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Vesta Minnesota Map

Explore Vesta, 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 Vesta, Minnesota

How to Use This Vesta, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.507735
Longitude	-95.416396
Population	276
Density	263.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56292
Area Code	320
County Seat	Redwood Falls
School District	Wabasso Public School District

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About Vesta, Minnesota

Vesta is a locality in Redwood County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 276. The population density is 263.8 people per km². Vesta is located at 44.5077°N, 95.4164°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Vesta is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56292.

Vesta occupies a wide, level expanse of prairie where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a pale, expansive sky. It lies 18.8 miles east-northeast of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 77°T), and is situated 14.9 miles west of Redwood Falls. The Redwood River carves a subtle, winding path through the surrounding fields, its banks lined with the muted greens of brush and low-growing trees that break the relentless flatness of the plains. To the north, the Faxvog State Wildlife Management Area provides a quiet sanctuary of native grasses and seasonal wetlands, offering a stark, honest view of the landscape before the plow arrived. Light here has a peculiar quality, especially in the late afternoon, turning the stubble of the harvested fields into a metallic gold that seems to vibrate against the deep, bruised purples of an approaching storm.

Vesta remains defined by the rhythm of the seasons and the sturdy, pragmatic labor of the surrounding agricultural economy. The legacy of the early settlers persists in the deliberate, orderly layout of the streets, built upon a foundation of soil that has supported generations of cultivation. While the Twin Lake Bed lies ten miles to the west and School Grove Lake sits a similar distance away, the life of the inhabitants is anchored firmly to the immediate fertility of the earth underfoot. There is a quiet gravity to the daily routine, a sense of endurance that mirrors the long, frigid winters when the wind scours the open ground and the world retreats into the warmth of kitchen hearths. Even when the distant silhouette of Middag Knutea marks the edge of the world, the focus of Vesta stays trained on the grain elevators and the steady, unadorned work of the harvest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Faxvog State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 228° SW
Phyllis Voosen State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 255° W
Yellow Medicine County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.8 mi, 340° N
Our Lady of Victory (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 204° SW
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 227° SW
Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.8 mi, 270° W
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 11.8 mi, 329° NW
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 078° E
Geology of the Redwood Falls Region (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 078° E
Upper Sioux Agency State Park (State Park) — 15.0 mi, 353° N
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 322° NW
Minnesota's Machinery Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 322° NW
The Mustang Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.3 mi, 257° W
Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek (Historic Ruins) — 18.0 mi, 187° S
Marshall 6 Theatre (Cinema) — 18.8 mi, 257° W
The Stone Station (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 208° SW
Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 210° SW
Renville County Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 081° E
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.7 mi, 186° S · 12k acres
Camden State Park (State Park) — 26.4 mi, 250° W
Swensson Farm Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 341° N
Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area 3 (National Conservation Area) — 29.6 mi, 243° SW · 235 acres
Westbrook Heritage House Museum (Museum) — 32.3 mi, 182° S
Boyd House (Attraction) — 33.6 mi, 315° NW
Buffalo Rub (Historic Ruins) — 33.7 mi, 148° SE
Fort Ridgely (Historic Castle / Fort) — 33.8 mi, 096° E
Elevated Lake Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 36.6 mi, 112° E

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