Explore Moose Lake, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Moose Lake, 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 Moose Lake.
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 | Moose Lake |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Carlton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 46.454113 |
| Longitude | -92.761866 |
| Population | 2,789 |
| Density | 328.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 55767 |
| Area Code | 218 |
| County Seat | Carlton |
| School District | Moose Lake Public School District |
Moose Lake presents a landscape defined by the deliberate, steady movement of the Moose Horn River as it carves a path through the dense, verdant terrain of the North Woods. It lies 23.4 miles southwest of Cloquet, MN (from Cloquet, MN: bearing 218°T), and is situated 34.8 miles southwest of Hermantown. The air here holds a crisp, persistent clarity, often sharpening the shadows of the surrounding timber as the sun dips low toward the horizon. Only a mile away, the quiet basin of Spring Lake reflects the wide, expansive sky, its surface undisturbed by the frantic pace of larger, more crowded regions. Visitors often find themselves drawn to the Willard Munger State Trail, a thoroughfare that runs directly through the geography of Moose Lake, offering a quiet, linear passage through the quietude of the pines. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the General C C Andrews State Forest spreads out in a vast, muted tapestry of green, grounding the local environment in a deep, enduring stillness.
Economic life in Moose Lake remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and a history of resilience that is etched into the very character of its residents. The Town Square serves as a central point of convergence, a place where the legacy of earlier generations—those who shaped the land with labor and patience—is still felt in the deliberate, unhurried pace of the afternoon. Commerce here reflects the practical needs of a northern climate, where the long, deep winters dictate a certain careful stewardship of resources and time. As residents pass through the center of Moose Lake, they carry with them the quiet influence of the surrounding wilderness, a reality that keeps the community anchored to the earth. There is a distinct, understated beauty in the way the local life organizes itself, favoring the steady, dependable cycles of the seasons over the noise of modern excess.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Moose Lake, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.454113, -92.761866. 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 Moose Lake includes the ZIP code (55767), telephone area code (218), county seat of Carlton County (Carlton), and school district assignment (Moose Lake Public School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |