The Lakes Minnesota Map

About The Lakes, Minnesota

The Lakes is a locality in Murray County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 590. The population density is 6.8 people per km². The Lakes is located at 44.1049°N, 95.6702°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 56175, 56123.

The Lakes occupies a broad, glacial expanse where the horizon stretches flat and wide under an immense, pale sky. It lies 22.2 miles south-southeast of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 164°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south-southwest of Tracy. The landscape surrounding The Lakes remains defined by the quiet presence of Bloody Lake, whose still waters mirror the shifting clouds of the high plains, while the Des Moines River meanders with a rhythmic persistence just a mile away. To the west, the distant outline of Buffalo Ridge breaks the monotony of the flatlands, providing a faint, charcoal-colored serration against the sunset. Within the Shetek State Wildlife Management Area, the tall grasses bow to the prevailing winds, concealing the earth’s subtle depressions that eventually transition into the low-lying basin of the Jim Lakebed.

Agriculture anchors the rhythm of life in The Lakes, where the heavy, dark soil demands a patient, seasonal devotion from those who work the fields. Historical legacies of homesteading remain visible in the sturdy, squared-off architecture of the older dwellings and the windbreaks of trees planted long ago to shield the homesteads from the bite of winter. The economy relies on the steady productivity of these surrounding plains, a cycle that hums with the mechanical drone of harvest in the autumn and the profound, snow-muffled silence of the long winter months. Residents of The Lakes move with the deliberate pace of people who understand the temperament of the land, finding a communal stability in the shared endurance of the climate and the enduring, unadorned beauty of the prairie.

About This The Lakes Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of The Lakes, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.104869, -95.670244. 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 The Lakes includes the ZIP code (56175, 56123), telephone area code (320), county seat of Murray County (Slayton), and school district assignment (Tracy Area 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.