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Warba Minnesota Map

Explore Warba, 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 Warba, Minnesota

How to Use This Warba, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	47.12883
Longitude	-93.266598
Population	168
Density	20.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	55793
Area Code	218
County Seat	Grand Rapids
School District	Grand Rapids Public School District

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About Warba, Minnesota

Warba is a locality in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 168. The population density is 20.1 people per km². Warba is located at 47.1288°N, 93.2666°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Warba is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55793.

Warba occupies a quiet expanse of northern territory defined by the persistent, dark passage of the Swan River as it carves through the local landscape. It lies 14.5 miles east-southeast of Grand Rapids, MN (from Grand Rapids, MN: bearing 121°T), and is situated 19.0 miles east-southeast of Cohasset. Shallow Lake lies a mere mile away, its surface often catching the flat, silver light of an overcast afternoon, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sugar Hills suggests a rugged horizon far to the west. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, particularly as one nears the dense growth of the Golden Anniversary State Forest. In the autumn, the foliage turns a brittle, metallic gold, and the light at dusk settles over the fields in long, thin bars of amber, illuminating the stark, unadorned geometry of the land. The nearby Miscellaneous SRMA offers a patch of protected terrain where the stillness is punctuated only by the occasional sharp report of a woodpecker or the rustle of dry brush.

Warba emerged from the expansion of timber and rail, a node of industry that once pulsed with the rhythm of heavy machinery and the labor of men clearing the thick, stubborn timber. The local economy shifted over decades from the direct harvest of wood to a more measured subsistence, reflecting a history where the presence of the Iron Range provided a gravitational pull for the regional workforce. Life in Warba proceeds with a deliberate, low-frequency hum, detached from the frantic pace of larger hubs and anchored instead to the seasonal shifts of the North Woods. The legacy of Scandinavian and Ojibwe influence remains etched into the quiet resilience of the architecture and the way residents navigate the long, deep winters, where the world contracts and the focus turns toward the hearth. Every structure stands as a simple, functional artifact of a place that values the steady endurance of the seasons over the vanity of rapid change.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 175° S
Warba Creek State Aquatic Management Area (Itasca) (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 013° N
Swan River Deer Yard State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 148° SE
Savanna State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 7.4 mi, 201° S
Pokegama Lake (Recreation Area) — 9.1 mi, 274° W
Chippewa National Forest (National Forest) — 13.4 mi, 298° NW · 660k acres
Pink Elephant (Public Artwork) — 13.5 mi, 301° NW
Hill-Annex Mine State Park (State Park) — 13.6 mi, 360° N
Beerbower Veterans Monument (Monument) — 18.4 mi, 239° SW
Savanna Portage State Park (State Park) — 18.4 mi, 169° S
Hanna Mining Company Train Cabose (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 025° NE
Big Sandy Lake Reservoir (Monument) — 24.7 mi, 187° S
Tell Him I Blame Him for the Children we have Lost... (Monument) — 24.7 mi, 187° S
Hibbing Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 037° NE
Paulucci Space Theatre (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 038° NE
Superior National Forest (National Forest) — 28.6 mi, 144° SE · 2.1M acres
Minnesota Museum of Mining (Museum) — 30.4 mi, 035° NE
North Country National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 34.4 mi, 268° W · 286 acres
Fond du Lac State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 36.0 mi, 139° SE
Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.3 mi, 186° S · 36k acres
Baldwin 1910 steam locomotive 806 (Attraction) — 41.2 mi, 047° NE
Virginia Heritage Museum (Museum) — 43.6 mi, 050° NE
Oldtown-Finntown Overlook (Viewpoint) — 44.1 mi, 051° NE
The Terrace (Theatre) — 46.1 mi, 207° SW
Band Shell (Theatre) — 47.3 mi, 127° SE
Iron Range Historical Society (Attraction) — 48.0 mi, 056° NE
Gnome Town (Attraction) — 51.6 mi, 058° NE
Moose Lake Depot Museum (Museum) — 52.2 mi, 153° SE
Lake Theatre (Cinema) — 52.4 mi, 153° SE
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 68.6 mi, 037° NE · 1.1M acres

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