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Menahga Minnesota Map

Explore Menahga, 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 Menahga, Minnesota

How to Use This Menahga, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	46.753848
Longitude	-95.09808
Population	1,340
Density	139.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56464
Area Code	320
County Seat	Wadena
School District	Menahga Public School District

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About Menahga, Minnesota

Menahga is a locality in Wadena County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,340. The population density is 139.5 people per km². Menahga is located at 46.7538°N, 95.0981°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Menahga is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56464.

Menahga emerges from the flat, glacial expanse of the North Woods, defined by the quiet passage of the Blueberry River as it carves a slow, meandering path through the pines. It lies 35.6 miles east of Detroit Lakes, MN (from Detroit Lakes, MN: bearing 97°T), and is situated 11.8 miles south of Park Rapids. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of Toad Mountain rising faintly in the west, while the immediate landscape is dominated by the dark, reflective surface of Spirit Lake. Here, the air carries a distinct, sharp clarity, especially during the long, hushed transitions between seasons when the light turns brittle and pale. The terrain maintains a steady, somber grace, interrupted only by the occasional low-lying depression of a bog or the sudden density of the nearby Huntersville State Forest, where the timber stands in motionless, sentinel rows.

Menahga carries the quiet weight of a regional history rooted in the hard, deliberate labor of early settlers who looked to the soil and the timber for their survival. The local economy has long mirrored this heritage, shifting from the primary industry of logging to the measured, seasonal rhythms of agriculture and small-scale trade that define life today. Residents often find their way toward the Spirit Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Wadena), where the land is preserved in a state of intentional wildness that reflects the town’s own enduring, unvarnished character. There is a sense of deliberate pace in the way the morning traffic moves past the local storefronts, a reflection of a people who have learned to measure their days by the freeze and thaw of the regional climate rather than the frantic pulse of larger centers.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Statue of St. Urho (Public Artwork) — 0.3 mi, 155° SE
Spirit Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Wadena) (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 220° SW
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 223° SW
Menahga State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 134° SE
Huntersville State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.9 mi, 081° E
Long Lake Theater & Event Center (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 036° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 010° N
Otter Tail County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.7 mi, 240° SW
Cultural Center (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 219° SW
Continental Divide Monument (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 219° SW
Captain Black's Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 21.3 mi, 193° S
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mn (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.4 mi, 216° SW · 240 acres
Finn Creek Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 208° SW
Paul Bunyan Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 045° NE
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.7 mi, 301° NW · 86k acres
ITOW Veterans Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 245° SW
Height of Land (Monument) — 25.6 mi, 284° W
Chippewa National Forest (National Forest) — 25.8 mi, 052° NE · 660k acres
Itasca State Park (State Park) — 26.7 mi, 355° N
North Country National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 29.6 mi, 050° NE · 286 acres
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 30.9 mi, 314° NW · 2,148 acres
Historic caboose (Attraction) — 33.0 mi, 094° E
Mississippi River Headwaters (Viewpoint) — 34.0 mi, 351° N
Walker Bay Lighthouse (Attraction) — 34.6 mi, 046° NE
Odyssey Cinemas Washington Square 7 (Cinema) — 35.7 mi, 277° W
Young at Art Co (Gallery) — 35.7 mi, 277° W
Detroit Lakes Sports Arena (Stadium) — 36.0 mi, 276° W
Trowbridge Creek Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 36.1 mi, 264° W
Driftwood Gift Shop and Museum (Museum) — 39.1 mi, 097° E

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