2016 Map of Rum River

About this map

The W Br Rum River and the Rum River anchor this rural landscape where three Minnesota counties — Morrison, Mille Lacs, and Benton — meet. The geography is defined by a dense network of slow-moving waterways, including Tibbetts Brook, Stony Brook, and Estes Brook, which thread through the low-lying terrain. The road network follows a rigid section-line grid, exemplified by routes like Nature Rd and Sage Rd, typical of the late 20th-century development in this region. This survey captures the area before significant modern expansion, highlighting the transitional zone where the Saint Francis River drainage system interacts with the primary Rum River basin, a landscape primarily dedicated to agriculture and natural resource conservation near the county borders.