Cass Lake Minnesota Map

About Cass Lake, Minnesota

Cass Lake is a locality in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 675. The population density is 239.1 people per km². Cass Lake is located at 47.3794°N, 94.6042°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cass Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56633.

Cass Lake reveals itself through a landscape defined by the quiet accumulation of glacial debris and the persistent, slow-moving presence of the North Woods. It lies 14.5 miles east-southeast of Bemidji, MN (from Bemidji, MN: bearing 117°T), and is situated 51.3 miles west-northwest of Grand Rapids. The elevation rises modestly toward the summit of Swede Hill, providing a vantage point over a terrain where the horizon is perpetually blurred by the density of pine and spruce. Water defines the character of the ground, with Fox Creek carving a meandering path through the earth to feed the larger, expansive basin of Cass Lake. Throughout the Chippewa National Forest, the air holds a permanent, sharp clarity that bites at the lungs during the long, dormant winters, while summer light lingers late into the evening, casting long, bruised-purple shadows across the needles of the forest floor.

Economic rhythms in Cass Lake have long been tethered to the timber industry and the stewardship of the land, reflecting a history deeply intertwined with the Ojibwe people and the subsequent arrival of settlers who sought a life among the pines. The legacy of the Pike Bay Experimental Forest remains a silent witness to a century of forestry science, grounding the local identity in the practical, rigorous study of growth and decay. Visitors often find their way to the Star Island Trail System, which invites a slower, more deliberate engagement with the wilderness than the paved roads allow. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, where the primary concerns are the freezing of the ice and the eventual, inevitable thaw that restores the flow of the waterways.

About This Cass Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cass Lake, Minnesota. Coordinates: 47.379398, -94.60415. 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 Cass Lake includes the ZIP code (56633), telephone area code (320), county seat of Cass County (Walker), and school district assignment (Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools).

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.