Woodland Minnesota Map

About Woodland, Minnesota

Woodland is a locality in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 384. The population density is 257.4 people per km². Woodland is located at 44.9498°N, 93.5214°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Woodland is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 56342, 55803, 55391.

Woodland defines itself through a dense, rugged quietude where the terrestrial reach of the North Woods meets the lingering influence of a maritime climate. It lies 4.5 miles north-northeast of Duluth, MN (from Duluth, MN: bearing 15°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north of Superior. The landscape is a mosaic of glacial debris and heavy timber, anchored by the expansive, protected wildness of Hartley Park, which serves as the literal and figurative core of the terrain. Tischer Creek carves a persistent path through the understory, its waters cold and dark as they move toward the distant, unseen pull of the Duluth Harbor Basin Northern Section. Even in the height of summer, the air retains a sharp, metallic edge, and the light at dusk settles over the canopy in long, violet streaks that turn the cedar and pine into silhouettes against a graying sky.

Woodland bears the character of a place forged by the intersection of industrial ambition and the stubborn persistence of the wilderness. The economy here has long been a reflection of the regional reliance on the extraction and transit of raw materials, though the contemporary rhythm of the place is dictated more by the seasonal ebb and flow of the forest than the frantic pace of the docks. Residents move with a deliberate, measured caution, acknowledging the proximity of Hartley Pond and the shadow of Moose Mountain on the horizon as constant, silent observers of their daily habits. History exists here in the layering of Ojibwe legacies and the subsequent influx of Scandinavian settlers, a heritage that remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and a cultural preference for solitude over spectacle.

About This Woodland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Woodland, Minnesota. Coordinates: 44.94976, -93.521372. 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 Woodland includes the ZIP code (56342, 55803, 55391), telephone area code (218, 612, 952), county seat of St. Louis County (Duluth), and school district assignment (Minnetonka Public 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.