Explore Grygla, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Grygla, 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 Grygla.
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 | Grygla |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Marshall County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 48.300798 |
| Longitude | -95.618332 |
| Population | 180 |
| Density | 120.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56727 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Warren |
| School District | Grygla Public School District |
Grygla emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of northwestern Minnesota where the Mud River carves a quiet, persistent path through the silty earth. It lies 66.6 miles north-northwest of Bemidji, MN (from Bemidji, MN: bearing 329°T), and is situated 28.8 miles east-northeast of Thief River Falls. The landscape around Grygla maintains a stoic, wide-open character, defined by vast stretches of agricultural fields that turn a deep, bruised gold under the low-hanging autumn sun. To the east, the faint, hazy silhouette of Randen Ridge breaks the level line of the plains, acting as a distant anchor for the eye, while the expansive grounds of Miscellaneous provide a sanctuary of wetlands and brush that define the local ecology. The air here carries a crisp, unadorned quality, cooling rapidly as dusk settles over the fields and the shadows of the riverbanks stretch long and thin across the soil.
Generations of settlers moved into this territory to break the dense prairie sod, establishing an economy rooted in the resilience of grain production and the steady persistence of small-scale agriculture. The cultural identity of Grygla remains tied to these rhythms of harvest and winter preparation, where the quietude of the land is matched by a communal focus on self-reliance. Residents often venture toward East Pool when the seasons permit, seeking the stillness of the water as a relief from the demands of the fields. Life in Grygla moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the weight of a long winter, finding its beauty in the stark, clean lines of the horizon and the reliable, steady flow of the Mud River as it moves toward the north.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grygla, Minnesota. Coordinates: 48.300798, -95.618332. 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 Grygla includes the ZIP code (56727), telephone area code (320), county seat of Marshall County (Warren), and school district assignment (Grygla Public School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |