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Barnum Minnesota Map

Explore Barnum, 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 Barnum, Minnesota

How to Use This Barnum, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	46.503001
Longitude	-92.688531
Population	620
Density	237.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	55707
Area Code	218
County Seat	Carlton
School District	Barnum Public School District

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About Barnum, Minnesota

Barnum is a locality in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 620. The population density is 237.2 people per km². Barnum is located at 46.5030°N, 92.6885°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Barnum is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55707.

Barnum emerges from the North Woods as a quiet intersection of timbered ridges and low-lying wetlands where the Moose Horn River carves a serpentine path through the dark, loamy soil. It lies 18.6 miles southwest of Cloquet, MN (from Cloquet, MN: bearing 216°T), and is situated 4.9 miles northeast of Moose Lake. The landscape retains the stubborn, glacial memory of the region, defined by dense thickets and the encroaching silence of the surrounding canopy. Hanging Horn Lake rests only a mile away, its surface often mirroring the slate-gray sky of the long, deep winters that define the local climate. The air here holds a crisp, biting clarity, smelling faintly of pine needles and damp earth, while the light at dusk settles over the fields in long, bruised purples that seem to pull the horizon closer to the ground.

Barnum maintains a character shaped by the steady, industrious pulse of the iron and timber industries that once drew settlers to these interior wilds. The nearby Bear Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Carlton) provides a protected expanse of water and brush, preserving the quietude that residents have cultivated since the early days of regional settlement. Local life often pivots toward the outdoors, with the Willard Munger State Trail serving as a primary artery for those traversing the rugged terrain that links these disparate pockets of northern life. Whether through the heritage of the Ojibwe or the Scandinavian roots of later arrivals, Barnum functions as a place where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of distant urban centers.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bear Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Carlton) (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 137° SE
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 127° SE
Fond Du Lac State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.4 mi, 360° N
Moose Lake State Park (State Park) — 4.2 mi, 204° SW
Moose Lake City Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 223° SW
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 4.6 mi, 226° SW
Moose Lake Depot Museum (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 228° SW
Dye State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 115° SE
Wrenshall deer statue (Public Artwork) — 16.5 mi, 060° NE
Jay Cooke State Park (State Park) — 16.7 mi, 050° NE
Band Shell (Theatre) — 18.3 mi, 035° NE
St Louis River Streambank Protection Area (State Recreation Area) — 20.0 mi, 070° E
Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 20.0 mi, 070° E
Superior National Forest (National Forest) — 22.2 mi, 333° NW · 2.1M acres
Pine County Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 192° S
Ely's Peak Overlook (Viewpoint) — 24.3 mi, 059° NE
Spirit Mountain Adventure Park (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 057° NE
Sandstone History and Art Center (Arts Centre) — 27.0 mi, 198° S
Proctor Area Historical Museum (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 053° NE
Black Bear (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 057° NE
Cougar (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 057° NE
Coyote (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 057° NE
Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.3 mi, 271° W · 36k acres
Phantom Galleries (Gallery) — 31.6 mi, 061° NE
A World of Accordions Museum (Museum) — 31.8 mi, 062° NE
Hanni Strahl Concert Hall (Theatre) — 31.8 mi, 062° NE
Kruk Gallery (Gallery) — 32.1 mi, 062° NE
Holden Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 32.1 mi, 062° NE
Ole Haugsrud Stadium (Stadium) — 32.3 mi, 062° NE
Old Stockade Site (Monument) — 33.4 mi, 064° NE

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