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West Union Minnesota Map

Explore West Union, 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 West Union, Minnesota

How to Use This West Union, Minnesota Map

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

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	West Union
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Todd County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.800798
Longitude	-95.08336
Population	92
Density	80.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56389
Area Code	320
County Seat	Long Prairie
School District	Osakis Public School District

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About West Union, Minnesota

West Union is a locality in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 92. The population density is 80.0 people per km². West Union is located at 45.8008°N, 95.0834°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. West Union is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56389.

West Union occupies a quiet stretch of the Minnesota interior where the land bows slightly to accommodate the steady, persistent flow of Silver Creek. It lies 15.3 miles east-southeast of Alexandria, MN (from Alexandria, MN: bearing 112°T), and is situated 7.7 miles northwest of Sauk Centre. This waterway acts as a natural meridian, carving a path through the earth that dictates the orientation of the surrounding fields and low-lying thickets. West Union Lake sits at the center of this landscape, its surface often acting as a dull, silver mirror for the vast, pale sky that characterizes the upper Midwest. To the north, the terrain remains open and unassuming, defined by the seasonal shift from the verdant growth of summer to the stark, frozen quietude of winter, while the nearby West Union State Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for the local flora and fauna that thrive in the absence of dense urban development.

Agriculture has long served as the silent engine of West Union, with the surrounding grid of farmland reflecting the methodical labor of generations who first broke the prairie soil. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the harvest and the stewardship of the land, preserving a character that is defined more by the necessity of resilience than by the haste of modern commerce. Life here moves in accordance with the turning of the seasons, where the quality of light during the late afternoon—a sharp, golden clarity—illuminates the simple geometry of silos and the enduring, weathered fences that divide the acreage. While Eagle Mountain looms as a distant, hazy silhouette on the horizon, the people of West Union find their focus in the immediate, tangible details of their own soil and the quiet persistence of the creek that continues its slow journey through the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

West Union State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 346° N
Aurzada Prairie State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 326° NW
Todd County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 327° NW
Stearns County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 146° SE
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 4.2 mi, 319° NW
510 Art Lab (Arts Centre) — 7.7 mi, 125° SE
Alexandria Area Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 15.3 mi, 292° W
Big Ole statue (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 294° NW
Melrose Area Museum (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 124° SE
Lake Carlos State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 320° NW
Pope County Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 233° SW
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 23.6 mi, 016° N
Giant Crow Statue (Public Artwork) — 24.9 mi, 172° S
Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 25.9 mi, 199° S
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.5 mi, 193° S
Glacial Lakes State Park (State Park) — 26.6 mi, 226° SW
Brandon Auditorium (Theatre) — 27.2 mi, 295° NW
Highest elevation in park (Viewpoint) — 27.4 mi, 228° SW
Runestone Replica (Monument) — 27.9 mi, 272° W
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.9 mi, 184° S · 12k acres
Koronis Cinema (Cinema) — 34.1 mi, 148° SE
Paynesville Historical Museum (Museum) — 34.3 mi, 148° SE
Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum (Museum) — 35.0 mi, 072° E
Pine Grove Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 35.8 mi, 070° E
Minnesota Fishing Museum (Museum) — 36.2 mi, 070° E
Saint John's Pottery Studio (Attraction) — 36.5 mi, 114° SE
Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.3 mi, 080° E · 4,358 acres

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