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Bingham Lake Minnesota Map

Explore Bingham 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 Bingham Lake, Minnesota

How to Use This Bingham Lake, Minnesota Map

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

Latitude	43.906624
Longitude	-95.046379
Population	137
Density	66.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56118
Area Code	320
County Seat	Windom
School District	Windom Public School District

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About Bingham Lake, Minnesota

Bingham Lake is a locality in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 137. The population density is 66.4 people per km². Bingham Lake is located at 43.9066°N, 95.0464°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bingham Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56118.

Bingham Lake holds the vast, flat horizon of the Minnesota prairie in a quiet, unyielding grip. It lies 29.9 miles southwest of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 222°T), and is situated 4.5 miles northeast of Windom. The landscape stretches outward in a rhythmic repetition of earth and sky, where the wind moves across open fields with a weight that suggests the deep, glacial patience of the terrain. A mile away, the waters of Bingham Lake catch the pale, translucent light of the afternoon, acting as a mirror for the shifting clouds that dominate this inland expanse. The air here carries a crisp, clean scent of dry grass and turned soil, a sensory reminder of the expansive, open geography that defines the character of the region.

Carpenter State Wildlife Management Area occupies the immediate vicinity, preserving a quiet sanctuary where the grasses grow tall and undisturbed. This land, shaped by the cycles of agriculture and the slow, deliberate work of the seasons, maintains a profound connection to the surrounding plains, while the South Fork Watonwan River meanders through the broader landscape four miles away, carving a subtle path through the quiet earth. Bingham Lake remains a place where the economy is rooted in the steady, rhythmic demands of the harvest and the persistent, quiet labor of those who work the land. Life here moves in accordance with the changing seasons, a testament to the enduring, functional beauty of a landscape that asks for little but gives its inhabitants a wide, unobstructed view of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Carpenter State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 301° NW
Bingham Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Cottonwood) (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 303° NW
Cottonwood County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 236° SW
Windom Recreation Area (Local Park) — 3.7 mi, 232° SW
Jackson County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 192° S
Mayflower Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 222° SW
Heritage Village Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 073° E
Des Moines River SNA (Nature Reserve) — 7.3 mi, 191° S
Mountain Lake Site (Historic Ruins) — 7.8 mi, 083° E
Kilen Woods State Park (State Park) — 12.1 mi, 184° S
Garden (Historic Ruins) — 12.6 mi, 358° N
Round House Railroad Club (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 077° E
Westbrook Heritage House Museum (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 296° NW
Welcome To Sherburn (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 137° SE
Loon Lake Cemetery (Monument) — 26.3 mi, 185° S
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.7 mi, 312° NW · 12k acres
Gull Point State Park (State Park) — 28.6 mi, 188° S
Site of Sundown Village (Monument) — 29.1 mi, 355° N
Sleepy Eye Depot Museum (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 030° NE
Elevated Lake Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 32.0 mi, 029° NE
Ringham Habitat Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 32.5 mi, 164° S
Major General Doyle E. Larson (Public Artwork) — 32.7 mi, 072° E
Dickinson County Museum (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 185° S
Fairmont Opera House (Theatre) — 34.0 mi, 121° SE
Pearson Lakes Art Center (Arts Centre) — 35.6 mi, 187° S
Okoboji Summer Theatre (Theatre) — 35.7 mi, 187° S
Ranch Amusement Park (Theme Park) — 35.8 mi, 186° S

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