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Baker Minnesota Map

Explore Baker, 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 Baker, Minnesota

How to Use This Baker, Minnesota Map

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

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.

CityBaker
StateMinnesota (MN)
CountyClay County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude46.710489
Longitude-96.55794
Population45
Density17.2 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes56484, 56580
Area Code320
County SeatMoorhead
School DistrictBarnesville Public School District

About Baker, Minnesota

Baker is a locality in Clay County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 45. The population density is 17.2 people per km². Baker is located at 46.7105°N, 96.5579°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 56484, 56580.

Baker rests upon the flat, expansive floor of the Red River Valley, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that seems to hold more weight than the earth itself. It lies 15.1 miles southeast of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 137°T), and is situated 7.5 miles northwest of Barnesville. Stony Creek carves a subtle, winding path through this terrain, its slow-moving waters providing a constant, quiet rhythm to the landscape as they navigate the silty soil. To the east, the ground begins to shift into the subtle contours of the prairie, a vast stretch of land where the grasses turn a pale, brittle gold in the autumn light. The air here carries a sharp, clean clarity, especially as the sun dips low, casting long, thin shadows that emphasize the profound stillness of the plains.

Baker remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the agricultural season, a place where the economy is written in the rows of wheat and sugar beets that define the surrounding fields. The legacy of early settlers, who arrived to break the heavy sod, still lingers in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of the grain elevators that rise like monoliths above the flat expanse. Only a few miles away, the Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Minnesota offers a sanctuary for migratory birds, reflecting the region’s deep, ancestral connection to the wilder rhythms of the plains. Life in Baker moves with the patience of the seasons, shaped by the memory of long winters and the persistent, quiet labor of those who cultivate this demanding earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Minnesota (Resource Management Area) — 5.1 mi, 027° NE
  • Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 5.1 mi, 027° NE
  • Bluestem Prairie Fee (Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 041° NE
  • Interstate Highway 94 Borrow Pit State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 105° E
  • Agassiz Beach Ridges Landscape Fee (Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 027° NE
  • Fire Museum (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 122° SE
  • Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.8 mi, 124° SE · 12k acres
  • Bluestem Prairie State Scientific and Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 025° NE
  • Buffalo River State Park (State Park) — 10.6 mi, 019° N
  • Dragon Statue (Public Artwork) — 14.4 mi, 319° NW
  • USS Robalo SS-273 (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 312° NW
  • Hans Nielsen Hauge Monument (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 317° NW
  • Ivar Aasen Monument (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 317° NW
  • Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 081° E
  • Roger Maris Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 307° NW
  • Minuteman II ICBM (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 319° NW
  • Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 19.0 mi, 014° N
  • Immersive Reality Room (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 319° NW
  • Maplewood State Park (State Park) — 28.9 mi, 113° SE
  • Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 29.0 mi, 243° SW · 70k acres
  • Viking Sword Museum (Museum) — 29.1 mi, 029° NE
  • Hallaway's Hill (Viewpoint) — 29.4 mi, 113° SE
  • Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.1 mi, 067° NE · 6,818 acres
  • Wilkin County Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 182° S
  • Trowbridge Creek Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 33.3 mi, 092° E
  • Detroit Lakes Sports Arena (Stadium) — 33.9 mi, 078° E
  • Young at Art Co (Gallery) — 34.5 mi, 077° E
  • Odyssey Cinemas Washington Square 7 (Cinema) — 34.5 mi, 077° E
  • Broken Down Dam (Historic Ruins) — 38.6 mi, 139° SE
  • Twin Valley Heritage & Art Center (Museum) — 40.6 mi, 020° N

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About This Baker Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Baker, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.710489, -96.55794. 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 Baker includes the ZIP code (56484, 56580), telephone area code (320), county seat of Clay County (Moorhead), and school district assignment (Barnesville 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.