THE PINE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Minnesota/Wisconsin Upland Till Plain setting.
Pine County has 1,411.3 square miles of land in Minnesota. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Pine County: Minnesota/Wisconsin Upland Till Plain, McGrath Till Plain and Drumlins.
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Regional context: Northern Lakes and Forests ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Pine County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Minnesota/Wisconsin Upland Till Plain80.7%
- McGrath Till Plain and Drumlins19.3%
North Central Hardwood Forests in Pine County
This transition between northern forests and southern farming country includes lakes, wetlands and hardwood woodland. Glacial landforms support a mosaic of open land and wooded areas.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Pine County
The atlas lists 47 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Pine County, including New Dosey, Nickerson, Sandstone. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Pine County by land and water
The Census records 23.3 square miles of water within Pine County, or 1.6% of its total area. That share is close to Pine County’s 1.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pine County has 23.3 times the land area of nearby Sandstone township (60.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Aitkin County, Carlton County, Chisago County, Isanti County, Kanabec County within Minnesota. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

