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Cook Minnesota Map

Explore Cook, 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 Cook, Minnesota

How to Use This Cook, Minnesota Map

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

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	Cook
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	St. Louis County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	47.83568
Longitude	-92.688842
Population	534
Density	78.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	55723
Area Code	218
County Seat	Duluth
School District	St. Louis County School District

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About Cook, Minnesota

Cook is a locality in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 534. The population density is 78.9 people per km². Cook is located at 47.8357°N, 92.6888°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cook is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55723.

Cook emerges from the flat, dense timberlands of northern Minnesota where the Little Fork River carves a dark, winding path through the silt and heavy clay. It lies 31.6 miles north-northeast of Hibbing, MN (from Hibbing, MN: bearing 21°T), and is situated 23.8 miles north-northwest of Virginia. The air here holds a distinct, coniferous sharpness, a crisp stillness that lingers even as the afternoon sun casts long, amber shadows across the forest floor. To the east, the sprawling basin of Vermilion Lake reflects the sky in a deep, bruised indigo, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Laurentian Divide marks the horizon like a jagged promise of higher ground. The land surrounding Cook remains rugged and unyielding, defined by the vast, quiet expanse of the Sturgeon River State Forest and the sprawling, untamed acreage of the Miscellaneous SRMA, where the silence is broken only by the sudden snap of a dry branch or the distant, rhythmic drumming of a ruffed grouse.

Settlement in Cook grew from the necessity of the timber trade and the slow, deliberate work of homesteaders who carved livelihoods out of the stubborn, glacial soil. The local economy persists as a quiet synthesis of seasonal logging, small-scale agriculture, and the steady, unobtrusive pace of a community that understands the cyclical weight of the long winters. Life in Cook moves with the deliberate gravity of a place that has learned to rely on the endurance of its own people and the resources of the surrounding woods. There is a particular, understated pride in the way the town maintains its character, honoring the layered heritage of the region while looking toward the changing requirements of the modern North Woods. In the quiet evenings, when the light turns silver and thin, the pulse of the place remains steady, tied to the river’s flow and the immutable presence of the timber that defines the landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Owens State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — locality lies within
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 0.7 mi, 360° N
Superior National Forest (National Forest) — 1.1 mi, 345° N · 2.1M acres
Little Fork River State Aquatic Management Area (St. Louis) (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 065° NE
Kabetogama State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.2 mi, 008° N
Kabetogama Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 7.9 mi, 038° NE · 68k acres
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 15.6 mi, 069° E · 1.1M acres
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Mining Protection Area Mineral Reserve Area (Resource Management Area) — 17.0 mi, 071° E
McCarthy Beach State Park (State Park) — 17.9 mi, 237° SW
Laurentian Divide (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 159° S
Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park (State Park) — 19.3 mi, 092° E
Soudan Mine Historical Marker (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 093° E
Breitung Monument (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 094° E
Pavement Outcrop Of Polyphase-folded Banded Iron Formation (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 093° E
Baldwin 1910 steam locomotive 806 (Attraction) — 21.1 mi, 171° S
Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle (State Recreation Area) — 21.9 mi, 156° SE
Mesabi Trail Arch (Public Artwork) — 22.0 mi, 164° S
Virginia Heritage Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 163° S
Oldtown-Finntown Overlook (Viewpoint) — 22.6 mi, 161° S
Vince Shute Wildlife Sancuary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 23.4 mi, 321° NW
Bebsy Pepelnjack Memorial (Monument) — 23.4 mi, 163° S
Minnesota Museum of Mining (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 202° S
Iron Range Historical Society (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 150° SE
Paulucci Space Theatre (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 201° S
Hibbing Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 202° S
Longyear First Diamond Drill Site (Historic Ruins) — 32.8 mi, 126° SE
Voyageurs National Park (National Park) — 33.6 mi, 013° N · 130k acres
Brandenburg Gallery (Gallery) — 38.4 mi, 083° E
Ely State Theater (Cinema) — 38.6 mi, 083° E
Hegman Lake Pictographs (Historic Ruins) — 39.3 mi, 067° NE

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