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Effie Minnesota Map

Explore Effie, 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 Effie, Minnesota

How to Use This Effie, Minnesota Map

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

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	Effie
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Itasca County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	47.84022
Longitude	-93.642968
Population	109
Density	11.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56639
Area Code	320
County Seat	Grand Rapids
School District	Grand Rapids Public School District

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About Effie, Minnesota

Effie is a locality in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 109. The population density is 11.5 people per km². Effie is located at 47.8402°N, 93.6430°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Effie is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56639.

Effie emerges from the northern expanse as a quiet intersection of timber and sky, where the horizon is defined by the steady, dark silhouettes of the North Woods. It lies 42.0 miles north of Grand Rapids, MN (from Grand Rapids, MN: bearing 353°T), and is situated 43.5 miles northwest of Hibbing. The landscape around Effie is shaped by a rugged, glacial patience, manifesting in a terrain that leans toward the austere beauty of heavy spruce stands and low-lying wetlands. A short mile to the east, the waters of Bowerman Brook carve a modest, persistent path through the underbrush, while the presence of Miscellaneous, a local SRMA, provides a vast, unmanicured buffer of wild acreage that dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the surroundings. On clearer days, the Harrington Hills rise seven miles away, providing a soft, blue-toned backdrop to the flat, expansive marshlands that characterize the immediate vicinity.

Effie occupies a space where the legacy of the logging industry lingers in the character of the soil and the architectural memory of the region. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the forest and the land, reflecting a heritage that respects the long, deep winters and the short, intense seasons of harvest and growth. Residents and visitors alike often find themselves gravitating toward the proximity of Connors Lake for a moment of stillness, or exploring the remnants of the Cutfoot Sioux Trail, which traces the paths of earlier inhabitants through the dense cover. Life in Effie moves with a quiet, functional grace, punctuated by the occasional sound of distant machinery or the sudden, sharp rush of wind through the pines that stretch toward the distant reaches of the Big Fork State Forest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 0.2 mi, 090° E
Big Fork State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 321° NW
Scenic State Park (State Park) — 7.3 mi, 159° S
Chippewa National Forest (National Forest) — 8.0 mi, 180° S · 660k acres
Ladies Tresses Swamp State Scientific and Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 147° SE
Myrtle Lake Peatland State Scientific and Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 010° N
Lost 40 Loop (Attraction) — 21.1 mi, 256° W
Cut Foot Sioux National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 25.7 mi, 220° SW · 1 acres
McCarthy Beach State Park (State Park) — 27.9 mi, 108° E
Superior National Forest (National Forest) — 28.4 mi, 080° E · 2.1M acres
Bois Forte Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 31.6 mi, 053° NE
Vince Shute Wildlife Sancuary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 34.4 mi, 058° NE
Hanna Mining Company Train Cabose (Attraction) — 40.3 mi, 139° SE
MacRostie Art Center (Public Artwork) — 42.1 mi, 173° S
Minnesota Museum of Mining (Museum) — 42.6 mi, 125° SE
Ironman (Monument) — 42.7 mi, 125° SE
Hibbing Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 43.6 mi, 131° SE
Paulucci Space Theatre (Museum) — 44.2 mi, 130° SE
Beltrami Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 46.8 mi, 307° NW · 174k acres
Mound 5 (Historic Ruins) — 46.8 mi, 356° N
Grand Mound (Historic Ruins) — 46.8 mi, 356° N
Voyageurs National Park (National Park) — 49.2 mi, 027° NE · 130k acres
Baldwin 1910 steam locomotive 806 (Attraction) — 52.0 mi, 114° SE
Minnesota Welcomes You Sign (Attraction) — 53.8 mi, 012° N
Townsend Theatre (Arts Centre) — 54.1 mi, 011° N
Laurentian Divide (Monument) — 54.2 mi, 109° E
Virginia Heritage Museum (Museum) — 55.3 mi, 112° E
Oldtown-Finntown Overlook (Viewpoint) — 56.1 mi, 112° E
Harry Oveson Fish Camp (Museum) — 59.8 mi, 029° NE
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 61.7 mi, 064° NE · 1.1M acres

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