Explore Chickamaw Beach, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Chickamaw Beach, 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 Chickamaw Beach.
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 | Chickamaw Beach |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Cass County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 46.743571 |
| Longitude | -94.385272 |
| Population | 128 |
| Density | 21.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56474 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Walker |
| School District | Pine River-Backus Public School District |
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.
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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).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |