Almont North Dakota Map

About Almont, North Dakota

Almont is a locality in Morton County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 100. The population density is 15.5 people per km². Almont is located at 46.7253°N, 101.5026°W. It observes the Central Time (America/North_Dakota/New_Salem) timezone. Almont is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58520.

Almont holds its place upon the high, unyielding plains where the sky presses down with a weight that defines the horizon. It lies 29.8 miles west-southwest of Mandan, ND (from Mandan, ND: bearing 257°T), and is situated 34.5 miles west of Bismarck. Big Muddy Creek carves a shallow, serpentine path through the earth, its rhythmic presence marking the low ground that separates the prairie grass from the distant, rising silhouette of Klondike Butte. Only a mile away, the Curlew Valley offers a subtle dip in the terrain, a quiet depression where the wind loses its sharp edge against the tall, sun-bleached stalks of grain. When the light shifts toward evening, the land turns the color of pale copper, and the vast, empty air seems to vibrate with the stillness of a place left to its own slow, measured breathing.

Almont carries the quiet endurance of a settlement born from the necessity of the rail and the promise of the soil. The local economy remains tethered to the pulse of the fields, where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the pace of life far more than any clock. Though the rush of modern industry often bypasses these solitary roads, the character of the region remains rooted in a rugged, agrarian persistence that has survived the lean years and the harsh winters. Travelers seeking the quietude of the plains might find a brief respite at Storm Creek, a SCA twelve miles distant, or perhaps look toward the blue distance where Sweet Briar Lake waits fifteen miles away, a rare gathering of water in an otherwise parched expanse. Here, the day ends not with fanfare, but with the long, cooling shadows that stretch across the stubble, leaving the land to settle into the dark, indifferent beauty of the northern night.

About This Almont Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Almont, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.72528, -101.502644. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Almont includes the ZIP code (58520), telephone area code (701), county seat of Morton County (Mandan), and school district assignment (New Salem-Almont School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.