Minneapolis Street Map Poster

Minneapolis wears its water on its map. This printable city map shows the Mississippi River cutting diagonally through the heart of the city — splitting downtown from Northeast and forcing the two halves of the grid to meet at an angle near St. Anthony Falls — while the famous Chain of Lakes, from Bde Maka Ska to Lake Harriet, leaves a string of blue voids across the southwest. The downtown grid tilts to follow the river, then the surrounding streets swing back to true north.

That combination of rotated cores, looping lakes and the broad river gives a street map of Minneapolis a graceful, layered geometry. Rendered as a minimalist line drawing, it becomes calm, balanced wall art well suited to the city’s design-conscious character.

It is a fitting print for a Minneapolitan or anyone who has biked the lakes on a summer evening. Discover the rest of our United States city maps, or hang it beside the Chicago map poster for two Midwestern cities together. Every Minneapolis city map is a free, high-resolution download, ready to print and frame.