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Barrett Minnesota Map

Explore Barrett, 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 Barrett, Minnesota

How to Use This Barrett, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.913155
Longitude	-95.904683
Population	366
Density	67.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56311
Area Code	320
County Seat	Elbow Lake
School District	West Central Area

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About Barrett, Minnesota

Barrett is a locality in Grant County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 366. The population density is 67.7 people per km². Barrett is located at 45.9132°N, 95.9047°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Barrett is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56311.

Barrett unfolds across the expansive, level plains of western Minnesota, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of immense, shifting sky. It lies 24.7 miles west of Alexandria, MN (from Alexandria, MN: bearing 274°T), and is situated 27.3 miles south-southeast of Fergus Falls. The Pomme de Terre River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its waters moving with a quiet, steady persistence that mirrors the rhythm of the surrounding fields. Only a mile distant, the stillness of Barrett Lake offers a reflective mirror for the changing seasons, while the nearby Barrett State Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for wild grasses and migratory birds that favor these interior wetlands. When the light of late afternoon slants across the dry stalks of harvest, the earth takes on a burnished, copper tone, revealing the raw, honest structure of a terrain shaped by wind and ancient glacial retreat.

History in Barrett remains anchored to the labor of the soil and the legacy of those who first broke the prairie sod to establish a foothold in this interior expanse. The local economy persists as a quiet dialogue between the cycles of agriculture and the small-scale commerce that sustains the residents who call Barrett home. Further afield, the distant silhouette of Runestone Hill rises as a singular marker of the regional topography, a silent sentinel overlooking the legacy of settlement that spans generations. Residents here recognize the slow, deliberate pace of life as a virtue, finding a distinct, solitary beauty in the vast openness that separates this region from the crowded peripheries of the continent.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 0.8 mi, 101° E
Barrett State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 156° SE
Grant County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 060° NE
Jenson State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 027° NE
Douglas County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 7.0 mi, 090° E
Runestone Replica (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 121° SE
Brandon Auditorium (Theatre) — 15.2 mi, 076° E
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.8 mi, 151° SE · 12k acres
Otter Tail County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.8 mi, 344° N · 256 acres
Inspiration Peak (Viewpoint) — 22.1 mi, 046° NE
Alexandria Area Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 25.4 mi, 094° E
Big Ole statue (Monument) — 25.4 mi, 093° E
Lake Carlos State Park (State Park) — 26.6 mi, 078° E
Broken Down Dam (Historic Ruins) — 26.7 mi, 348° N
Art of the Lakes (Gallery) — 27.1 mi, 020° N
A Point in Time (Public Artwork) — 27.5 mi, 340° N
Glendalough State Park (State Park) — 29.3 mi, 021° N
Pope County Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.2 mi, 127° SE
Initial Point, North Dakota South Dakota boundary (Monument) — 31.7 mi, 273° W
Wilkin County Museum (Museum) — 40.7 mi, 307° NW
Swift County Historical Museum (Museum) — 43.9 mi, 161° S
Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 45.1 mi, 136° SE
Finn Creek Museum (Museum) — 46.4 mi, 036° NE
510 Art Lab (Arts Centre) — 47.4 mi, 105° E
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 47.6 mi, 135° SE
Cultural Center (Museum) — 48.9 mi, 031° NE

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