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Onamia Minnesota Map

Explore Onamia, 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 Onamia, Minnesota

How to Use This Onamia, Minnesota Map

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

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	Onamia
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Mille Lacs County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	46.070515
Longitude	-93.667746
Population	784
Density	308.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56359
Area Code	320
County Seat	Milaca
School District	Onamia Public School District

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About Onamia, Minnesota

Onamia is a locality in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 784. The population density is 308.3 people per km². Onamia is located at 46.0705°N, 93.6677°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Onamia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56359.

Onamia occupies a quiet expanse of the North Woods where the insistent, dark flow of the Rum River defines the movement of the land. It lies 32.3 miles southeast of Brainerd, MN (from Brainerd, MN: bearing 128°T), and is situated 34.0 miles east-northeast of Little Falls. The horizon remains flat and broad, save for the distant, hazy suggestion of the Ripley Esker that anchors the northern view. Lake Onamia spreads its calm, reflective surface against the edge of the settlement, catching the pale, thin light of late autumn afternoons. Beyond the immediate periphery, the dense, shadowed thickets of the Rum River State Forest press inward, their heavy silence broken only by the sharp, rhythmic snap of frozen cedar limbs. The earth here is damp and cooling, a landscape held in the long, patient grip of a climate that favors the stark clarity of frost over the fleeting warmth of the sun.

Onamia carries the weight of a history rooted in the intersection of Ojibwe heritage and the later arrival of those who sought a living from the timber and the soil. The local economy persists through a measured pace of small-scale commerce and the stewardship of the surrounding terrain, including the land managed under the Miscellaneous SRMA. Life here is dictated by the turning of the seasons, where the arrival of the deep, legendary winters dictates the rhythm of the day and the internal focus of the inhabitants. There is a distinct, understated resilience in the way the local architecture hunkers against the wind, a quiet acknowledgment of a land that requires a steady hand and a tolerance for the solitude found between the trees.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 0.1 mi, 153° SE
Rum River State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 284° W
Onamia Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 031° NE
Ivan Jindra Memorial State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 207° SW
Mille Lacs Kathio State Park (State Park) — 2.1 mi, 338° N
Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.7 mi, 011° N · 2 acres
Father Hennepin State Park (State Park) — 9.4 mi, 056° NE
Pope Point (Viewpoint) — 9.6 mi, 054° NE
Giant Walleye (Public Artwork) — 17.1 mi, 334° NW
Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.4 mi, 254° W · 4,358 acres
WonderTrek Children's Museum (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 310° NW
The Terrace (Theatre) — 32.1 mi, 357° N
Minnesota Military Museum (Museum) — 32.6 mi, 272° W
Minnesota Fishing Museum (Museum) — 34.5 mi, 259° W
Pine Grove Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 34.9 mi, 260° W
Hinckley Fire Museum (Museum) — 35.0 mi, 096° E
Ox Cart Crossing (Historic Ruins) — 35.4 mi, 295° NW
Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum (Museum) — 35.6 mi, 257° W
Stoney Brook Farms (Attraction) — 36.0 mi, 200° S
Sandstone History and Art Center (Arts Centre) — 38.6 mi, 083° E
Summerland (Theme Park) — 39.7 mi, 212° SW
Play Inc. Community Theatre (Arts Centre) — 40.6 mi, 148° SE
CTC Center (Theatre) — 42.4 mi, 295° NW
Dennis M. Thayer (Monument) — 42.5 mi, 213° SW
Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 42.8 mi, 214° SW
NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule (Attraction) — 43.3 mi, 217° SW
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway (Wild & Scenic River) — 45.4 mi, 122° SE · 21k acres
Superior National Forest (National Forest) — 61.4 mi, 036° NE · 2.1M acres
Chippewa National Forest (National Forest) — 62.9 mi, 354° N · 660k acres

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