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Westbrook Minnesota Map

Explore Westbrook, 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 Westbrook, Minnesota

How to Use This Westbrook, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	44.042183
Longitude	-95.436113
Population	758
Density	436.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56183
Area Code	320
County Seat	Windom
School District	Westbrook-Walnut Grove Schools

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About Westbrook, Minnesota

Westbrook is a locality in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 758. The population density is 436.8 people per km². Westbrook is located at 44.0422°N, 95.4361°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Westbrook is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56183.

Westbrook emerges from the vast, open expanse of the Minnesota prairie where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 30.2 miles north-northeast of Worthington, MN (from Worthington, MN: bearing 15°T), and is situated 20.0 miles northwest of Windom. The horizon remains largely unbroken, save for the subtle depression of the Snow Lakebed four miles distant and the faint, hazy suggestion of Buffalo Ridge rising twenty-nine miles away like a long-dormant tremor in the landscape. A mile from the center of Westbrook, the waters of Lake Julia hold the amber light of late afternoon, mirroring the shifting clouds, while the nearby Dutch Charley Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the tall grasses. The air here carries a crisp, dry clarity that sharpens the edges of the fields and makes the transition between the seasons feel absolute, turning the golden stubble of harvest into a stark, iron-gray stillness as winter approaches.

Settlers arrived in this corner of the plains to break the sod and build a life tethered to the rhythm of the soil, establishing Westbrook as a center for the agricultural labor that continues to define the local economy. The surrounding acreage remains a patchwork of productivity, where the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of the streets and the quiet industry of the grain elevators. Just a mile away, the Budolfson State Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary where the original character of the land persists, offering a quiet refuge for migratory birds and the native flora that once stretched across the entire region. Life in Westbrook moves with a deliberate, steady pace, shaped by the endurance of those who have long recognized that the true substance of the place lies in the persistence of the harvest and the deep, quiet endurance of the prairie winter.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Westbrook Heritage House Museum (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 170° S
Budolfson State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 328° NW
Cottonwood County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 339° N
Murray County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 281° W
Dovray State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 275° W
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.8 mi, 349° N · 12k acres
Lake Shetek State Park (State Park) — 12.5 mi, 289° W
Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek (Historic Ruins) — 14.4 mi, 355° N
The Stone Station (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 327° NW
Tracy Tornado Memorial (Monument) — 16.3 mi, 326° NW
Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 324° NW
Buffalo Rub (Historic Ruins) — 19.0 mi, 079° E
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 030° NE
Des Moines River SNA (Nature Reserve) — 24.3 mi, 135° SE
Site of Sundown Village (Monument) — 25.6 mi, 040° NE
Heritage Village Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 106° E
Camden State Park (State Park) — 31.1 mi, 310° NW
The Mustang Statue (Public Artwork) — 32.4 mi, 331° NW
Marshall 6 Theatre (Cinema) — 33.0 mi, 328° NW
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 38.4 mi, 024° NE
Sleepy Eye Depot Museum (Museum) — 39.5 mi, 063° NE
Elevated Lake Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 39.6 mi, 062° NE
Round House Railroad Club (Museum) — 39.8 mi, 097° E
Pipestone National Monument (National Monument) — 43.8 mi, 268° W · 302 acres
Fort Ridgely (Historic Castle / Fort) — 44.9 mi, 051° NE
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 45.8 mi, 349° N

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