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Tintah Minnesota Map

Explore Tintah, 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 Tintah, Minnesota

How to Use This Tintah, Minnesota Map

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

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	Tintah
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Traverse County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	46.009682
Longitude	-96.322564
Population	67
Density	34.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56583
Area Code	320
County Seat	Wheaton
School District	Campbell-Tintah Public School District

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About Tintah, Minnesota

Tintah is a locality in Traverse County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 67. The population density is 34.4 people per km². Tintah is located at 46.0097°N, 96.3226°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tintah is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56583.

Tintah occupies a vast, level expanse of the prairie, where the horizon exerts a pull as magnetic as the sky itself. It lies 22.2 miles south-southwest of Fergus Falls, MN (from Fergus Falls, MN: bearing 212°T), and is situated 22.3 miles southeast of Wahpeton. The landscape around Tintah defines itself through the long, quiet reach of open fields that shimmer under the heat of midsummer or stiffen into a stark, monochromatic stillness when the winter frost descends. Two miles to the east, the South Fork Rabbit River traces a modest, winding path through the soil, its presence marked more by the subtle dip of the terrain and a thickening of brush than by any grand spectacle of water. Eight miles away, the waters of Mud Lake offer a muted reflection of the clouds, a quiet basin that serves as a reminder of the ancient, slow-moving geology that shaped these plains long before the first fence lines were drawn.

Tintah emerged from the expansion of the railways, serving as a vital point of transit for the grain that once fueled the regional economy. The rhythm of life here remains tied to the cycles of the harvest, a legacy of the settlers who broke the heavy sod to carve out a living from the deep, dark earth. While the bustling commerce of the early era has shifted, the quiet persistence of the surrounding farmland continues to define the character of Tintah. The nearby Grant County Waterfowl Production Area stands as an enduring acknowledgment of the wilder, undisturbed prairie, providing a sanctuary where the light at dusk catches the tall grasses in a golden, fleeting glow, turning the flat horizon into a stage for the slow, descending shadows of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Grant County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.7 mi, 086° E
Kube-swift State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 052° NE
Otter Tail County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 8.5 mi, 036° NE
Doran State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 023° NE
Initial Point, North Dakota South Dakota boundary (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 246° SW
Orwell Lake (Recreation Area) — 14.4 mi, 030° NE
Lake Traverse (Recreation Area) — 15.8 mi, 230° SW
Mile 8 North Dakota South Dakota boundary marker (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 255° W
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.1 mi, 043° NE · 12k acres
Wilkin County Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 325° NW
Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 21.9 mi, 108° E
A Point in Time (Public Artwork) — 22.1 mi, 029° NE
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 22.3 mi, 035° NE
Broken Down Dam (Historic Ruins) — 24.1 mi, 036° NE
Mile 14 North Dakota South Dakota boundary marker (Monument) — 25.7 mi, 259° W
Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 30.5 mi, 284° W · 70k acres
Art of the Lakes (Gallery) — 34.7 mi, 057° NE
Brandon Auditorium (Theatre) — 34.9 mi, 095° E
Maplewood State Park (State Park) — 36.6 mi, 026° NE
Inspiration Peak (Viewpoint) — 36.9 mi, 076° E
Glendalough State Park (State Park) — 37.0 mi, 054° NE
Fire Museum (Museum) — 44.6 mi, 354° N
Alexandria Area Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 46.2 mi, 100° E
Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.8 mi, 270° W · 14k acres
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor (Attraction) — 49.5 mi, 186° S
Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (Attraction) — 51.1 mi, 005° N
Pope County Historical Museum (Museum) — 51.8 mi, 119° SE
Trowbridge Creek Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 52.4 mi, 025° NE
ITOW Veterans Museum (Museum) — 53.9 mi, 041° NE
Finn Creek Museum (Museum) — 56.4 mi, 057° NE

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