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Buffalo Lake Minnesota Map

Explore Buffalo 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 Buffalo Lake, Minnesota

How to Use This Buffalo Lake, Minnesota Map

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

Latitude	44.737184
Longitude	-94.616933
Population	660
Density	373.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	55314
Area Code	612, 952
County Seat	Olivia
School District	Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools

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About Buffalo Lake, Minnesota

Buffalo Lake is a locality in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 660. The population density is 373.6 people per km². Buffalo Lake is located at 44.7372°N, 94.6169°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Buffalo Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55314.

Buffalo Lake emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the high prairie as a point of human persistence amidst a vast, cultivated quilt of corn and soy. It lies 16.0 miles southwest of Hutchinson, MN (from Hutchinson, MN: bearing 229°T), and is situated 18.5 miles east of Olivia. The land around Buffalo Lake possesses a stark, geometric precision, where the sky claims two-thirds of the visual field and the earth remains held in the grip of long, frozen winters that demand a particular stoicism from the soil. A few miles away, the drainage of the Buck Lakebed reveals the ancient, shallow memory of water, while the nearby Renville County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory wings that pattern the gray, heavy autumn clouds. In the quiet transition of dusk, the light here does not merely fade; it thins, turning the distant stalks into stark, vertical lines that seem to vibrate against the cooling air.

Agricultural industry defines the economic pulse of Buffalo Lake, as the machinery of harvest dictates the seasonal tempo of the streets and the quiet, deliberate pace of the local grain elevators. The history of the region is anchored in the arrival of settlers who broke the heavy sod to tame the wild grasses, leaving a legacy of sturdy, utilitarian architecture that mirrors the pragmatism of the local heritage. Nearby, the course of Buffalo Creek winds through the landscape, a narrow artery of life that flows toward the broader regional drainage, while the presence of Preston Lake reminds residents of the glacial forces that once carved this terrain. Life in Buffalo Lake is lived with an awareness of these natural boundaries, where the rhythm of the work day is balanced by the deep, resonant silence that settles over the plains once the sun has dipped below the western edge of the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Renville County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 088° E
Schmalz State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 078° E
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 6.3 mi, 112° E
Mcleod County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.5 mi, 065° NE
Ras-Lynn State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 063° NE
Wheel and Cog (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 050° NE
State Theatre (Cinema) — 16.2 mi, 049° NE
Just Add You Butterfly Mural (Public Artwork) — 16.3 mi, 048° NE
All Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 070° E
Fort Ridgely State Park (State Park) — 18.8 mi, 197° S
Greenleaf Lake (State Recreation Area) — 19.3 mi, 021° N
Chief Little Crow (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 034° NE
Birch Coulee Historical Marker (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 239° SW
Renville County Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 235° SW
World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 022° N
Meeker County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 009° N
Depot Museum (Museum) — 28.0 mi, 032° NE
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 243° SW
Dassel History Center and Ergot Museum (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 032° NE
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 30.1 mi, 165° S
Elevated Lake Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 30.1 mi, 191° S
Wanda Gag House (Attraction) — 30.2 mi, 166° S
State Street Theater Co. (Theatre) — 30.3 mi, 166° S
John Lind House (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 165° S
Flandrau State Park (State Park) — 30.7 mi, 167° S
Golden Ticket Kandi 6 (Cinema) — 32.9 mi, 321° NW
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.4 mi, 105° E · 24k acres
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.7 mi, 332° NW · 12k acres

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