Mountain Lake Minnesota Map

About Mountain Lake, Minnesota

Mountain Lake is a locality in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,999. The population density is 473.2 people per km². Mountain Lake is located at 43.9388°N, 94.9297°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mountain Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56159.

Mountain Lake emerges from the vast, flat expanse of the prairie like a steady, deliberate anchor in a sea of changing crops. It lies 24.6 miles southwest of Brown, MN (from Brown, MN: bearing 215°T), and is situated 10.6 miles east-northeast of Windom. The horizon here stretches wide and unobstructed, a pale blue vault that presses down upon the fields of corn and soybeans, lending the air a crisp, thin clarity that defines the long, quiet afternoons. Just a mile away, the waters of Mountain Lake shimmer under the intense prairie sun, reflecting the shifting clouds, while the nearby Watonwan River carves a subtle, winding path through the dark, fertile soil. Migratory birds find refuge in the quiet marshes of the Cottonwood County Waterfowl Production Area, where the tall grasses sway in a rhythmic, golden dance that seems to measure the passage of the seasons far more accurately than any clock.

Hardy settlers arrived here to tame the heavy earth, establishing a legacy of Mennonite heritage that remains visible in the plain, sturdy architecture and the methodical care given to the land. Mountain Lake functions as a quiet hub for the surrounding agricultural industry, where the economy is tethered to the harvest and the persistent, unyielding cycle of the seasons. The people here possess a reserved, quiet resilience, a quality forged by the deep winters and the heavy, black dirt that demands labor and rewards patience. Life in Mountain Lake moves with the slow, predictable gravity of the farm cycle, punctuated by the rustle of dry stalks in the autumn wind and the sharp, clean scent of frost that announces the arrival of the year’s inevitable, frigid stillness.

About This Mountain Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mountain Lake, Minnesota. Coordinates: 43.938846, -94.929709. 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 Mountain Lake includes the ZIP code (56159), telephone area code (320), county seat of Cottonwood County (Windom), and school district assignment (Mountain Lake Public Schools).

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.