Explore Rock Creek, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rock Creek, 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 Rock Creek.
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 | Rock Creek |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Pine County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 45.764654 |
| Longitude | -92.903506 |
| Population | 1,682 |
| Density | 15.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 55069, 55067, 55063 |
| Area Code | 612, 952 |
| County Seat | Pine City |
| School District | Pine City Public School District |
Rock Creek follows the slow, deliberate course of its namesake waterway, carving a path through the quiet fields and dense woodlands of the Minnesota interior. It lies 17.0 miles north of North Branch, MN (from North Branch, MN: bearing 3°T), and is situated 4.7 miles south of Pine City. This landscape is defined by the steady, unpretentious flow of Rock Creek, which meanders through the territory with a quiet persistence, shaping the low, grassy banks and the surrounding plains. The air here holds a crisp, earthen weight, particularly at dusk when the light turns a muted, bruised violet and settles low over the fields. Two miles to the east, the surface of Rock Lake mirrors the vast, empty sky, its waters undisturbed by the hurried pace of larger, more frantic regions. Far off on the distant horizon, the silhouette of Bear Hill anchors the view, a faint reminder of the elevation changes that ripple across this expansive, inland geography.
History in Rock Creek is written in the stubborn endurance of its soil and the legacy of those who first cleared the timber to make room for the plow. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the land, rooted in agriculture and the steady, seasonal rhythms of a region that has long looked toward the dense, shadowed expanses of Chengwatana State Forest for timber and industry. Life here is measured not by the clock, but by the changing of the seasons and the four-mile proximity to the quiet, open reaches of Unknown Park. There is a distinct, understated character to the daily routine, where the weight of the deep winters serves as a common language among the residents. The community moves with the patience of the water nearby, a steady pulse that acknowledges the permanence of the surrounding woods and the quiet, enduring nature of life in this part of the world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rock Creek, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.764654, -92.903506. 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 Rock Creek includes the ZIP code (55069, 55067, 55063), telephone area code (612, 952), county seat of Pine County (Pine City), and school district assignment (Pine City 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. |