Explore Baudette, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Baudette, 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 Baudette.
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 | Baudette |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Lake of the Woods County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 48.712474 |
| Longitude | -94.59993 |
| Population | 966 |
| Density | 88.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56623 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Baudette |
| School District | Lake of the Woods School District |
Baudette emerges from the flat, sprawling expanse of the northern timberlands, where the Baudette River carves a slow, deliberate path toward the horizon. It lies 86.6 miles north of Bemidji, MN (from Bemidji, MN: bearing 8°T), and is situated 54.8 miles west of International Falls. The landscape surrounding Baudette is defined by a vast, quiet openness, where the dark silhouettes of spruce and pine press against an immense sky that shifts from bruised violet to pale gold as the sun retreats. Ten miles away, the quiet waters of Mud Lake mirror the seasonal transformation of the woods, while the immediate proximity of Miscellaneous offers a wild, unmanicured stretch of land that anchors the town to the rhythm of the changing seasons. The air here carries a crisp, lingering chill, a persistent reminder of the long, deep winters that shape the character of the soil and the people who endure them.
Baudette carries the weight of a history built on the resilience of those who arrived to work the timber and cultivate the rugged soil of the North Woods. The economy remains tethered to the land, drawing strength from forestry and the distinct, seasonal flow of commerce that defines life in this northern reach. In the quiet hours, one can sense the layering of Ojibwe heritage and the sturdier, stoic influence of Scandinavian settlers, a cultural inheritance that manifests in the deliberate, unhurried pace of everyday life. Baudette maintains a steady, internal gravity, where the identity of the place is not found in grand spectacles, but in the enduring connection between the inhabitants and the vast, wooded plains that stretch out in every direction.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Baudette, Minnesota. Coordinates: 48.712474, -94.59993. 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 Baudette includes the ZIP code (56623), telephone area code (320), county seat of Lake of the Woods County (Baudette), and school district assignment (Lake of the Woods 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |