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Hill City Minnesota Map

Explore Hill City, 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 Hill City, Minnesota

How to Use This Hill City, Minnesota Map

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

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	Hill City
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Aitkin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	46.993285
Longitude	-93.598562
Population	613
Density	212.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	55748
Area Code	218
County Seat	Aitkin
School District	Hill City Public School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — locality lies within
Beerbower Veterans Monument (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 203° SW
Morrison Brook State Aquatic Management Area (Aitkin/Itasca) (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 251° W
Hill Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 190° S
Hill River State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.1 mi, 205° SW
Chippewa National Forest (National Forest) — 8.3 mi, 271° W · 660k acres
Pokegama Lake (Recreation Area) — 9.0 mi, 001° N
Pink Elephant (Public Artwork) — 16.7 mi, 014° N
Schoolcraft State Park (State Park) — 18.2 mi, 329° NW
Big Sandy Lake Reservoir (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 140° SE
Tell Him I Blame Him for the Children we have Lost... (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 140° SE
North Country National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 20.4 mi, 293° NW · 286 acres
Savanna Portage State Park (State Park) — 21.3 mi, 139° SE
Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.7 mi, 159° S · 36k acres
The Terrace (Theatre) — 32.1 mi, 189° S
Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 33.7 mi, 166° S · 1,410 acres
Superior National Forest (National Forest) — 35.3 mi, 113° SE · 2.1M acres
Hanna Mining Company Train Cabose (Attraction) — 37.2 mi, 041° NE
Driftwood Gift Shop and Museum (Museum) — 38.9 mi, 236° SW
Historic caboose (Attraction) — 42.6 mi, 244° SW
Hibbing Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 43.2 mi, 046° NE
Fond du Lac State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 43.2 mi, 114° SE
Paulucci Space Theatre (Museum) — 43.5 mi, 047° NE
Walker Bay Lighthouse (Attraction) — 46.5 mi, 280° W
Minnesota Museum of Mining (Museum) — 47.6 mi, 044° NE
WonderTrek Children's Museum (Museum) — 51.5 mi, 213° SW
Lake Theatre (Cinema) — 54.4 mi, 133° SE
Observation deck (Viewpoint) — 56.0 mi, 216° SW
Band Shell (Theatre) — 56.8 mi, 109° E
Lost 40 Loop (Attraction) — 58.0 mi, 337° NW

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