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Elmdale Minnesota Map

Explore Elmdale, 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 Elmdale, Minnesota

How to Use This Elmdale, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.833299
Longitude	-94.492506
Population	114
Density	12.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56314
Area Code	320
County Seat	Little Falls
School District	Upsala Public School District

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About Elmdale, Minnesota

Elmdale is a locality in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 114. The population density is 12.8 people per km². Elmdale is located at 45.8333°N, 94.4925°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elmdale is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56314.

Elmdale emerges from the flat, sprawling expanse of central Minnesota where the horizon stretches thin against a pale, expansive sky. It lies 20.1 miles northwest of Sartell, MN (from Sartell, MN: bearing 317°T), and is situated 11.7 miles south-southwest of Little Falls. Elmdale Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the shifting grays and ambers of a landscape defined by seasonal transition and the slow, rhythmic labor of the plains. To the north, the distant profile of Ripley Esker provides a jagged anchor to the view, while the nearby expanse of O'Donald Lake offers a stillness that deepens as the afternoon light wanes. The air here carries a crisp, dry weight, untempered by any distant salt air, smelling instead of dormant soil and the resinous scent of pine carried on the breeze from the wooded fringes of the Miscellaneous SRMA.

Agricultural heritage remains the steady pulse of Elmdale, where the economy is tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest that have dictated the pace of life since the earliest settlers arrived to work this dark, fertile earth. The architecture of the locality—sturdy, unadorned, and built to withstand the long, deep winters—speaks to a history of Scandinavian and Ojibwe influence that lingers in the quiet persistence of the residents. Modern life moves in tandem with the demands of the land, with small-scale commerce and local industry maintaining a modest, functional rhythm. In the evenings, the glow from porch lights illuminates the frost-dusted fields, marking a place where the connection to the geography is not merely a matter of distance, but a fundamental orientation of daily life.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 4.9 mi, 248° W
Happy Valley State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 151° SE
Clare Johnson - Carl W. Schmidt State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 294° NW
Stearns County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.9 mi, 196° S
Charles A. Lindbergh State Park (State Park) — 9.3 mi, 029° NE
Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 030° NE
Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.2 mi, 066° NE · 4,358 acres
Pine Grove Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 11.4 mi, 027° NE
Minnesota Fishing Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 030° NE
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 18.0 mi, 165° S
Saint John's Pottery Studio (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 165° S
Stone Gate (Historic Ruins) — 18.1 mi, 163° S
Maple Sugar Shack (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 162° S
Minnesota Military Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 022° N
Melrose Area Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 234° SW
Todd County Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 299° NW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 144° SE
NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule (Attraction) — 22.6 mi, 143° SE
510 Art Lab (Arts Centre) — 23.1 mi, 254° W
Gnarly Bard Theater (Theatre) — 24.8 mi, 140° SE
Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 24.8 mi, 140° SE
Dennis M. Thayer (Monument) — 25.3 mi, 139° SE
Summerland (Theme Park) — 25.6 mi, 133° SE
Crow Wing State Park (State Park) — 30.1 mi, 011° N
Paul Bunyan Statue (Public Artwork) — 30.6 mi, 016° N
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.7 mi, 124° SE · 61k acres

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