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Ash Lake Minnesota Map

Explore Ash Lake, 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 Ash Lake, Minnesota

How to Use This Ash Lake, Minnesota Map

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

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	Ash Lake
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	St. Louis County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	48.218804
Longitude	-92.915998
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	55771, 55711
Area Code	218
County Seat	Duluth

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About Ash Lake, Minnesota

Ash Lake is a locality in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Ash Lake is located at 48.2188°N, 92.9160°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 55771, 55711.

Ash Lake exists as a quiet confluence of boreal stillness and the insistent, dark-watered flow of the Ash River, which carves its path through the heavy, glacial-scoured earth. It lies 54.7 miles north of Hibbing, MN (from Hibbing, MN: bearing 1°T), and is situated 34.8 miles southeast of International Falls. This landscape is defined by the deep, pervasive silence of the North Woods, where the ground is a tapestry of pine needles and damp moss that holds the chill of the long winters well into the brief, humid summer. The light here has a singular, bruised quality at dusk, turning the surface of Ash Lake into a mirror of hammered pewter that reflects the dense, brooding wall of trees pressing in from all sides.

The history of Ash Lake is etched into the timber-strewn soil, bearing the echoes of an economy once entirely dependent on the rhythm of the sawmills and the seasonal migration of logging crews. Today, the Kabetogama Purchase Unit serves as a vast, protected mantle over the region, preserving the wild character that has long defined the local identity. The inhabitants carry themselves with the deliberate, measured patience of those accustomed to the isolation of the interior, finding their common ground in the shared stewardship of the surrounding woodlands. While the distant silhouette of Indian Hill provides a singular landmark on the horizon, the true pulse of the locality remains tethered to the slow, relentless movement of the river and the enduring, unyielding nature of the forest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kabetogama Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 0.3 mi, 001° N · 68k acres
Kabetogama State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.5 mi, 181° S
Superior National Forest (National Forest) — 1.8 mi, 216° SW · 2.1M acres
Lost River State Aquatic Management Area (St. Louis) (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 168° S
Koochiching State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 8.4 mi, 281° W
Vince Shute Wildlife Sancuary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 9.3 mi, 207° SW
Big Island State Scientific and Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 184° S
Bois Forte Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 229° SW
Voyageurs National Park (National Park) — 12.0 mi, 002° N · 130k acres
Ellsworth Rock Gardens (Public Artwork) — 19.5 mi, 351° N
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.1 mi, 073° E · 1.1M acres
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Mining Protection Area Mineral Reserve Area (Resource Management Area) — 24.2 mi, 092° E
Harry Oveson Fish Camp (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 351° N
Little American Island Dock (Attraction) — 29.0 mi, 337° NW
Minnesota Welcomes You Sign (Attraction) — 34.6 mi, 320° NW
McCarthy Beach State Park (State Park) — 35.1 mi, 191° S
War Memorial (Monument) — 35.3 mi, 320° NW
Townsend Theatre (Arts Centre) — 35.6 mi, 319° NW
Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park (State Park) — 40.2 mi, 132° SE
Soudan Mine Historical Marker (Attraction) — 41.6 mi, 131° SE
Pavement Outcrop Of Polyphase-folded Banded Iron Formation (Attraction) — 41.7 mi, 131° SE
Mound 5 (Historic Ruins) — 41.8 mi, 300° NW
Mound 2 (Historic Ruins) — 41.8 mi, 300° NW
Breitung Monument (Monument) — 42.0 mi, 132° SE
Ol' Baldy (Viewpoint) — 46.1 mi, 110° E
Minnesota Museum of Mining (Museum) — 50.5 mi, 179° S
Virginia Heritage Museum (Museum) — 50.6 mi, 160° S
Brandenburg Gallery (Gallery) — 53.1 mi, 114° SE
Ely State Theater (Cinema) — 53.3 mi, 114° SE

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