Lake St. Croix Beach Minnesota Map

About Lake St. Croix Beach, Minnesota

Lake St. Croix Beach is a locality in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,043. The population density is 716.6 people per km². Lake St. Croix Beach is located at 44.9208°N, 92.7669°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lake St. Croix Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55043.

Lake St. Croix Beach occupies a narrow, deliberate sliver of land pressed firmly against the western edge of Lake Saint Croix. It lies 7.6 miles southeast of Lake Elmo, MN (from Lake Elmo, MN: bearing 133°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east of Woodbury. The landscape here is defined by the quiet accumulation of glacial drift, where the earth drops away in gentle, grassy slopes toward the water’s edge, occasionally interrupted by the limestone outcroppings that characterize the region. To the west, the horizon is punctuated by the distant, soft silhouettes of Bissels Mounds, while the immediate periphery is defined by the steady, unmoving presence of Riverfront Park. The quality of light during the late afternoon is particularly striking, catching the sediment-rich water of Lake Saint Croix and turning the surface into a sheet of hammered copper, while the air maintains a crisp, inland clarity that carries the scent of damp soil and drying reeds.

History in Lake St. Croix Beach is written not in grand monuments but in the persistent, domestic rhythm of a settlement that grew in the shadow of the Saint Croix River’s historical importance as a logging artery. While the economy has long since transitioned away from the timber trade that once moved through these waters, the character of the place remains tethered to the river corridor, favoring a quiet, residential endurance. Residents move through their days with an awareness of the changing seasons, knowing that the deep, frozen silence of winter will eventually give way to the sudden, verdant intensity of a Minnesota spring. The local life is marked by a pragmatic, understated industriousness, where the labor of maintaining a home and navigating the cycles of the landscape takes precedence over the noise of the outside world, preserving a sense of isolation that feels both intentional and earned.

About This Lake St. Croix Beach Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake St. Croix Beach, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.920801, -92.76687. 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 Lake St. Croix Beach includes the ZIP code (55043), telephone area code (612, 952), county seat of Washington County (Stillwater), and school district assignment (Stillwater Area 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.