Goodland Minnesota Map

About Goodland, Minnesota

Goodland is a locality in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 51. The population density is 168.3 people per km². Goodland is located at 47.1619°N, 93.1358°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 55742.

Goodland emerges from the low, marshy expanse of the North Woods as a quiet collection of structures dwarfed by the immense, pale sky of northern Minnesota. It lies 19.2 miles east-southeast of Grand Rapids, MN (from Grand Rapids, MN: bearing 106°T), and is situated 16.3 miles east-southeast of Coleraine. The surrounding terrain is defined by a heavy, glacial persistence, where the earth is broken by the cold, dark waters of Pancake Lake and the slow, meandering path of Bruce Creek. Beyond the immediate thickets of spruce and cedar, the silhouette of the Mesabi Range marks the horizon in a jagged, blue-gray line, serving as a constant reminder of the region’s ancient, mineral-rich geology. When the autumn light turns thin and sharp, the air carries a brittle clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every pine needle and weathered fence post, pinning the landscape into a state of profound, waiting stillness.

Goodland holds the weight of a frontier history, its roots reaching back into a time when the timber industry dictated the rhythm of human survival. The economy here remains tied to the land, balancing the legacy of logging with the modest, rugged operations that sustain life in a climate of long, unforgiving winters. Residents move through the days with a deliberate economy of motion, living in proximity to the Miscellaneous SRMA, where the wild, unkempt scrub offers a stark contrast to the small, managed clearings of domestic life. Twelve miles away, the Floodwood Memorial Forest stands as a dense, protective buffer against the encroaching wilderness, grounding the local identity in a quiet, enduring relationship with the timber and the frost.

About This Goodland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Goodland, Minnesota. Coordinates: 47.161884, -93.13576. 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 Goodland includes the ZIP code (55742), telephone area code (218), county seat of Itasca County (Grand Rapids), and school district assignment (Nashwauk-Keewatin School District).

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.