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Battle Lake Minnesota Map

Explore Battle 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 Battle Lake, Minnesota

How to Use This Battle Lake, Minnesota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Battle 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 Battle 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	Battle Lake
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Otter Tail County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	46.280516
Longitude	-95.713658
Population	857
Density	230.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56515
Area Code	320
County Seat	Fergus Falls
School District	Battle Lake Public School District

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About Battle Lake, Minnesota

Battle Lake is a locality in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 857. The population density is 230.3 people per km². Battle Lake is located at 46.2805°N, 95.7137°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Battle Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56515.

Battle Lake occupies a glacial basin where the earth hums with the memory of retreating ice, defined by the deep, clear expanse of West Battle Lake. It lies 17.4 miles east of Fergus Falls, MN (from Fergus Falls, MN: bearing 90°T), and is situated 31.7 miles north-northwest of Alexandria. The surrounding terrain rises into modest, grass-covered swells, a landscape shaped by ancient forces that left behind a patchwork of wetlands and woods. To the west, the Pomme de Terre River winds its way through the plains, a quiet artery feeding the low-lying meadows that sit five miles from the town center. The air here carries a crisp, lingering chill even in the height of summer, and the light at dusk settles long and amber over the Otter Tail County Waterfowl Production Area, where the tall grasses sway in rhythm with the cooling breeze. Twelve miles away, the silhouette of Inspiration Peak breaks the horizon, a solitary high point that anchors the vast, open sky above the region.

Battle Lake grew from the quiet necessity of agricultural expansion and the steady pulse of the regional trade that defined the nineteenth-century frontier. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, shifting from the preparation of soil in the spring to the harvest that colors the fields in shades of ochre and gold before the first frost. This locality retains a character forged by the persistence of those who settled the inland plains, finding value in the quiet industry of local markets and the deliberate pace of life far from the clamor of dense metropolitan centers. Visitors often find themselves drawn to the water’s edge, where the stillness of the afternoon invites a reflection on the permanence of this land, a place where the work of the day is measured by the slow, steady progress of the sun across the prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Art of the Lakes (Gallery) — 0.1 mi, 341° N
Otter Tail County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.6 mi, 207° SW
Glendalough State Park (State Park) — 2.4 mi, 039° NE
Clitheral State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 099° E
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 199° S
Lake Blanche State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 023° NE
Inspiration Peak (Viewpoint) — 12.0 mi, 146° SE
Douglas County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 12.4 mi, 165° S
Inukshuk (Public Artwork) — 14.7 mi, 113° SE
Broken Down Dam (Historic Ruins) — 14.8 mi, 273° W
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.7 mi, 255° W · 12k acres
Maplewood State Park (State Park) — 17.4 mi, 327° NW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mn (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.9 mi, 049° NE · 240 acres
Finn Creek Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 056° NE
Brandon Auditorium (Theatre) — 22.5 mi, 166° S
ITOW Veterans Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 016° N
Continental Divide Monument (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 044° NE
Cultural Center (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 044° NE
Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 26.9 mi, 198° S
Captain Black's Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 27.2 mi, 064° NE
Trowbridge Creek Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 29.4 mi, 347° N
Big Ole statue (Monument) — 31.4 mi, 149° SE
Alexandria Area Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 31.7 mi, 149° SE
Runestone Replica (Monument) — 32.6 mi, 176° S
Detroit Lakes Sports Arena (Stadium) — 37.0 mi, 350° N
Young at Art Co (Gallery) — 37.6 mi, 350° N
Odyssey Cinemas Washington Square 7 (Cinema) — 37.7 mi, 350° N
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 44.3 mi, 002° N · 2,148 acres
Chippewa National Forest (National Forest) — 69.4 mi, 045° NE · 660k acres

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