Explore Bellingham, 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 Bellingham, 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 Bellingham.
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 | Bellingham |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Lac qui Parle County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 45.136075 |
| Longitude | -96.28755 |
| Population | 148 |
| Density | 147.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56212 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Madison |
| School District | Ortonville Public Schools |
Bellingham occupies a quiet expanse of the prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that seems to possess its own immense, shifting weight. It lies 53.5 miles north-northwest of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 333°T), and is situated 17.9 miles east-southeast of Milbank. The land is defined by the steady, rhythmic patience of the plains, punctuated only by the subtle movements of the South Fork Yellow Bank River three miles distant and the quiet presence of Mud Lake nearby. To the west, the distant Antelope Hills offer a jagged, violet suggestion of elevation against the setting sun, while the local earth remains a tapestry of fertile soil and resilient grasses. A mile away, the Kibler State Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for the wilder inhabitants of the region, allowing the tall, golden stalks of the fields to transition into the untamed brush where the light catches the dew in long, sharp needles of clarity at dawn.
Bellingham bears the marks of a history built on the sturdy endurance of agricultural labor and the quiet persistence of those who settled these interior reaches. The economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the seasons, where the harvest dictates the pulse of the days and the grain elevator stands as a sentinel over the local landscape. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, reflecting a culture shaped by the deep, biting winters and the sudden, vibrant bloom of the short growing season. While the modern world accelerates elsewhere, Bellingham maintains a grounded clarity, where the sound of the wind through the cornrows and the distant, low hum of machinery define the essential character of a day spent working the soil.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bellingham, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.136075, -96.28755. 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 Bellingham includes the ZIP code (56212), telephone area code (320), county seat of Lac qui Parle County (Madison), and school district assignment (Ortonville Public Schools).
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. |