light turns a deep, bruised gold, casting long shadows across the fields that seem to stretch toward the very edge of the meridian.
Trimont grew from the necessity of the soil, emerging as a sturdy point of connection for the agricultural industry that remains the pulse of the region. The economy relies heavily on the heavy, black loam that yields consistent harvests, a legacy carried forward by generations who organized their lives around the cycles of planting and yield. Life in Trimont maintains a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the long, deep winters that demand a particular kind of endurance and a quiet, inward-looking neighborliness. Grain elevators serve as the primary architecture of the skyline, standing as utilitarian monuments to the town's role in the regional supply chain. Even as the seasons cycle from the brutal chill of January to the humid, green intensity of July, the inhabitants hold to a steady routine, finding a simple, grounded beauty in the way the wind moves across the corn and soybean rows during the height of the summer heat.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Trimont, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.762177, -94.7072. 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 Trimont includes the ZIP code (56176), telephone area code (320), county seat of Martin County (Fairmont), and school district assignment (Martin 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. |