Solway Minnesota Map

About Solway, Minnesota

Solway is a locality in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 73. The population density is 27.4 people per km². Solway is located at 47.5200°N, 95.1292°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Solway is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56678.

Solway occupies a quiet, unassuming stretch of land where the horizon is defined by the persistent, measured growth of northern hardwoods and the stillness of the interior plains. It lies 12.1 miles west-northwest of Bemidji, MN (from Bemidji, MN: bearing 286°T), and is situated 59.1 miles northeast of Detroit Lakes. The earth here is firm and dark, yielding to the subtle variations of a landscape that feels older than the roads cutting through it. Only a few miles away, the Little Mississippi River winds through the brush, its current a thin, silver thread providing a constant, low-frequency hum to the silence of the woods. To the north, the expanse of the Mississippi Headwaters State Forest creates a dense, green boundary that holds the morning mist long after the sun has climbed, while the waters of Moose Lake gather the reflection of the sky in a mirror of profound, unmoving clarity.

Solway maintains a cadence set by the cycles of the seasons, lingering in the long, silver-gray light of winter and the sudden, frantic bloom of the short growing months. The economy here remains tethered to the land and the modest commerce that supports those who work it, reflecting a legacy of labor that values utility over ornament. Residents move through their days with a pragmatic grace, navigating the proximity of the Miscellaneous SRMA, where the terrain offers a stark, unadorned beauty that changes little from year to year. History in Solway is not written in monuments but in the persistent maintenance of fences and the steady, quiet endurance of a life lived far from the clamor of the heavy population centers.

About This Solway Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Solway, Minnesota. Coordinates: 47.519954, -95.129176. 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 Solway includes the ZIP code (56678), telephone area code (320), county seat of Beltrami County (Bemidji), and school district assignment (Bemidji Public School District).

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.