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Rice Lake Minnesota Map

Explore Rice 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 Rice Lake, Minnesota

How to Use This Rice Lake, Minnesota Map

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

CityRice Lake
StateMinnesota (MN)
CountyWright County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude47.388299
Longitude-95.524367
Population274
Density10.1 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes55060, 56621, 55349, 55803
Area Code612, 952, 218
County SeatBuffalo
School DistrictBagley Public School District

About Rice Lake, Minnesota

Rice Lake is a locality in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 274. The population density is 10.1 people per km². Rice Lake is located at 47.3883°N, 95.5244°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 55060, 56621, 55349.

Rice Lake sits amidst the low, expansive reaches of the North Woods where the horizon is defined by the heavy, silent weight of coniferous forests and the persistent reach of open plains. It lies 14.1 miles northeast of Hutchinson, MN (from Hutchinson, MN: bearing 52°T), and is situated 4.8 miles south-southeast of Cokato. The light here arrives with a pale, arctic clarity, catching the frost on the tall, dry grasses that stretch toward the horizon. Only a short distance away, the low ground of the Slough Lakebed holds the remnants of seasonal moisture, while the nearby Grass Lake State Wildlife Management Area offers a quiet sanctuary for migratory patterns that have persisted for centuries. Travelers passing through the immediate vicinity might note Butternut Lake shimmering in the distance, a reminder of the thousands of basins carved into the earth by ancient glacial shifts.

Rice Lake remains a product of the long, rigorous winters and the industrious spirit that forged livelihoods from timber and the challenging soil of the interior. The local economy draws its rhythm from the seasonal cycles of the land, supported by the steady movement of Sucker Creek, which carves a narrow, winding path through the landscape. Historical layers of Scandinavian and Ojibwe influence persist in the quiet, deliberate pace of the local culture, where resilience is valued over pretense. The atmosphere is one of profound stillness, where the biting air and the vast, unyielding sky dictate the tempo of life, leaving little room for anything beyond the honest labor of the day and the enduring character of the northern interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • White Earth State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.4 mi, 149° SE
  • Perch Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 199° S
  • Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 311° NW
  • Mosquito Creek State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 070° E
  • Polk County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.8 mi, 331° NW
  • Polk County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 10.8 mi, 331° NW
  • Itasca State Park (State Park) — 14.9 mi, 134° SE
  • La Salle Lake (State Recreation Area) — 16.2 mi, 099° E
  • Helicopter (Monument) — 16.3 mi, 321° NW
  • Fosston City Mural (old) (Public Artwork) — 16.8 mi, 321° NW
  • Mississippi River Headwaters (Viewpoint) — 18.0 mi, 125° SE
  • Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.9 mi, 183° S · 86k acres
  • Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.1 mi, 187° S · 2,148 acres
  • Community Art Center (Arts Centre) — 24.1 mi, 002° N
  • Headwaters Science Center (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 079° E
  • The Chief Theatre (Theatre) — 30.6 mi, 079° E
  • Beltrami Monument (Monument) — 35.1 mi, 058° NE
  • Twin Valley Heritage & Art Center (Museum) — 35.5 mi, 256° W
  • Les Hoien Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 35.9 mi, 256° W
  • Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.5 mi, 306° NW · 46k acres
  • Chippewa National Forest (National Forest) — 40.1 mi, 084° E · 660k acres
  • Viking Sword Museum (Museum) — 40.5 mi, 239° SW
  • Odyssey Cinemas Washington Square 7 (Cinema) — 42.2 mi, 201° S
  • Young at Art Co (Gallery) — 42.3 mi, 201° S
  • Detroit Lakes Sports Arena (Stadium) — 43.0 mi, 201° S
  • Long Lake Theater & Event Center (Theatre) — 45.2 mi, 148° SE
  • Paul Bunyan Historical Museum (Museum) — 45.8 mi, 125° SE
  • Walker Bay Lighthouse (Attraction) — 48.8 mi, 114° SE
  • Trowbridge Creek Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 50.3 mi, 198° S
  • ITOW Veterans Museum (Museum) — 54.6 mi, 183° S

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About This Rice Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rice Lake, Minnesota. Coordinates: 47.388299, -95.524367. 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 Rice Lake includes the ZIP code (55060, 56621, 55349), telephone area code (612, 952, 218), county seat of Wright County (Buffalo), and school district assignment (Bagley 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.