Map Gallery

The Map Gallery links to maps of Minnesota from many different organizations. Maps can be finished, designed for immediate viewing or downloading, or interactive online maps, where users choose what to display from a list of available themes. Some maps appear in more than one category.

Map of Minnesota Cities, Townships and Counties

Featured maps

Official Minnesota State Highway Map
Minnesota Natural Resource Atlas (interactive): Online mapping tools and data for natural resource planning, management, and research
U.S. National Grid: Reference maps showing hospitals, schools, fire and police stations, air photos, roads and boundaries
Original Public Land Survey plats: Historic Minnesota township plat maps
Twin Cities Maps
Minnesota Population Growth, 1910-2020
1990 Ancestry Maps for Minnesota and the United States
Basic United States Maps

For more detailed maps of local areas, check city, county, township, and other local government websites and tribal government websites.
Have a suggestion for a map to add to this list? Please let us know! gisinfo.mngeo@state.mn.us

Map Category

Administrative and Political Boundaries
Multiple themes
- MN Mapper (interactive): County boundaries, county seats, highways, major lakes and rivers, and Indian reservation boundaries.
- Statewide reference maps: Legislative, election, population, school district, area code, zip code, county
- Minnesota Cities, Townships, Counties: State reference map
- Census Bureau Data (interactive): Census geography
- U.S. Census Bureau reference and thematic maps: Census geography and county outlines
Single or limited themes
- Cities, political townships, and public land survey townships
- Counties
  - Color
    - Boundaries, names and major lakes
    - Boundaries, names and surrounding states
- Federal lands and Indian reservations
- Forests
  - State
  - National: Superior
- Legislative districts
  - Congressional, state house and senate
- Metropolitan Council districts
- Parks
- Regional Development Organizations
- School districts
  - By district
  - Statewide and interactive Interactive and PDF maps from the Minnesota Department of Education
  - Statewide (including versions for a number of earlier school years)
  - GIS Files: Download for use in geographic information systems software
  - Contact information for schools, school districts and education-related organizations
- Voting precincts
- Water-related districts (more info)
  - Soil and water conservation districts
  - Watershed districts
  - Watershed districts and management organizations in the Twin Cities metro area
- ZIP codes
  - Statewide with legislative districts, counties, cities and towns
Land Ownership (Cadastral)
- Original Public Land Survey plats: Historic Minnesota township plat maps collected during the original Public Land Survey.
- Public Land Survey township boundaries
- Parcel information: Find land ownership parcel maps and plat books created by local governments and private companies.
Geodetic Networks and Control Points
- Geodetic Database maps: Locations of survey monuments
Demographics
- Census Atlas of the United States
- Census Bureau Data (interactive): U.S. Census Bureau online mapping
- Demographic maps and visualizations
- Population distribution 2010: Minnesota
- Population distribution 2010: Twin Cities Metropolitan Area
  - Population change 2000 - 2010: choropleth (shaded) and dot map
- Population maps: Change, density and minority population maps from Legislative Geographic Information Services
- Population maps (interactive): U.S. Census Bureau
- Census Reporter (interactive): Make your own maps and charts using Census data
Business and Economics
- Economic development regions
- Sales tax rate map
Human Health and Disease
- Minnesota Environmental Public Health Tracking (some topics have maps)
- County health rankings
- Lyme and other tick-borne disease areas of highest risk
- West Nile virus maps and statistics
Recreation and Tourism
- DNR map list: Canoeing, fishing, hunting, trails, parks and forests
- Explore Minnesota tourist destination maps: Scenic byways and others
Agriculture and Farming
- Agricultural climate
- Cropscape (interactive)
- Crop acreage and yield: U.S. charts and maps for selected commodities
- Incident Response Mapping (Agricultural Chemical Spills) (interactive)
- Plant hardiness zones
Biology and Ecology
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility: U.S. species occurrence maps and data
- Bird distribution maps
- Amphibian and reptile distribution maps
- Rare species: Each species page has a map of sightings by county
- Native plant community and rare species county maps, including 2011 map of Minnesota's remaining native prairie
Environmental Monitoring and Modeling
- Air quality monitoring and emissions (interactive)
- Enviromapper (interactive)
- Incident Response Mapping (Agricultural Chemical Spills) (interactive)
- Watershed monitoring and conditions
Land Use and Cover
- Statewide
  - Minnesota land use and cover: 1990s Census of the Land: 8 classes
  - Natural Vegetation of Minnesota At the Time of the Public Land Survey
- County
  
  County land use and land cover: 1990s
- Twin Cities metropolitan area
  - Printable maps of current and planned land use
Water Resources
- Minnesota Well Index Online (interactive)
- Ground water provinces
- StreamStats (interactive)
- Lake Finder
- National Hydrography Dataset (NHD): Rivers and lakes
- National Wetland Inventory
  - Wetland Finder (interactive), Minnesota
  - Wetlands Mapper (interactive), national
- Public Waters Inventory (PWI)
- Watersheds: Hydrologic units
  - Watershed Assessment Tool (interactive maps and finished mapbooks)
Climatology and Meteorology
- Climate
- Localized Flood Map Screening and Extreme Heat Map (interactive) Twin Cities metro
Geology and Soils
- Aggregate resource mapping: Sand and gravel resources
- County Geologic Atlases and Regional Hydrogeologic Assessments
- Minnesota Well Index Online (interactive)
- Minnesota Geological Survey
  - Map collections
  - Online maps (some interactive)
- National Geologic Map Database
- Geologic Map of U.S.
- Mineral Industries of Minnesota
- Web Soil Survey (interactive): soil maps and reports
Elevation
- "See "Topographic maps" in the "Basemaps, Scanned Maps and Charts" section
Imagery and Photographs
- Landview : Statewide, regional and historic air photos
- AVHRR satellite images, About the Color Landform Atlas
Basemaps, Scanned Maps and Charts
- Simple reference maps
  - MN Mapper (interactive) : County boundaries, county seats, highways, major lakes and rivers, and Indian reservation boundaries
- Topographic maps
  - MnTOPO : View online
  - Minnesota Geological Survey : Order paper copies
  - USGS Topographic Maps : Explore map access points to view maps online, order printed copies, or create custom maps
- Mn/DOT highway maps
  - The Official Minnesota State Highway map
  - County, city and Twin Cities metropolitan area : Color
- Historic
  - Historic atlases and maps : Minnesota Historical Society collection
  - Panoramic maps 1847-1929 : Selected Minnesota cities (choose "Browse by Geographic Location")
  - 1895 Rand McNally Atlas of the World : Minnesota map, About the Color Landform Atlas
- Coordinate zone boundaries : UTM, State Plane, and county coordinate projections
Transportation
- Mn/DOT highway maps
  - The Official Minnesota State Highway map
  - County, city and Twin Cities metropolitan area: Color
  - Right of way (interactive)
  - Traffic and road conditions: Real-time and video camera
  - Traffic volume and forecasts
- Twin Cities Metro Area Transit System Map
- Twin Cities transportation-related maps
- Railroad maps: 1917 and 1930 state maps; information on project to convert right-of-way and valuation maps
- Bicycle maps:
  - MnDOT Bicycle Routes and Maps
  - Twin Cities Regional Existing and Planned Bikeways
- State trails
Utilities and Communication
- Electric Utility Service Areas (interactive)
- Area codes
  - With legislative districts
  - By state
- Broadband inventory and speed
- Telephone exchange service areas (interactive)
- Wind speed

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