Osakis Minnesota Map
Explore Osakis, 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 Osakis, Minnesota
How to Use This Osakis, Minnesota Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Osakis, 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 Osakis.
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 | Osakis |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Douglas County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 45.866908 |
| Longitude | -95.152252 |
| Population | 1,771 |
| Density | 356.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 56360 |
| Area Code | 320 |
| County Seat | Alexandria |
| School District | Osakis Public School District |
About Osakis, Minnesota
Osakis is a locality in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,771. The population density is 356.0 people per km². Osakis is located at 45.8669°N, 95.1523°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Osakis is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56360.Osakis occupies a quiet reach of the high plains where the land levels into a mosaic of dark soil and orderly fields. It lies 10.9 miles east of Alexandria, MN (from Alexandria, MN: bearing 97°T), and is situated 13.1 miles northwest of Sauk Centre. The horizon remains vast and unobstructed, save for the occasional silhouette of a distant silo or the heavy, low-hanging clouds that signal the onset of winter. At the center of this terrain lies Lake Osakis, a deep, glacial basin that dictates the rhythm of the seasons and holds the chill of the air long after the frost has begun to recede. A mile away, the Osakis State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary for the tall grasses and native brush, where the light at dusk turns the landscape into a bruised, golden violet that seems to hold its breath against the coming night.
Agriculture remains the quiet engine of Osakis, a legacy of the settlers who first broke the prairie sod to plant wheat and corn in the fertile, heavy earth. Fairfield Creek winds through the outlying acreage, a slender vein of water that feeds the low-lying marshes and sustains the local ecology beyond the reach of the plow. The pace of life here is defined by the harvest and the slow, deliberate work of maintaining the land, a labor that has persisted through generations of Scandinavian and agrarian influence. People here move with a certain gravity, grounded by the long, cold winters and the enduring necessity of keeping their machines and homesteads in good repair, finding a steady, unadorned peace in the permanence of the fields.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Osakis State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 150° SE
- Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 165° S
- Douglas County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 209° SW
- Douglas County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 209° SW
- Spohn State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 131° SE
- Alexandria Area Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 10.9 mi, 277° W
- Big Ole statue (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 279° W
- Lake Carlos State Park (State Park) — 11.5 mi, 318° NW
- 510 Art Lab (Arts Centre) — 13.1 mi, 133° SE
- Todd County Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 062° NE
- Pope County Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 216° SW
- Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 028° NE
- Melrose Area Museum (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 129° SE
- Brandon Auditorium (Theatre) — 22.4 mi, 288° W
- Runestone Replica (Monument) — 24.8 mi, 261° W
- Inukshuk (Public Artwork) — 26.5 mi, 330° NW
- Inspiration Peak (Viewpoint) — 27.5 mi, 313° NW
- Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.8 mi, 204° SW · 12k acres
- Glacial Lakes State Park (State Park) — 27.9 mi, 215° SW
- Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 29.6 mi, 190° S
- Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 30.5 mi, 185° S
- Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 35.5 mi, 275° W
- Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum (Museum) — 37.1 mi, 080° E
- Pine Grove Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 37.7 mi, 078° E
- Minnesota Fishing Museum (Museum) — 38.2 mi, 078° E
- Art of the Lakes (Gallery) — 39.3 mi, 317° NW
- Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.1 mi, 087° E · 4,358 acres
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About This Osakis Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Osakis, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.866908, -95.152252. 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 Osakis includes the ZIP code (56360), telephone area code (320), county seat of Douglas County (Alexandria), and school district assignment (Osakis 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. |
