Hill City Minnesota Map

About Hill City, Minnesota

Hill City is a locality in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 613. The population density is 212.5 people per km². Hill City is located at 46.9933°N, 93.5986°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hill City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55748.

Hill City occupies a modest expanse of the North Woods, where the ground rises and falls in long, quiet swells of glacial debris and dense, dark timber. It lies 17.2 miles south of Grand Rapids, MN (from Grand Rapids, MN: bearing 191°T), and is situated 18.7 miles south of Cohasset. Hill Lake provides a shimmering, silver-toned anchor to the landscape, its surface often mirroring the heavy, slate-gray clouds that characterize the regional sky during the transition of the seasons. To the west, the Sugar Hills form a jagged, indistinct line against the horizon, their heights softening under the persistent, cooling air that flows across the interior plains. Morrison Brook carves a slender, winding path through the underbrush a mile away, its presence marked by the rhythmic, low-frequency sound of water moving over stone and tangled root systems. The light here has a crystalline quality, especially in the late afternoon, when the sun dips low enough to turn the surrounding birch and pine into silhouettes of muted gold and deep shadow.

Hill City remains deeply defined by its placement within the Miscellaneous SRMA, a designation that ensures the surrounding wilderness maintains its untamed, rugged character against the encroachment of modern industry. The local economy has long been tethered to the rhythm of the woods, echoing a history built upon the extraction of timber and the slow, deliberate work of those who settled this northern interior. Residents move through their days with a steady, pragmatic focus, respecting the proximity of the Golden Anniversary State Forest, which serves as both a boundary and a sanctuary for the local flora and fauna. While the demands of the modern world remain distant, Hill City retains an air of quiet endurance, shaped by the legacy of early laborers and the persistent, biting chill of the long winters that define life in this corner of the continent.

About This Hill City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hill City, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.993285, -93.598562. 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 Hill City includes the ZIP code (55748), telephone area code (218), county seat of Aitkin County (Aitkin), and school district assignment (Hill City Public 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.