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Starbuck Minnesota Map

Explore Starbuck, 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 Starbuck, Minnesota

How to Use This Starbuck, Minnesota Map

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

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.

CityStarbuck
StateMinnesota (MN)
CountyPope County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude45.614405
Longitude-95.531151
Population1,365
Density356.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code56381
Area Code320
County SeatGlenwood
School DistrictMinnewaska School District

About Starbuck, Minnesota

Starbuck is a locality in Pope County, Minnesota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,365. The population density is 356.1 people per km². Starbuck is located at 45.6144°N, 95.5312°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Starbuck is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56381.

Starbuck occupies a quiet, glacially-sculpted expanse where the land holds the memory of ancient ice in its gentle, sloping contours. It lies 20.1 miles south-southwest of Alexandria, MN (from Alexandria, MN: bearing 202°T), and is situated 7.3 miles west-southwest of Glenwood. Outlet Creek winds through the terrain with a deliberate, low-slung pace, carving a path toward Lake Minnewaska, whose expansive, glass-still surface dominates the local horizon. The air here carries a crisp, thin quality, especially as the sun dips behind the distant rise of Blue Mounds, casting long, bruised-purple shadows across the fields. Beyond the immediate settlement, the Starbuck State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of prairie grasses and brush, where the light at dusk flattens the landscape into a study of muted ochres and deep, earthen browns.

Starbuck maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasonal shifts of the upper Midwest, a tempo established long ago by settlers who recognized the potential in this fertile, inland basin. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding plains, where agriculture serves as both a historical foundation and a modern necessity, keeping the pace of commerce steady and unpretentious. The influence of Scandinavian heritage lingers in the tidy architecture and the pragmatic, reserved nature of daily interactions, reflecting a culture that values endurance over excess. Life in Starbuck unfolds with a quiet consistency, where the passage of the year is marked not by grand events, but by the subtle transformation of the fields and the way the ice thickens upon the water as the long, deep winter takes its hold.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Starbuck State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 268° W
  • Pope County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.0 mi, 180° S
  • Strandness Prairie Fee (Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 015° N
  • White Bear State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 329° NW
  • Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 063° NE
  • Ordway/Glacial Lakes (Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 185° S
  • Glacial Lakes State Park (State Park) — 4.7 mi, 180° S
  • Highest elevation in park (Viewpoint) — 5.7 mi, 166° S
  • Pope County Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 075° E
  • Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.2 mi, 141° SE · 12k acres
  • Stevens County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.7 mi, 259° W
  • Runestone Replica (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 335° NW
  • Ordway Prairie (Nature Reserve) — 17.8 mi, 131° SE
  • Alexandria Area Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 20.1 mi, 021° N
  • Lake Johanna Esker Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.4 mi, 129° SE
  • Big Ole statue (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 021° N
  • Swift County Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 191° S
  • Brandon Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.4 mi, 352° N
  • Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 26.8 mi, 320° NW
  • Giant Crow Statue (Public Artwork) — 27.9 mi, 115° SE
  • Sibley State Park (State Park) — 28.7 mi, 131° SE
  • 510 Art Lab (Arts Centre) — 29.2 mi, 073° E
  • Melrose Area Museum (Museum) — 35.2 mi, 083° E
  • Arv Hus Museum (Museum) — 39.4 mi, 208° SW
  • Todd County Museum (Museum) — 40.8 mi, 052° NE
  • Golden Ticket Kandi 6 (Cinema) — 42.4 mi, 146° SE
  • Koronis Cinema (Cinema) — 42.7 mi, 112° E
  • Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.6 mi, 236° SW · 23k acres
  • Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 45.3 mi, 038° NE

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About This Starbuck Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Starbuck, Minnesota. Coordinates: 45.614405, -95.531151. 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 Starbuck includes the ZIP code (56381), telephone area code (320), county seat of Pope County (Glenwood), and school district assignment (Minnewaska 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.