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Ball Club Minnesota Map

Explore Ball Club, 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 Ball Club, Minnesota

How to Use This Ball Club, Minnesota Map

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

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	Ball Club
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Itasca County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	47.325786
Longitude	-93.936056
Population	354
Density	49.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	56636
Area Code	320
County Seat	Grand Rapids
School District	Deer River Public School District

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About Ball Club, Minnesota

Ball Club is a locality in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 354. The population density is 49.5 people per km². Ball Club is located at 47.3258°N, 93.9361°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 56636.

Ball Club emerges from the low, marshy basin of the North Woods, where the horizon is defined by a dense, unyielding perimeter of coniferous growth. It lies 20.0 miles west-northwest of Grand Rapids, MN (from Grand Rapids, MN: bearing 288°T), and is situated 15.4 miles west-northwest of Cohasset. The air here holds a permanent, sharp clarity, smelling of damp cedar and the cold, dark silt of the earth. Within the immediate vicinity, the landscape is dominated by the sprawling expanse of Chippewa National Forest, which acts as a vast, breathing lung for the region. Ball Club Lake sits as a mirror to the sky, its surface often stilled by the heavy, humid heat of midsummer or the iron-gray silence of a mid-winter freeze. Just a mile to the east, the Mississippi River begins its patient, winding journey, carving a narrow, serpentine path through the peat and glacial till that shapes the local topography.

History within Ball Club remains anchored to the confluence of Ojibwe heritage and the subsequent arrival of timber-focused settlers who sought to tame the dense stands of pine. The local economy persists in a quiet, cyclical rhythm, largely shaped by the demands of the forest and the slow, seasonal migration of those drawn to the deep woods. While the Mud Lake Trail System offers a corridor for those traversing the wilder reaches, the primary identity of Ball Club is found in its isolation and the endurance of its residents against the profound, lengthy winters. Life here is measured not by the clock, but by the subtle shifts in the light as it filters through the canopy, illuminating a rugged, unvarnished existence that remains largely indifferent to the frantic pace of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chippewa National Forest (National Forest) — 0.2 mi, 269° W · 660k acres
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 0.4 mi, 239° SW
Bowstring State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 214° SW
Mud Goose State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 192° S
Schoolcraft State Park (State Park) — 8.9 mi, 136° SE
Lake Winnibigoshish (Recreation Area) — 9.0 mi, 323° NW
Bowstring Deer Yard State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 349° N
Battle Point Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 12.2 mi, 329° NW
Leech Lake (Recreation Area) — 14.4 mi, 249° W
North Country National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 15.4 mi, 191° S · 286 acres
MacRostie Art Center (Public Artwork) — 20.0 mi, 108° E
Unknown Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 25.3 mi, 256° W · 520 acres
Sugar Point Battle (Monument) — 27.5 mi, 226° SW
Beerbower Veterans Monument (Monument) — 28.0 mi, 146° SE
Lost 40 Loop (Attraction) — 31.2 mi, 347° N
Walker Bay Lighthouse (Attraction) — 33.6 mi, 243° SW
Hanna Mining Company Train Cabose (Attraction) — 40.5 mi, 082° E
Paul Bunyan Historical Museum (Museum) — 43.5 mi, 239° SW
The Chief Theatre (Theatre) — 45.3 mi, 283° W
Headwaters Science Center (Museum) — 45.4 mi, 283° W
Hibbing Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 47.3 mi, 081° E
Historic caboose (Attraction) — 47.5 mi, 208° SW
Driftwood Gift Shop and Museum (Museum) — 47.6 mi, 200° S
Big Sandy Lake Reservoir (Monument) — 47.7 mi, 143° SE
Paulucci Space Theatre (Museum) — 47.9 mi, 082° E
Superior National Forest (National Forest) — 49.6 mi, 064° NE · 2.1M acres
The Terrace (Theatre) — 55.8 mi, 169° S
Mississippi River Headwaters (Viewpoint) — 59.9 mi, 265° W
Fond du Lac State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 68.5 mi, 126° SE
Vince Shute Wildlife Sancuary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 68.7 mi, 039° NE

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