Mountain Lake Minnesota Map
Explore Mountain 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.
Interactive Map of Mountain Lake, Minnesota
How to Use This Mountain Lake, Minnesota Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mountain 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 Mountain 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 | Mountain Lake |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Cottonwood County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 43.938846 |
| Longitude | -94.929709 |
| Population | 1,999 |
| Density | 473.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56159 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Windom |
| School District | Mountain Lake Public Schools |
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.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Heritage Village Museum (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 118° SE
- Cottonwood County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 060° NE
- Mountain Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 286° W
- Mountain Lake Site (Historic Ruins) — 2.3 mi, 123° SE
- Bennett State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 211° SW
- Jackson County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 8.8 mi, 212° SW
- Des Moines River SNA (Nature Reserve) — 11.8 mi, 218° SW
- Site 8 (Historic Ruins) — 12.1 mi, 330° NW
- Round House Railroad Club (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 080° E
- Kilen Woods State Park (State Park) — 15.8 mi, 205° SW
- Welcome To Sherburn (Monument) — 21.5 mi, 153° SE
- SGT Corey Sathoff (Monument) — 25.8 mi, 111° E
- Westbrook Heritage House Museum (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 286° W
- Watona Park Peace Pole (Monument) — 26.3 mi, 074° E
- Major General Doyle E. Larson (Public Artwork) — 26.5 mi, 073° E
- Sleepy Eye Depot Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 022° N
- Elevated Lake Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 27.5 mi, 021° N
- Fairmont Opera House (Theatre) — 30.6 mi, 130° SE
- Martin County Historical Society and Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 30.7 mi, 130° SE
- Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.0 mi, 302° NW · 12k acres
- Flandrau State Park (State Park) — 32.8 mi, 043° NE
- Ringham Habitat Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 33.6 mi, 175° S
- Auditorium (Theatre) — 34.0 mi, 042° NE
- Wanda Gag House (Attraction) — 34.7 mi, 041° NE
- John Lind House (Attraction) — 34.7 mi, 042° NE
- Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 65.2 mi, 050° NE · 24k acres
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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).
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. |
