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Wood Lake Minnesota Map

Explore Wood Lake, 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 Wood Lake, Minnesota

How to Use This Wood Lake, Minnesota Map

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

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	Wood Lake
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Yellow Medicine County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	44.652735
Longitude	-95.53835
Population	381
Density	195.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56297
Area Code	320
County Seat	Granite Falls
School District	Lakeview School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 0.2 mi, 360° N
Minnesota Machinery Museum (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 304° NW
Minnesota's Machinery Museum (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 304° NW
Posen State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 153° SE
Yellow Medicine County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.6 mi, 138° SE
Lines State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 222° SW
Upper Sioux Agency State Park (State Park) — 6.3 mi, 026° NE
Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.6 mi, 207° SW
Swensson Farm Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 350° N
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 16.3 mi, 183° S
Our Lady of Victory (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 169° S
The Mustang Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.6 mi, 218° SW
Marshall 6 Theatre (Cinema) — 18.7 mi, 221° SW
Geology of the Redwood Falls Region (Monument) — 21.5 mi, 109° E
Swaybacked Bridge (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 109° E
Boyd House (Attraction) — 22.5 mi, 308° NW
Camden State Park (State Park) — 26.8 mi, 224° SW
Renville County Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 104° E
Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek (Historic Ruins) — 28.1 mi, 172° S
The Stone Station (Attraction) — 28.8 mi, 187° S
Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 190° S
Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area 3 (National Conservation Area) — 31.2 mi, 220° SW · 235 acres
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.8 mi, 173° S · 12k acres
Canby Depot Museum (Museum) — 36.5 mi, 276° W
Golden Ticket Kandi 6 (Cinema) — 39.7 mi, 038° NE
Fort Ridgely (Historic Castle / Fort) — 41.9 mi, 109° E
Buffalo Rub (Historic Ruins) — 45.4 mi, 148° SE
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.6 mi, 317° NW · 23k acres

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