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Borup Minnesota Map

Explore Borup, 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 Borup, Minnesota

How to Use This Borup, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	47.180243
Longitude	-96.50618
Population	96
Density	145.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56519
Area Code	320
County Seat	Ada
School District	Ada-Borup-West Public Schools

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About Borup, Minnesota

Borup is a locality in Norman County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 96. The population density is 145.9 people per km². Borup is located at 47.1802°N, 96.5062°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Borup is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56519.

Borup sits amidst a vast, flat expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pulling the pale sky down to meet the golden stubble of the fields. It lies 24.5 miles north-northeast of Moorhead, MN (from Moorhead, MN: bearing 30°T), and is situated 24.8 miles north-northeast of Fargo. The air here holds a crisp, dry clarity that sharpens the edges of every silo and rusted fence line, especially as the late afternoon sun casts long, violet shadows across the soil. Two miles away, the South Branch Wild Rice River carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth, its banks lined with brush that turns a somber, skeletal gray when the frost settles in. To the east, the landscape rises slightly toward the Agassiz Beach Ridges Landscape Fee, a subtle reminder of the ancient glacial weight that once pressed upon this plain, while the distant, low silhouette of Frenchmans Bluff marks the edge of the world.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of Borup, defining a rhythm of planting and harvest that has persisted since the early settlers first turned the heavy, dark loam. The local economy relies on the stubborn productivity of these acres, where the quiet industry of grain elevators dominates the skyline and serves as the primary landmark for anyone passing through the grid of gravel roads. Life moves in accordance with the seasons, from the heavy, suffocating heat of summer to the profound, iron-cold silence of winter that muffles the sound of even the smallest tractor. While the waters of Hatchet Lake lie fifteen miles to the northeast, the people of Borup look primarily to the soil beneath their boots, finding a steady, unadorned beauty in the repetitive, essential work of keeping the land alive.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Agassiz Beach Ridges Landscape Fee (Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 125° SE
Sandpiper Prairie State Scientific and Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 047° NE
Twin Valley Prairie Fee (Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 086° E
Neal State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 090° E
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.4 mi, 044° NE · 12k acres
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 158° S
Norman County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 048° NE
Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 9.3 mi, 160° S
Les Hoien Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 063° NE
Twin Valley Heritage & Art Center (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 064° NE
Viking Sword Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 121° SE
Buffalo River State Park (State Park) — 21.3 mi, 177° S
Immersive Reality Room (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 220° SW
Minuteman II ICBM (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 217° SW
Cannon (Monument) — 24.1 mi, 215° SW
Bison Statue (Monument) — 24.3 mi, 215° SW
Sodbuster (Public Artwork) — 24.7 mi, 212° SW
Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.2 mi, 118° SE · 6,818 acres
Roger Maris Museum (Museum) — 27.3 mi, 216° SW
Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (Attraction) — 32.6 mi, 157° SE
Fire Museum (Museum) — 36.8 mi, 174° S
Odyssey Cinemas Washington Square 7 (Cinema) — 39.9 mi, 129° SE
Young at Art Co (Gallery) — 39.9 mi, 129° SE
Detroit Lakes Sports Arena (Stadium) — 40.0 mi, 130° SE
Sweetlight Gallery (Gallery) — 41.4 mi, 353° N
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 42.4 mi, 114° SE · 2,148 acres
Trowbridge Creek Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 45.5 mi, 137° SE
Hallaway's Hill (Viewpoint) — 50.3 mi, 151° SE
Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 56.9 mi, 335° NW

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