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Hitterdal Minnesota Map

Explore Hitterdal, 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 Hitterdal, Minnesota

How to Use This Hitterdal, Minnesota Map

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

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	Hitterdal
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Clay County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	46.97746
Longitude	-96.259228
Population	199
Density	90.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56552
Area Code	320
County Seat	Moorhead
School District	Ulen-Hitterdal Public School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Minnesota (Resource Management Area) — 0.1 mi, 000° N
Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 0.1 mi, 000° N
Goose Prairie State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 002° N
Hitterdahl State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 180° S
Viking Sword Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 360° N
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.3 mi, 327° NW · 12k acres
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 9.7 mi, 308° NW
Buffalo River State Park (State Park) — 11.8 mi, 227° SW
Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.3 mi, 088° E · 6,818 acres
Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 176° S
Bubbles Mural (Public Artwork) — 16.5 mi, 088° E
Twin Valley Heritage & Art Center (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 000° N
Les Hoien Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 359° N
Odyssey Cinemas Washington Square 7 (Cinema) — 22.4 mi, 119° SE
Detroit Lakes Sports Arena (Stadium) — 22.4 mi, 121° SE
Young at Art Co (Gallery) — 22.4 mi, 119° SE
Veterans Monument (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 119° SE
Detroit Lakes Industrial Park (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 119° SE
Fire Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 199° S
Minuteman II ICBM (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 259° W
Immersive Reality Room (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 262° W
Trowbridge Creek Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 27.3 mi, 135° SE
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 27.4 mi, 096° E · 2,148 acres
Roger Maris Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 254° W
Maplewood State Park (State Park) — 32.2 mi, 157° SE
Hallaway's Hill (Viewpoint) — 32.6 mi, 157° SE
ITOW Veterans Museum (Museum) — 41.4 mi, 129° SE
Broken Down Dam (Historic Ruins) — 48.7 mi, 167° S
Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 50.9 mi, 232° SW · 70k acres

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