Mizpah Minnesota Map

About Mizpah, Minnesota

Mizpah is a locality in Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 58. The population density is 7.4 people per km². Mizpah is located at 47.9241°N, 94.2038°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mizpah is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56660.

Mizpah occupies a quiet stretch of northern terrain where the horizon holds the long, steady pulse of the North Woods. It lies 44.3 miles northeast of Bemidji, MN (from Bemidji, MN: bearing 45°T), and is situated 56.9 miles north-northwest of Grand Rapids. The landscape around Mizpah is defined by the damp, mossy earth of the Pine Island State Forest, which brushes against the settlement’s edge, and the persistent, low-slung movement of Caldwell Brook as it carves through the brush just a mile away. On clear, brittle mornings, the air carries a sharp, metallic clarity that seems to sharpen the outlines of the distant Harrington Hills, visible as a faint, jagged bruised-purple line far to the west. Teufer Lake remains a dark, reflective presence four miles out, its surface often glassed over by the stillness that settles when the wind dies down among the tamarack and spruce.

Mizpah emerged from the rugged necessity of the timber era, its early rhythm dictated by the saws and the stubborn clearing of stump-filled acreage. The local economy has shifted from those primary harvests toward a patient, seasonal existence, where the residents maintain a watchful stewardship over the surrounding timberlands and the quietude of the regional woods. Life in Mizpah moves in accordance with the turning of the seasons, marked by the preparation for long winters and the brief, frantic bloom of the short growing cycle. Travelers seeking the solitude of the wilderness often find their way toward the Elmwood Island Trail System, yet the local character remains defined by a deep-seated independence and an appreciation for the muted, earthy colors of a landscape that demands resilience from everything that takes root in its soil.

About This Mizpah Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mizpah, Minnesota. Coordinates: 47.924123, -94.20383. 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 Mizpah includes the ZIP code (56660), telephone area code (320), county seat of Koochiching County (International Falls), and school district assignment (South Koochiching 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.