Wood Lake Minnesota Map

About Wood Lake, Minnesota

Wood Lake is a locality in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 381. The population density is 195.1 people per km². Wood Lake is located at 44.6527°N, 95.5383°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wood Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56297.

Wood Lake emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Minnesota prairie where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 18.8 miles northeast of Marshall, MN (from Marshall, MN: bearing 41°T), and is situated 10.9 miles south of Granite Falls. The landscape around Wood Lake is defined by the subtle, persistent geometry of agricultural rows that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Middag Knutea. A mile to the north, the low-lying basin of Sand Lake Bed catches the heavy, silver-gray light of late afternoon, while the nearby Mud Lake remains a quiet, reed-fringed witness to the seasonal migrations of waterfowl. The air here holds the crisp, metallic edge of the inland plains, carrying the scent of drying soil and the profound silence that settles over the open fields when the wind finally relents.

History in this region is measured in the slow, rhythmic labor of the seasons and the sturdy endurance of those who first broke the stubborn, black loam. Wood Lake functions as a quiet nexus for the surrounding farmlands, where the economy pivots on the harvest and the steady, unadorned commerce of the heartland. Beyond the town limits, the Yellow Medicine River carves a serpentine path through the terrain, providing a vital, winding artery that breaks the monotony of the flatlands. Residents often find their way to the Miscellaneous SRMA to observe the changing colors of the grasses as the year turns, a place where the stillness feels ancient and unhurried. Life in Wood Lake moves with the predictable, comforting cadence of a community that understands its place within the vast, quiet reaches of the continent.

About This Wood Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wood Lake, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.652735, -95.53835. 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 Wood Lake includes the ZIP code (56297), telephone area code (320), county seat of Yellow Medicine County (Granite Falls), and school district assignment (Lakeview 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.