Explore Hillman, 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 Hillman, 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 Hillman.
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 | Hillman |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Morrison County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 46.00413 |
| Longitude | -93.893868 |
| Population | 23 |
| Density | 14.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56338 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Little Falls |
| School District | Onamia Public School District |
Hillman rests upon a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of the North Woods, where the horizon is often fractured by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Ripley Esker. It lies 28.5 miles south-southeast of Brainerd, MN (from Brainerd, MN: bearing 149°T), and is situated 33.3 miles north-northeast of St. Cloud. Cloud. The land unfolds in a series of muted, terrestrial swells, offering a terrain that feels ancient and deliberate in its stillness. A mile away, Hillman Creek carves a narrow, rhythmic path through the soil, its waters providing a constant, low-frequency hum that anchors the geography against the vast, open skies of the interior. The air here carries a crisp, mineral edge, particularly as the autumnal light begins to lean long and amber across the fields, casting shadows that seem to stretch toward the horizon with a heavy, meditative patience.
History in Hillman remains deeply tethered to the timber and agrarian traditions that first brought settlers into these interior reaches. While the proximity to the Rum River State Forest—only three miles to the edge of the protected expanse—speaks to a regional reliance on the wilder timberlands, the local economy continues to draw its character from the rhythms of the seasons and the sturdy independence of the prairie-adjacent plains. Life here moves with a measured cadence, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs, finding its stability in the persistent, unchanging cycle of the harvest and the maintenance of the land. Even as the modern era leaves its mark, one can still discern the echoes of the region's heritage in the architecture of the older outbuildings and the way the locals navigate the transition toward winter, when the world quietens under a heavy shroud of gray.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hillman, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.00413, -93.893868. 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 Hillman includes the ZIP code (56338), telephone area code (320), county seat of Morrison County (Little Falls), and school district assignment (Onamia 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. |