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Parkers Prairie Minnesota Map

Explore Parkers Prairie, 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 Parkers Prairie, Minnesota

How to Use This Parkers Prairie, Minnesota Map

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

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	Parkers Prairie
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Otter Tail County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	46.153018
Longitude	-95.328924
Population	1,020
Density	316.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56361
Area Code	320
County Seat	Fergus Falls
School District	Parkers Prairie Public School District

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About Parkers Prairie, Minnesota

Parkers Prairie is a locality in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,020. The population density is 316.3 people per km². Parkers Prairie is located at 46.1530°N, 95.3289°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Parkers Prairie is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56361.

Parkers Prairie occupies a wide, expansive stretch of the Minnesota interior where the horizon feels like a physical weight against the sky. It lies 18.6 miles north of Alexandria, MN (from Alexandria, MN: bearing 7°T), and is situated 33.9 miles north-northwest of Sauk Centre. The landscape is defined by the steady, glacial patience of the terrain, where Lake Adley sits as a still, reflective pane held within the earth’s cold grip. Three miles to the west, County Ditch Number Twentyfour carves a quiet, functional path through the topsoil, directing the runoff of melting snows and summer rains. To the north, the Otter Tail County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary of tall grasses and scrub, a place where the air carries the sharp, clean scent of damp peat and drying stalks. In the distance, the faint, jagged silhouette of Black Peak marks the edge of the world, a reminder that the land here is not merely flat, but part of a vast, slow-breathing continental plate.

Parkers Prairie sustains itself through the quiet, recurring cycles of agriculture and the modest industry of the plains. The local economy remains anchored to the productivity of the surrounding fields, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of commerce and the movement of heavy machinery along the grid of rural roads. Life in Parkers Prairie retains the character of an older, agrarian persistence, marked by the Scandinavian roots of those who first broke the prairie sod and built lives against the backdrop of the long, deep winters. There is a particular quality to the light here during the transition of seasons, a pale, brittle gold that sharpens the edges of the grain silos and the quiet main street, suggesting a place that values the endurance of the harvest over the haste of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Otter Tail County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 018° N
Miltona State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 175° S
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 137° SE
Douglas County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 3.9 mi, 144° SE
Eastern State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 060° NE
Inukshuk (Public Artwork) — 5.7 mi, 303° NW
Lake Carlos State Park (State Park) — 10.2 mi, 181° S
Inspiration Peak (Viewpoint) — 11.8 mi, 264° W
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 18.2 mi, 095° E
Big Ole statue (Monument) — 18.2 mi, 187° S
Brandon Auditorium (Theatre) — 18.3 mi, 225° SW
Alexandria Area Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 18.6 mi, 187° S
Glendalough State Park (State Park) — 18.9 mi, 309° NW
Art of the Lakes (Gallery) — 20.5 mi, 296° NW
Finn Creek Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 360° N
Captain Black's Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 21.7 mi, 016° N
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mn (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.1 mi, 353° N · 240 acres
Continental Divide Monument (Monument) — 25.3 mi, 355° N
Cultural Center (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 355° N
Todd County Museum (Museum) — 25.7 mi, 119° SE
Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 31.6 mi, 238° SW
ITOW Veterans Museum (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 339° N
510 Art Lab (Arts Centre) — 33.9 mi, 148° SE
Broken Down Dam (Historic Ruins) — 34.5 mi, 286° W
Pope County Historical Museum (Museum) — 35.4 mi, 184° S
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.3 mi, 210° SW · 12k acres
Trowbridge Creek Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 45.1 mi, 326° NW
Chippewa National Forest (National Forest) — 65.3 mi, 029° NE · 660k acres

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