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Alberta Minnesota Map

Explore Alberta, 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 Alberta, Minnesota

How to Use This Alberta, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.573295
Longitude	-96.047555
Population	94
Density	138.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56207
Area Code	320
County Seat	Morris
School District	Chokio-Alberta Public School District

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About Alberta, Minnesota

Alberta is a locality in Stevens County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 94. The population density is 138.0 people per km². Alberta is located at 45.5733°N, 96.0476°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alberta is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56207.

Alberta stretches across a wide, level expanse of prairie where the horizon remains unbroken by any jagged peak, save for the faint, distant suggestion of Runestone Hill. It lies 38.8 miles west-southwest of Alexandria, MN (from Alexandria, MN: bearing 237°T), and is situated 6.5 miles west of Morris. The earth here is a deep, fertile loam, shaped by ancient glacial retreats that left behind the shallow, quiet basin known as Clark Lakebed. A mile from the center of Alberta, the waters of Muddy Creek trace a sluggish, winding path through the tall grasses, while Lake Hattie sits three miles away, its surface reflecting the vast, pale sky that dominates the regional climate. In the autumn, the air grows crisp and thin, carrying the scent of drying stalks and the early frost that settles over the Stevens County Waterfowl Production Area, where migratory birds find a brief, sheltered sanctuary before the long winter descends.

Agriculture serves as the backbone of the economy, defined by the seasonal rhythm of planting and harvest that dictates the pace of life for those who work the soil. The history of Alberta is rooted in the quiet tenacity of settlers who arrived to cultivate the plains, building a life defined by the rigorous demands of the Midwestern seasons and the steady, unsentimental output of the land. Grain elevators rise like monoliths above the flat terrain, serving as the primary landmarks for travelers navigating the grid of rural roads. Life in Alberta proceeds with a deliberate, measured gravity, where the silence of the winter months is punctuated only by the low hum of machinery or the wind sweeping across the open fields, grounding the inhabitants in a landscape that demands both labor and a deep, observant patience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Stevens County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.6 mi, 179° S
Brouillet State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 082° E
Muddy Creek State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 092° E
Pomme De Terre Park (Local Recreation) — 7.5 mi, 089° E
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.3 mi, 170° S · 12k acres
Big Stone County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.6 mi, 197° S
Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 24.6 mi, 018° N
Runestone Replica (Monument) — 24.8 mi, 048° NE
Glacial Lakes State Park (State Park) — 24.9 mi, 095° E
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.1 mi, 209° SW · 23k acres
Big Stone Lake State Park (State Park) — 25.4 mi, 238° SW
Highest elevation in park (Viewpoint) — 26.5 mi, 096° E
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 224° SW
Swift County Historical Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 131° SE
Pope County Historical Museum (Museum) — 32.3 mi, 081° E
Arv Hus Museum (Museum) — 32.6 mi, 168° S
Brandon Auditorium (Theatre) — 34.6 mi, 039° NE
Initial Point, North Dakota South Dakota boundary (Monument) — 35.3 mi, 315° NW
Milbank Grist Mill (Monument) — 36.8 mi, 229° SW
Grant County Historical Museum (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 230° SW
Valley Queen Heritage Center (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 230° SW
Mill Theatres (Cinema) — 37.6 mi, 230° SW
Alexandria Area Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 38.8 mi, 056° NE
Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 39.4 mi, 103° E
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 42.0 mi, 104° E
A Point in Time (Public Artwork) — 49.5 mi, 357° N
Broken Down Dam (Historic Ruins) — 49.6 mi, 001° N

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