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Winger Minnesota Map

Explore Winger, 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 Winger, Minnesota

How to Use This Winger, Minnesota Map

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

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

Latitude	47.536073
Longitude	-95.988372
Population	174
Density	207.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56592
Area Code	320
County Seat	Crookston
School District	Win-E-Mac School District

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About Winger, Minnesota

Winger is a locality in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 174. The population density is 207.4 people per km². Winger is located at 47.5361°N, 95.9884°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Winger is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56592.

Winger emerges from the expansive horizon of the upper Midwest as a quiet intersection of flat, fertile prairie and the persistent reach of the North Woods. It lies 50.1 miles north of Detroit Lakes, MN (from Detroit Lakes, MN: bearing 352°T), and is situated 33.2 miles east-southeast of Crookston. The landscape surrounding Winger is defined by wide, level expanses that catch the low-slung, golden light of autumn, casting long, thin shadows across the fields that seem to stretch toward the distant, hazy rise of Frenchmans Bluff. Only two miles to the east, the Polk County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory birds, while the nearby Sand Hill River cuts a subtle, meandering path through the loam. During the winter months, the air turns sharp and crystalline, settling over the frozen surface of Tee Lake in a stillness that hums with the profound, solitary weight of the plains.

History here is written in the sturdy, deliberate architecture of early settlers who found in this soil a promise of endurance. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, dominated by the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of life for those who work the land. Winger retains a character forged by the legacy of Scandinavian pioneers, whose influence persists in the modest, clean lines of the buildings and a cultural preference for understated industry. Even as the modern world encroaches, the daily life of Winger continues to revolve around the quiet necessities of the land, marked by the steady, unadorned work of farmers and the slow rotation of the seasons against an infinite, pale sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Polk County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 025° NE
Polk County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 025° NE
Rindahl State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 277° W
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 132° SE
Bejou State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 185° S
Rydell National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.7 mi, 328° NW · 4,080 acres
Erskin Walley Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 9.1 mi, 353° N
Helicopter (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 078° E
Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.5 mi, 322° NW · 46k acres
Youth Memorial (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 357° N
Twin Valley Heritage & Art Center (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 214° SW
Les Hoien Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 215° SW
Community Art Center (Arts Centre) — 26.2 mi, 058° NE
Sweetlight Gallery (Gallery) — 33.2 mi, 300° NW
Viking Sword Museum (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 202° S
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 35.7 mi, 151° SE · 2,148 acres
Mississippi River Headwaters (Viewpoint) — 41.9 mi, 119° SE
Odyssey Cinemas Washington Square 7 (Cinema) — 50.0 mi, 172° S
Young at Art Co (Gallery) — 50.1 mi, 172° S
Detroit Lakes Sports Arena (Stadium) — 50.7 mi, 173° S
Viking Farmer Museam (Museum) — 51.0 mi, 338° N
Headwaters Science Center (Museum) — 51.9 mi, 094° E
The Chief Theatre (Theatre) — 51.9 mi, 095° E
River Cinema 15 (Cinema) — 55.4 mi, 300° NW
Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 55.4 mi, 299° NW
Heritage Village (Museum) — 55.5 mi, 301° NW

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