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Minnesota maps: printable and free

5 free maps of Minnesota: high-resolution PNG (300 dpi) and PDF for US Letter or A4.

PDF = US Letter; A4 for other countries. Tap a map to view it full size. Free for personal, school and commercial use.

Data updated · By Ankit Kumar, compiled from public U.S. government and open datasets · How these numbers are made

1. Minnesota blank outline map

The state border only, with a scale bar. Good for labeling, coloring and tracing.

Blank outline map of Minnesota with no labels: about 369 miles wide and 407 miles tall, on a letter-size page.View full size
Blank outline map of Minnesota with no labels: about 369 miles wide and 407 miles tall, on a letter-size page.
PNG (2,365 × 3,171, 61 KB)PDF, US Letter (24 KB)PDF, A4 (24 KB)

2. Minnesota county map

All 87 counties, outlined without names.

Map of Minnesota showing the borders of its 87 counties, without names.View full size
Map of Minnesota showing the borders of its 87 counties, without names.
PNG (2,365 × 3,171, 106 KB)PDF, US Letter (53 KB)PDF, A4 (53 KB)

3. Minnesota labeled county map

The same 87 counties, each named. Names that don't fit inside a small area sit just outside, joined by a short line.

Map of Minnesota's 87 counties with each name printed inside its border, including St. Louis County, the largest by land area.View full size
Map of Minnesota's 87 counties with each name printed inside its border, including St. Louis County, the largest by land area.
PNG (2,365 × 3,171, 164 KB)PDF, US Letter (61 KB)PDF, A4 (62 KB)

4. Minnesota map with major cities

23 cities, chosen by 2024 Census population and spaced so no labels overlap. The capital is marked with a star.

Map of Minnesota with 23 major cities marked and labeled, including St. Paul (capital), Minneapolis, Rochester and Bloomington.View full size
Map of Minnesota with 23 major cities marked and labeled, including St. Paul (capital), Minneapolis, Rochester and Bloomington.
PNG (2,365 × 3,171, 149 KB)PDF, US Letter (70 KB)PDF, A4 (70 KB)

5. Minnesota elevation map

USGS 3DEP elevation as color plus hillshade. Legend in feet with meters underneath; a triangle marks the high point, a star the capital.

Shaded-relief elevation map of Minnesota, colored from green lowlands to brown and white high ground, marking Eagle Mountain (2,301 ft, highest) and St. Paul, with a legend in feet and meters.View full size
Shaded-relief elevation map of Minnesota, colored from green lowlands to brown and white high ground, marking Eagle Mountain (2,301 ft, highest) and St. Paul, with a legend in feet and meters.
PNG (2,365 × 3,171, 1.9 MB)PDF, US Letter (575 KB)PDF, A4 (597 KB)

Minnesota: shape, counties and terrain

Minnesota spans about 369 miles from east to west and 407 miles from north to south, with 79,632 square miles of land. Its outline is irregular: the state fills only 58% of the box drawn around it on the map. The Census boundary file draws it as 4 separate land areas, only one of them larger than 100 square miles.

Minnesota has 87 counties. The largest by land area is St. Louis County (6,248 sq mi) and the smallest is Ramsey County (152 sq mi). The capital, St. Paul, sits at 789 ft downtown (USGS).

Elevation runs from 601 ft (183 m) on the Lake Superior to 2,301 ft (701 m) at Eagle Mountain in Cook County, a range of 1,700 ft. The sampled average is about 1,217 ft.

On the relief map's elevation grid, 14% of the state lies below 1,000 ft, 79% between 1,000 and 1,500 ft and 7% between 1,500 and 2,000 ft and under 1% above 2,000 ft. Split from west to east into thirds, the western third averages 1,206 ft, the central third 1,177 ft and the eastern third 1,376 ft, so the land is highest in the eastern third and lowest in the central third.

More figures, with sources: Minnesota elevation: highest, lowest and average points.

How teachers and students can use these maps

  • Blank map: label St. Paul, the capital, and the largest cities, then check them against the cities map. Older students can draw in rivers or mountain ranges from an atlas.
  • County map: find your own county among the 87. The labeled version works as an answer key; the blank one as a quiz.
  • Cities map: St. Paul to Moorhead is about 220 miles in a straight line. Measure it with the scale bar and see how close you get.
  • Elevation map: find Eagle Mountain (2,301 ft) and the Lake Superior (601 ft), and work out the difference: 1,700 ft. Then use the legend to estimate the elevation of your town and check it with our elevation tool.
  • Printing: each map has a US Letter PDF and an A4 PDF. The PDFs are vector files, so lines and labels stay sharp at any size. The outline maps use very little ink in black and white.

License: free to use

These maps are free for personal, school and commercial use. Print them, copy them, change them, and use them in worksheets, slides, books, apps or websites. No permission or fee is needed. A credit is appreciated: Map: MyCurrentElevation.org.

The data behind them (US Census Bureau boundaries and population, USGS elevation) is in the public domain. Inter, the typeface on the maps, is licensed under the SIL Open Font License.

Sources

How each number is produced: methodology and data sources.

Other states and the US map: all printable maps · Minnesota elevation

Data updated · By Ankit Kumar, compiled from public U.S. government and open datasets · How these numbers are made

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