Hitterdal Minnesota Map

About Hitterdal, Minnesota

Hitterdal is a locality in Clay County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 199. The population density is 90.0 people per km². Hitterdal is located at 46.9775°N, 96.2592°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hitterdal is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56552.

Hitterdal occupies a flat expanse of the Red River Valley, where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a pulled wire against the pale sky. It lies 22.5 miles west-northwest of Detroit Lakes, MN (from Detroit Lakes, MN: bearing 300°T), and is situated 7.2 miles north-northeast of Hawley. The land around Hitterdal holds the stillness of an ancient lakebed, its dark, fertile soil feeding a vast mosaic of grain fields that shift from emerald to gilded amber with the turn of the seasons. Flora Lake catches the low, slanted light of late afternoon, mirroring the wide clouds that drift over the Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Minnesota, a sanctuary where the grasses sigh under the weight of migrating wings. Four miles away, Felton Creek cuts a modest, winding path through the silt, its presence marked only by the deeper green of willows and the occasional flash of a kingfisher darting through the quiet air.

Scandinavian settlers arrived here to carve a life from the prairie, leaving behind a legacy of endurance that remains etched into the modest frame buildings and the methodical pace of the local agrarian economy. The rhythm of Hitterdal follows the cycle of the harvest, a quiet industry defined by the hum of machinery and the persistent, sturdy character of those who work the earth. While the distant Frenchmans Bluff rises as a solitary, hazy interruption to the north, the focus here remains grounded in the soil and the seasonal migration of birds that find refuge in the preserved wetlands. Life proceeds with a deliberate, unadorned grace, reflective of a landscape that demands little but requires much, holding its own history in the silence of the winter frost and the sudden, vibrant bloom of the short growing season.

About This Hitterdal Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hitterdal, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.97746, -96.259228. 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 Hitterdal includes the ZIP code (56552), telephone area code (320), county seat of Clay County (Moorhead), and school district assignment (Ulen-Hitterdal 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.