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St. Hilaire Minnesota Map

Explore St. Hilaire, 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 St. Hilaire, Minnesota

How to Use This St. Hilaire, Minnesota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for St. Hilaire, 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 St. Hilaire.

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.

CitySt. Hilaire
StateMinnesota (MN)
CountyPennington County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude48.013857
Longitude-96.214764
Population273
Density134.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code56754
Area Code320
County SeatThief River Falls
School DistrictThief River Falls School District

About St. Hilaire, Minnesota

St. Hilaire is a locality in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 273. The population density is 134.8 people per km². St. Hilaire is located at 48.0139°N, 96.2148°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. St. Hilaire is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56754.

St. Hilaire anchors itself firmly upon the flat, expansive plains of northwestern Minnesota, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the clutter of rising peaks. It lies 38.3 miles east of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 81°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-southwest of Thief River Falls. The Red Lake River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its waters moving with a quiet, persistent gravity that shapes the local topography and defines the rhythm of the surrounding fields. During the long, hushed winters, the air gains a sharp, crystalline clarity, turning the golden stubble of harvested grain into a vast, frozen expanse under a pale and distant sun. Only three miles away, the Higinbotham State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of untamed brush and prairie grass, serving as a reminder of the wilder, marshy character that once dominated this interior basin long before the plow arrived.

St. Hilaire grew from the necessity of the land, its economy deeply rooted in the heavy, fertile soil that demands both labor and patience from those who work it. The history of the settlement is etched into the grain elevators and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that stands against the relentless winds sweeping across the plains. While the pace of daily life remains governed by the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest, the influence of the region’s heritage persists in the quiet resilience of its inhabitants. Though the vast, inland geography keeps the pulse of the world at a distance, the proximity to the Red Lake River provides a constant, shifting presence that connects the local experience to the broader, slow-moving life of the North Woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Higinbotham State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 247° SW
  • Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 284° W
  • Oakland Park (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 014° N
  • Lb Hartz Park (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 012° N
  • Jacksnipe State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 076° E
  • Old Crossing Memorial Park Historical Marker (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 223° SW
  • Youth Memorial (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 145° SE
  • Viking Farmer Museam (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 329° NW
  • Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.1 mi, 185° S · 46k acres
  • Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.7 mi, 021° N · 124k acres
  • Holt Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 19.2 mi, 003° N
  • Sweetlight Gallery (Gallery) — 24.6 mi, 228° SW
  • Worlds Largest Bluebird (Public Artwork) — 25.2 mi, 167° S
  • Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 25.9 mi, 023° NE · 5,094 acres
  • Old Mill State Park (State Park) — 28.6 mi, 326° NW
  • Heritage Village (Museum) — 37.4 mi, 263° W
  • Community Art Center (Arts Centre) — 37.8 mi, 120° SE
  • River Cinema 15 (Cinema) — 38.0 mi, 261° W
  • Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 38.3 mi, 261° W
  • Leonard Hall Geology Museum (Museum) — 40.0 mi, 261° W
  • Karlstad Pavilion (Theatre) — 41.3 mi, 340° N
  • Beltrami Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 52.0 mi, 036° NE · 174k acres
  • Twin Valley Heritage & Art Center (Museum) — 52.0 mi, 182° S
  • Kittson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 53.9 mi, 338° N
  • Till Hill (Viewpoint) — 59.6 mi, 265° W

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About This St. Hilaire Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of St. Hilaire, Minnesota. Coordinates: 48.013857, -96.214764. 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 St. Hilaire includes the ZIP code (56754), telephone area code (320), county seat of Pennington County (Thief River Falls), and school district assignment (Thief River Falls 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.