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Buyck Minnesota Map

Explore Buyck, 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 Buyck, Minnesota

How to Use This Buyck, Minnesota Map

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

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.

CityBuyck
StateMinnesota (MN)
CountySt. Louis County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude48.121853
Longitude-92.523493
Population280
Density2.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code55771
Area Code218
County SeatDuluth

About Buyck, Minnesota

Buyck is a locality in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Buyck is located at 48.1219°N, 92.5235°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 55771.

Buyck exists as a quiet intersection of timber and water where the Vermilion River carves a slow, dark path through the dense northern landscape. It lies 51.7 miles north-northeast of Hibbing, MN (from Hibbing, MN: bearing 22°T), and is situated 33.9 miles west-northwest of Ely. The air here holds a distinct, pine-scented sharpness, particularly in the long transition between seasons when the light turns thin and pale. To the west, the landscape hums with the proximity of the Kabetogama State Forest, an expanse of rugged woodland that defines the horizon, while the nearby waters of Daniels Pond mirror the shifting clouds of the North Woods. A few miles distant, the terrain yields to the sudden, rushing energy of Chipmunk Falls, where the water fractures against the stone in a constant, rhythmic percussion that has persisted long before the first roads reached these woods.

Buyck functions as a gateway to this wilder interior, its history rooted in the grit of the logging industry and the stubborn resilience of those who carved lives out of the thick brush. The regional economy remains tethered to the timber harvest and the seasonal influx of visitors who seek the solitude of the deep interior, far from the frantic pace of larger hubs. Life in Buyck moves in accordance with the demands of the forest and the freeze, honoring the layered heritage of the settlers who navigated the river long ago. Beyond the immediate clearing, the land tilts toward the rugged topography of the Vermilion Gorge, marking a place where the earth itself feels ancient and largely indifferent to the passing of years.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Kabetogama State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.1 mi, 180° S
  • Superior National Forest (National Forest) — 0.3 mi, 091° E · 2.1M acres
  • Kabetogama Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 0.9 mi, 154° SE · 68k acres
  • Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 5.8 mi, 138° SE
  • Boundary Waters Canoe Area Mining Protection Area Mineral Reserve Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.2 mi, 090° E
  • Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.0 mi, 031° NE · 1.1M acres
  • Voyageurs National Park (National Park) — 12.5 mi, 011° N · 130k acres
  • Lost Lake Peatland (State Conservation Area) — 19.6 mi, 167° S
  • Lost Lake Peatland State Scientific and Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.4 mi, 166° S
  • Vince Shute Wildlife Sancuary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 22.4 mi, 266° W
  • Lac La Croix Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 23.3 mi, 072° E
  • Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park (State Park) — 23.4 mi, 150° SE
  • Soudan Mine Historical Marker (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 148° SE
  • Pavement Outcrop Of Polyphase-folded Banded Iron Formation (Attraction) — 24.7 mi, 147° SE
  • Breitung Monument (Monument) — 25.0 mi, 148° SE
  • Bois Forte Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 26.4 mi, 269° W
  • Ol' Baldy (Viewpoint) — 26.8 mi, 110° E
  • Hegman Lake Pictographs (Historic Ruins) — 29.0 mi, 099° E
  • Bear Head Lake State Park (State Park) — 29.3 mi, 138° SE
  • Ellsworth Rock Gardens (Public Artwork) — 33.3 mi, 321° NW
  • Brandenburg Gallery (Gallery) — 33.9 mi, 116° SE
  • Ely State Theater (Cinema) — 34.1 mi, 116° SE
  • Pillow Rock (Attraction) — 34.6 mi, 115° SE
  • Large rock core (Attraction) — 34.7 mi, 115° SE
  • Ely-Winton History Museum (Museum) — 35.1 mi, 115° SE
  • Laurentian Divide (Monument) — 37.6 mi, 181° S
  • Picture Rock (Historic Ruins) — 37.9 mi, 089° E
  • Harry Oveson Fish Camp (Museum) — 39.7 mi, 326° NW
  • Virginia Heritage Museum (Museum) — 41.0 mi, 182° S
  • Minnesota Museum of Mining (Museum) — 47.0 mi, 201° S

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About This Buyck Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buyck, Minnesota. Coordinates: 48.121853, -92.523493. 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 Buyck includes the ZIP code (55771), telephone area code (218), county seat of St. Louis County (Duluth), and school district assignment.

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.