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Welcome Minnesota Map

Explore Welcome, 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 Welcome, Minnesota

How to Use This Welcome, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	43.6669
Longitude	-94.619421
Population	710
Density	188.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56181
Area Code	320
County Seat	Fairmont
School District	Martin County West School District

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About Welcome, Minnesota

Welcome is a locality in Martin County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 710. The population density is 188.3 people per km². Welcome is located at 43.6669°N, 94.6194°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Welcome is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56181.

Welcome occupies a vast, horizontal expanse of the high prairie where the sky asserts its dominance over the earth, stretching wide and pale above the grid of fertile fields. It lies 8.0 miles west of Fairmont, MN (from Fairmont, MN: bearing 277°T), and is situated 18.7 miles east of Jackson. The land here possesses a quiet, singular gravity, characterized by the subtle depression of the Munger Lakebed five miles distant and the rhythmic pulse of seasonal agriculture that dictates the temperament of the soil. Only a mile away, the quiet course of Lily Creek carves a narrow, verdant vein through the black loam, while the waters of Eagle Lake ripple two miles from the center, reflecting the expansive clouds that drift across the plains. Within a mile of the dwellings, the Krahmer State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native brush, providing a stark, wild contrast to the orderly, geometric precision of the surrounding crops.

History in Welcome remains tethered to the iron-willed efforts of those who broke the stubborn sod to establish a life in this inland solitude, far from the influence of any maritime horizon. The local economy persists as a direct extension of the land’s productivity, with grain elevators standing as silent, industrial sentinels that mark the rhythm of the harvest and the movement of goods across the open plains. Life here moves with a steady, deliberate pace, shaped by the deep, resonant winters that demand a particular stoicism from the inhabitants. The character of Welcome is forged in this balance between the relentless, productive labor of the fields and the expansive, unhurried silence that settles over the landscape when the sun dips low, casting long, amber shadows across the furrows and the quiet streets.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Krahmer State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 036° NE
Martin County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.2 mi, 146° SE
Rooney Run State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 336° NW
Welcome To Sherburn (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 267° W
Cedar Creek Park (Local Park) — 7.7 mi, 120° SE
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 7.7 mi, 091° E
Fairmont Opera House (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 097° E
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 8.0 mi, 072° E
Martin County Historical Society and Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 097° E
Jeffrey Kot Fields (Local Recreation) — 8.5 mi, 107° E
Emmet County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.0 mi, 166° S
Okamanpedan State Park (State Park) — 12.3 mi, 173° S
SGT Corey Sathoff (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 042° NE
Estherville Meteorite Memorial (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 212° SW
Ringham Habitat Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 19.4 mi, 221° SW
Emmet County Historical Society Museum Complex (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 208° SW
Round House Railroad Club (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 357° N
Estherville Rock Garden (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 212° SW
Kilen Woods State Park (State Park) — 21.8 mi, 280° W
Mountain Lake Site (Historic Ruins) — 22.1 mi, 322° NW
Heritage Village Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 321° NW
Winnebago Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 073° E
Des Moines River SNA (Nature Reserve) — 24.6 mi, 293° NW
In the Park (Public Artwork) — 25.0 mi, 141° SE
Ranch Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 31.6 mi, 233° SW
Pearson Lakes Art Center (Arts Centre) — 31.6 mi, 234° SW
Okoboji Summer Theatre (Theatre) — 31.7 mi, 234° SW
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.2 mi, 133° SE · 5,668 acres
Lone Rock (Attraction) — 34.2 mi, 155° SE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.9 mi, 227° SW · 12k acres

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