Explore Hokah, 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 Hokah, 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 Hokah.
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 | Hokah |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Houston County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 43.759412 |
| Longitude | -91.346526 |
| Population | 553 |
| Density | 305.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 55941 |
| Area Code | 218 |
| County Seat | Caledonia |
| School District | La Crescent-Hokah School District |
Hokah occupies a profound intersection where the limestone bluffs hold the horizon in a perpetual, stoic embrace. It lies 24.8 miles southeast of Winona, MN (from Winona, MN: bearing 144°T), and is situated 6.1 miles west-southwest of La Crosse. Thompson Creek weaves through the landscape with a persistent, low-voiced murmur, carving a path that defines the very edges of the settlement. To the west, the slopes of German Ridge rise with a jagged, ancient gravity, casting long, violet shadows across the valley floor as the sun dips low. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and cooling stone, a crisp stillness that settles over the Root River State Wildlife Management Area, where the tall grasses bow in silent, rhythmic consensus to the passing of the wind.
Hokah preserves a quiet, industrious lineage, its character forged by the stubborn labor of those who first cleared the timber and turned the soil of Pfeffer Valley. The local economy persists as a blend of quiet enterprise and the steady pulse of regional agriculture, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs. While Target Lake remains a solitary, reflective presence a few miles distant, the life of the inhabitants stays grounded in the immediate rhythms of the valley and the seasonal shifts of the inland plains. Residents move through the day with a deliberate, unhurried grace, watching the light fade behind the ridges, aware that their lives are measured not by the transit of distant travelers, but by the enduring, quiet stability of the land itself.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hokah, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.759412, -91.346526. 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 Hokah includes the ZIP code (55941), telephone area code (218), county seat of Houston County (Caledonia), and school district assignment (La Crescent-Hokah 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. |