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High Forest Minnesota Map

Explore High Forest, 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 High Forest, Minnesota

How to Use This High Forest, Minnesota Map

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

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	High Forest
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Olmsted County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	43.844963
Longitude	-92.549899
Population	126
Density	149.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	55976
Area Code	218
County Seat	Rochester
School District	Stewartville Public School District

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About High Forest, Minnesota

High Forest is a locality in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 126. The population density is 149.2 people per km². High Forest is located at 43.8450°N, 92.5499°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 55976.

High Forest emerges from the flat, open expanse of the Minnesota landscape as a quiet collection of structures held together by the steady, unassuming presence of Robinson Creek. It lies 12.8 miles south-southwest of Rochester, MN (from Rochester, MN: bearing 198°T), and is situated 3.1 miles west-southwest of Stewartville. The water of Robinson Creek moves with a deliberate, low-slung patience, carving a subtle path through the soil that dictates the local topography and keeps the surrounding fields verdant during the short, intense growing season. While the horizon remains vast and largely unobstructed, the land gains a slight, rhythmic elevation toward the distant Chance Hollow Hill, which breaks the monotony of the prairie sky. High Forest experiences the weight of the seasons with a particular clarity, as the sharp, biting air of winter yields to a spring that turns the earth into a heavy, dark loam, smelling faintly of damp roots and the promise of another harvest.

Economic life in High Forest has long been tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture and the maintenance of the land, reflecting a history built on the careful stewardship of the prairie. The proximity to Schumann State Wildlife Management Area ensures that the local rhythm is punctuated by the seasonal migration of birds, drawing a thin line between the quiet industry of the fields and the untamed character of the surrounding woods. Although the pace of life remains slow, the people here share a deep, unspoken familiarity with the geography, often measuring their days by the shifting light across the plains or the level of Robinson Creek. It is a place where the history of the region—marked by the persistence of those who worked this soil—remains visible in the sturdy, weathered architecture and the way the community turns inward when the long, deep winters arrive.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Schumann State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 360° N
Bear Cave Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 071° E
Cary Creek State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 179° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 081° E
R J D Memorial Hardwood State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 063° NE
Wood Lake Beach (Viewpoint) — 10.1 mi, 028° NE
History Center of Olmsted County (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 010° N
Driftless Art Academy (Arts Centre) — 11.5 mi, 017° N
Spark (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 018° N
Plummer House (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 017° N
Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 019° N
Threshold Arts (Gallery) — 12.8 mi, 020° N
Rochester Riverfront Mural (Public Artwork) — 12.9 mi, 020° N
Matthews Heritage Dome (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 019° N
Taylor Arena (Stadium) — 13.1 mi, 020° N
Rochester Civic Theatre (Theatre) — 13.1 mi, 020° N
Heritage House (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 019° N
Methodist Church Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 144° SE
Historic Structure (Historic Ruins) — 14.0 mi, 024° NE
Quarry Hill Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 14.0 mi, 024° NE
Chester Woods amphitheater (Theatre) — 15.5 mi, 049° NE
Welcome to Hayfield (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 282° W
Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 17.2 mi, 343° N
Forestville Mystery Cave State Park (State Park) — 19.5 mi, 143° SE
Lake Louise State Park (State Park) — 20.9 mi, 176° S
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.0 mi, 048° NE · 274k acres
Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.4 mi, 071° E · 14k acres

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