Chickamaw Beach Minnesota Map

About Chickamaw Beach, Minnesota

Chickamaw Beach is a locality in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 128. The population density is 21.9 people per km². Chickamaw Beach is located at 46.7436°N, 94.3853°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Chickamaw Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56474.

Chickamaw Beach emerges from the dense, coniferous shadows of the North Woods, where the landscape is defined by the heavy, glacial stillness of Norway Lake. It lies 28.0 miles north-northwest of Brainerd, MN (from Brainerd, MN: bearing 342°T), and is situated 11.9 miles northwest of Breezy Point. The terrain here holds a quiet, somber weight, characterized by low-lying wetlands and thickets of spruce that stifle the passage of the midday sun. Only a mile away, the Pine River carves a dark, serpentine path through the soil, its waters moving with a deliberate, cold persistence that mirrors the long, iron-gray winters of the region. On the distant horizon, the silhouette of the Cuyuna Range suggests an ancient, upheaved earth, providing a jagged frame for a sky that often feels closer to the ground than the horizon itself.

Chickamaw Beach maintains a rhythm dictated by the changing density of the forest and the seasonal cycles of the inland interior. The local economy and daily life remain tethered to the timber and recreational legacy of the surrounding woods, with the Miscellaneous SRMA providing a buffer of protected wilderness that dictates the pace of human activity. Settlers were drawn to this area by the promise of timber and the fertile, if stubborn, glacial till, leaving behind a heritage that feels as layered as the soil beneath the pine needles. Life in Chickamaw Beach moves with a muted, disciplined grace, where the primary concerns are the maintenance of the homestead and the quiet navigation of a landscape that demands respect for its vast, unyielding reach.

About This Chickamaw Beach Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chickamaw Beach, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.743571, -94.385272. 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 Chickamaw Beach includes the ZIP code (56474), telephone area code (320), county seat of Cass County (Walker), and school district assignment (Pine River-Backus Public School District).

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.