Map of Cottage Grove, United States

Cottage Grove is a city in Minnesota, United States, with a population of about 35,918. It lies at 44.8277°N, 92.9438°W, about 248 m above sea level. Cottage Grove is about 1,470 km (913 mi) northwest of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Inver Grove Heights, 8 km to the west.

Cottage Grove at a glance

Where is Cottage Grove?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 47 min on the shortest day to 15 h 36 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Cottage Grove

• Inver Grove Heights — 8 km west
• Woodbury — 11 km north
• Maplewood — 15 km north
• Saint Paul — 18 km northwest
• Eagan — 18 km west
• Apple Valley — 24 km southwest
• Roseville — 26 km northwest
• Burnsville — 27 km west
• Richfield — 27 km west
• Bloomington — 28 km west

Largest cities in Minnesota

• Minneapolis — 410,939
• Saint Paul — 303,176
• Rochester — 112,225
• Bloomington — 86,435
• Duluth — 86,110
• Brooklyn Park — 79,149
• Plymouth — 75,907
• Maple Grove — 68,385
• Woodbury — 67,855
• Eagan — 66,286

Largest cities in United States

• New York City — 8,804,190
• Los Angeles — 3,820,914
• Brooklyn — 2,736,074
• Chicago — 2,664,452
• Queens — 2,316,841
• Houston — 2,314,157
• Phoenix — 1,650,070
• Philadelphia — 1,573,916
• San Antonio — 1,526,656
• Manhattan — 1,487,536

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.