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Silver Creek Minnesota Map

Explore Silver 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.

Interactive Map of Silver Creek, Minnesota

How to Use This Silver Creek, Minnesota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Silver 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 Silver 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	Silver Creek
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Lake County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	45.308206
Longitude	-93.98638
Population	254
Density	65.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	55616, 55358
Area Code	218, 612, 952
County Seat	Two Harbors
School District	Annandale Public School District

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About Silver Creek, Minnesota

Silver Creek is a locality in Lake County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 254. The population density is 65.8 people per km². Silver Creek is located at 45.3082°N, 93.9864°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 55616, 55358.

Silver Creek occupies a rugged stretch of the North Woods where the dense, dark timber yields to the persistent, biting chill of long winters. It lies 32.9 miles northeast of Duluth, MN (from Duluth, MN: bearing 46°T), and is situated 7.0 miles north-northeast of Two Harbors. The landscape is defined by a heavy, glacial silence, broken only by the Encampment River as it carves a path through the stubborn, rocky soil toward the vast expanse of Lake Superior. To the west, the elevation rises toward Gustafson Hill, its silhouette a permanent gray smudge against the bruised clouds of late autumn. The air here carries a sharp, metallic clarity, and the light at dusk has a way of bleaching the color from the pines, leaving the wilderness to settle into a deep, monochromatic stillness that feels older than the maps themselves.

Silver Creek persists as a testament to the quiet industry of the interior, where the rhythm of life is dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of the modern world. Local history remains bound to the extraction of resources and the slow, deliberate work of those who carved their lives from the timber and the iron-rich earth. Nearby, the expansive reaches of Miscellaneous provide a sanctuary for the stillness, while the distant, thunderous descent of Gooseberry Falls offers a reminder of the raw, unceasing movement of water through the region. People move through their days with a steady, guarded grace, shaped by the isolation of the woods and the enduring legacy of the generations that first recognized the harsh, undeniable beauty of this solitary landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Maria State Park (State Park) — 0.8 mi, 056° NE
Viewing point (Viewpoint) — 1.7 mi, 084° E
Wright County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 2.0 mi, 232° SW
Wright County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.0 mi, 232° SW
Robert Ney Regional Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 176° S
Hoglund State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 339° N
Suconnix State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 293° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 243° SW
Minnesota Pioneer Park (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 239° SW
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 8.4 mi, 007° N
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 092° E
Dinosaur (Public Artwork) — 11.5 mi, 350° N
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.9 mi, 025° NE · 61k acres
Bob Dunn Horse Camp (Nature Reserve) — 16.1 mi, 057° NE
Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 309° NW
Cascades Development Monument (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 114° SE
Apple Jack Orchard (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 146° SE
Stoney Brook Farms (Attraction) — 19.1 mi, 009° N
Gnarly Bard Theater (Theatre) — 19.3 mi, 334° NW
Minnesota Baseball Hall of Fame Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 335° NW
Summerland (Theme Park) — 19.8 mi, 343° N
Rieder Homestead (Theatre) — 20.6 mi, 153° SE
NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule (Attraction) — 21.2 mi, 329° NW
Dassel History Center and Ergot Museum (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 226° SW
Depot Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 226° SW
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 24.1 mi, 101° E · 64 acres
Stone Gate (Historic Ruins) — 27.0 mi, 315° NW
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 27.4 mi, 314° NW
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.8 mi, 153° SE · 24k acres

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