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Clara City Minnesota Map

Explore Clara City, 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 Clara City, Minnesota

How to Use This Clara City, Minnesota Map

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

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	Clara City
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Chippewa County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	44.954959
Longitude	-95.366404
Population	1,423
Density	292.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56222
Area Code	320
County Seat	Montevideo
School District	MACCRAY School District

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About Clara City, Minnesota

Clara City is a locality in Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,423. The population density is 292.2 people per km². Clara City is located at 44.9550°N, 95.3664°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Clara City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56222.

Clara City occupies a quiet expanse of the high, flat plains where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of pale, expansive sky. It lies 19.5 miles southwest of Willmar, MN (from Willmar, MN: bearing 234°T), and is situated 17.5 miles east of Montevideo. Hawk Creek carves a subtle, winding path through the surrounding fields, its quiet current marking the rhythm of a landscape defined by the deliberate, seasonal shifts of the earth. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the Franko State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and native brush, providing a stillness that contrasts with the predictable geometry of the nearby farmland. During the long, deep winters, the light takes on a sharp, crystalline quality, turning the snow-dusted ground into a vast, reflective mirror that softens the distant silhouette of Middag Knutea on the edge of vision.

Clara City reflects a heritage rooted in the steady, industrious labor of those who first broke the prairie soil, a history that remains evident in the orderly arrangement of its streets and the resilience of its agricultural economy. The prosperity of the region relies on the fertility of the soil, with grain elevators standing as sentinels over a community that measures its progress by the cycles of planting and harvest. Residents often look toward the broader regional landscape, perhaps venturing toward the waters of Shakopee Lake when the summer air grows heavy with the scent of ripening crops. Life in Clara City proceeds with a measured, consistent gravity, where the quietude of the plains fosters a sense of endurance and a deep, unspoken connection to the land that sustains its people.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Franko State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 239° SW
Chetomba Creek State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 165° S
Renville County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.1 mi, 215° SW
Kandiyohi County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.2 mi, 039° NE
Swensson Farm Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 245° SW
Yellow Medicine County Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 218° SW
Upper Sioux Agency State Park (State Park) — 15.1 mi, 194° S
Schwanke's Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 058° NE
Golden Ticket Kandi 6 (Cinema) — 19.0 mi, 057° NE
Kandiyohi County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 053° NE
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 214° SW
Minnesota's Machinery Museum (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 215° SW
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 22.1 mi, 202° S
Boyd House (Attraction) — 27.2 mi, 255° W
Sibley State Park (State Park) — 28.4 mi, 029° NE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.9 mi, 351° N · 12k acres
Geology of the Redwood Falls Region (Monument) — 30.2 mi, 157° SE
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 157° SE
Birch Coulee Historical Marker (Monument) — 31.9 mi, 145° SE
Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 33.6 mi, 013° N
Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 34.3 mi, 009° N
Our Lady of Victory (Monument) — 37.7 mi, 188° S
Giant Crow Statue (Public Artwork) — 38.0 mi, 027° NE
Highest elevation in park (Viewpoint) — 40.6 mi, 351° N
Marshall 6 Theatre (Cinema) — 40.7 mi, 211° SW
A maze'n Farmyard (Attraction) — 44.7 mi, 055° NE
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.5 mi, 292° W · 23k acres

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