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Waltham Minnesota Map

Explore Waltham, 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 Waltham, Minnesota

How to Use This Waltham, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.82163
Longitude	-92.877134
Population	164
Density	132.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	55982
Area Code	218
County Seat	Austin
School District	Hayfield Public School District

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About Waltham, Minnesota

Waltham is a locality in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 164. The population density is 132.5 people per km². Waltham is located at 43.8216°N, 92.8771°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Waltham is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55982.

Waltham emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of Mower County as a modest collection of structures held together by the quiet gravity of the prairie. It lies 11.8 miles north-northeast of Austin, MN (from Austin, MN: bearing 24°T), and is situated 15.7 miles south-southwest of Kasson. The sky here possesses a singular, immense quality, acting as a pale blue dome that presses down upon the fields of corn and soybean, pushing the light to sharpen the edges of every silo and fence post at the onset of dusk. Two miles to the west, the Cedar River carves a narrow, winding path through the silt and soil, its waters carrying the quiet history of the plains toward the horizon. Further afield, the landscape remains largely untamed at the Iron Horse Prairie State Scientific and Natural Area, where the native grasses sway in a rhythmic, golden dance that has persisted long after the arrival of the plow.

Waltham maintains a steady, deliberate pace defined by the seasonal cycles of agrarian life and the legacy of the rail lines that once anchored its development. The local economy remains deeply rooted in the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of the day. Life in Waltham carries a grounded, matter-of-fact character, shaped by the practical demands of a landscape that requires a certain resilience from its people. While the distant silhouette of Table Rock might suggest a more jagged geography elsewhere, the reality here is one of subtle, horizontal beauty, where the quietude of a winter afternoon is broken only by the wind moving across the open ground toward the distant basin of Ramsey Mill Pond.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Iron Horse Prairie State Scientific and Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 023° NE
Welcome to Hayfield (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 011° N
Ramsey Mill Pond State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 214° SW
Jay C Hormel Nature Center (Local Park) — 9.4 mi, 193° S
Mower County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.1 mi, 226° SW
Wildwood Park (Local Park) — 10.6 mi, 207° SW
Summerset Theater (Theatre) — 11.7 mi, 210° SW
Rydjor Bike Museum (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 205° SW
Freeborn County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.7 mi, 229° SW
Mower County Historical Society Exhibits (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 207° SW
Bear Cave Park Meadow (Viewpoint) — 18.7 mi, 082° E
Rice Lake State Park (State Park) — 19.4 mi, 334° NW
Byron Bear (Public Artwork) — 19.5 mi, 035° NE
Dr Paul E Zollman Memorial (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 032° NE
Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 21.4 mi, 032° NE
History Center of Olmsted County (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 055° NE
Myrtle Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 219° SW
Myre-Big Island State Park (State Park) — 23.2 mi, 241° SW
Driftless Art Academy (Arts Centre) — 23.3 mi, 057° NE
Spark (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 057° NE
Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 24.4 mi, 057° NE
Threshold Arts (Gallery) — 24.7 mi, 056° NE
Rochester Civic Theatre (Theatre) — 25.0 mi, 056° NE
Taylor Arena (Stadium) — 25.0 mi, 056° NE
Mall Cinema 7 Theatre (Cinema) — 25.8 mi, 248° W
Historic Structure (Historic Ruins) — 26.3 mi, 057° NE
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.5 mi, 045° NE · 274k acres
Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.5 mi, 074° E · 14k acres

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