Long Prairie Minnesota Map

About Long Prairie, Minnesota

Long Prairie is a locality in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,661. The population density is 514.8 people per km². Long Prairie is located at 45.9747°N, 94.8656°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Long Prairie is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56347.

Long Prairie emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of central Minnesota as a quiet threshold where the tallgrass legacy meets the encroaching timber of the North Woods. It lies 25.4 miles east-northeast of Alexandria, MN (from Alexandria, MN: bearing 76°T), and is situated 16.9 miles north-northeast of Sauk Centre. The Long Prairie River carves a deliberate, winding path through the landscape, its dark water reflecting the vast, pale sky that dominates the view in every direction. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain remains largely level, though the distant elevation of the Ripley Esker provides a faint, jagged suggestion of geologic shifts far to the north. Within the town itself, Westside Park offers a modest expanse of green space where the air carries the sharp, clean scent of turning soil and cooling earth, especially as dusk settles over the fields and colors the clouds in shades of bruised plum and amber.

Agriculture serves as the steady, rhythmic pulse of Long Prairie, defined by the seasonal labor of planting and harvest that dictates the pace of the streets. The local economy remains deeply tethered to the land, supported by a history of settlement that drew families to the fertile, dark loam of the river valley. Residents often look toward the nearby waters of Charlotte Lake to find a moment of stillness amidst the work of the day, watching the surface ripple under the influence of the northern wind. There is a distinct, understated character to the way of life here, built upon the endurance required by the long, deep winters and a shared respect for the quiet persistence of the wilderness that edges the town’s perimeter.

About This Long Prairie Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Long Prairie, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.974687, -94.865578. 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 Long Prairie includes the ZIP code (56347), telephone area code (320), county seat of Todd County (Long Prairie), and school district assignment (Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 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.