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McKinley Minnesota Map

Explore McKinley, 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 McKinley, Minnesota

How to Use This McKinley, Minnesota Map

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

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	McKinley
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	St. Louis County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	47.512704
Longitude	-92.411014
Population	103
Density	27.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	55741
Area Code	218
County Seat	Duluth
School District	Rock Ridge Public Schools

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About McKinley, Minnesota

McKinley is a locality in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 103. The population density is 27.7 people per km². McKinley is located at 47.5127°N, 92.4110°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. McKinley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55741.

McKinley sits upon the rugged, iron-rich spine of the North Woods, where the earth is defined by thick forests and the persistent, glacial memory of the landscape. It lies 25.3 miles east-northeast of Hibbing, MN (from Hibbing, MN: bearing 76°T), and is situated 5.9 miles east of Virginia. McKinley Lake rests at the center of the terrain, its surface mirroring the vast, shifting gray of the northern sky while the surrounding woods hold the quiet intensity of a long, dormant winter. To the north, the distant rise of the Laurentian Divide marks the horizon, a firm boundary against the encroaching wild, while the Pike River winds through the lower brush just two miles away, carving its path through soil that has been worked by generations. The air here carries a sharp, metallic clarity, a reminder that the land is ancient and indifferent to the slow cycles of human arrival and departure.

Industry has long dictated the rhythm of life in McKinley, where the legacy of the Iron Range continues to pulse through the local consciousness. Beyond the town limits, the landscape reveals the heavy scars of extraction, most notably near the Erie Mine Number One Pit, where the earth has been turned inside out to feed the hunger of a changing nation. Residents find solace in the open spaces of the Miscellaneous SRMA, a sprawling expanse that offers a respite from the mechanical history of the region. Life in McKinley moves with a deliberate, tempered pace, reflecting a heritage built by those who understood that prosperity in this climate is earned through resilience, shared labor, and a deep, respectful acknowledgment of the iron-heavy ground beneath their feet.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Iron Range Historical Society (Attraction) — 0.0 mi, 177° S
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 0.5 mi, 190° S
Superior National Forest (National Forest) — 2.2 mi, 360° N · 2.1M acres
Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle (State Recreation Area) — 2.3 mi, 209° SW
Gnome Town (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 078° E
Oldtown-Finntown Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.7 mi, 280° W
Bebsy Pepelnjack Memorial (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 270° W
Remembering Marty Mural (Public Artwork) — 6.0 mi, 277° W
Childrens Memorial Park (Local Park) — 6.1 mi, 277° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 235° SW
Virginia Heritage Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 280° W
First House (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 244° SW
Laurentian Divide (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 306° NW
Baldwin 1910 steam locomotive 806 (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 279° W
Darwin S. Myers (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 047° NE
Cloquet Valley State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 13.7 mi, 182° S
Longyear First Diamond Drill Site (Historic Ruins) — 14.1 mi, 077° E
Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park (State Park) — 22.0 mi, 020° N
Minnesota Museum of Mining (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 266° W
Soudan Mine Historical Marker (Attraction) — 22.6 mi, 020° N
Bear Head Lake State Park (State Park) — 22.9 mi, 038° NE
Paulucci Space Theatre (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 256° W
Hibbing Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 25.2 mi, 257° W
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.0 mi, 004° N · 1.1M acres
Kabetogama Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 29.4 mi, 354° N · 68k acres
Brandenburg Gallery (Gallery) — 37.0 mi, 043° NE
Ely State Theater (Cinema) — 37.1 mi, 043° NE
Ely-Winton History Museum (Museum) — 38.0 mi, 044° NE
Hegman Lake Pictographs (Historic Ruins) — 44.2 mi, 032° NE
Voyageurs National Park (National Park) — 54.4 mi, 357° N · 130k acres

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