Explore Wilmont, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wilmont, 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 Wilmont.
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 | Wilmont |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Nobles County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 43.764687 |
| Longitude | -95.827237 |
| Population | 332 |
| Density | 184.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56185 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Worthington |
| School District | Worthington Public School District |
Wilmont emerges from the vast, open expanse of the southwestern Minnesota prairie as a quiet intersection of sky and soil. It lies 15.3 miles northwest of Worthington, MN (from Worthington, MN: bearing 311°T), and is situated 15.8 miles south-southwest of Slayton. The horizon here is expansive and unrelenting, broken only by the subtle rise of Buffalo Ridge in the distance and the steady, low-slung presence of the plains. Jack Creek carves a thin, vital vein through the surrounding fields just a mile from the center, its banks offering a narrow ribbon of green that contrasts with the golden hues of the late summer harvest. Beyond the immediate reach of the grid, the landscape broadens into a rhythmic succession of farmsteads and open vistas, where the quality of light at dusk turns the stubble of the fields into a shimmering, burnished copper that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the edge of the world.
Wilmont maintains an economy firmly rooted in the cycles of the earth, where the labor of the seasons dictates the pace of life and the movement of heavy machinery along the roads. The history of this place is inscribed in the deep, dark loam that supports the agricultural output, a legacy of cultivation that has defined the community since its early settlement. Residents find a quiet connection to the wilder corners of the region at the Einck State Wildlife Management Area, where the land is left to its own devices, providing a sanctuary for birds and local flora just two miles from the dwellings. On calmer days, the stillness of Willow Lake six miles away offers a mirror to the immense, cloud-swept sky, grounding the daily experience of Wilmont in the simple, honest textures of a landscape that demands both resilience and patience from those who call it home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wilmont, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.764687, -95.827237. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Wilmont includes the ZIP code (56185), telephone area code (320), county seat of Nobles County (Worthington), and school district assignment (Worthington Public School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |