Ambrose North Dakota Map

About Ambrose, North Dakota

Ambrose is a locality in Divide County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 24. The population density is 9.2 people per km². Ambrose is located at 48.9539°N, 103.4827°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ambrose is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58833.

Ambrose occupies a stark, expansive reach of the northern plains where the horizon exerts a gravitational pull on the spirit. It lies 56.1 miles north of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 6°T), and is situated 90.9 miles north-northeast of Sidney. The land around Ambrose consists of vast, open prairie that stretches until the sky seems to press against the tall grasses, a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of the wind and the absence of high relief. Five miles away, Long Creek carves a thin, seasonal ribbon through the soil, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Smoky Butte marks the far edge of the traveler’s view. During the golden hour, the light here flattens and deepens, turning the endless fields into a burnished copper plate that reveals the true, unadorned scale of the earth.

Ambrose carries the weight of a frontier history rooted in the era of rail expansion and the hopeful, arduous labor of homesteading. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of agriculture and the underlying pulse of the energy sector, which continues to shape the character of the region. Residents often look toward the Divide County Waterfowl Production Area to witness the seasonal migrations that bring a sudden, frantic vitality to the otherwise still plains. Life in Ambrose moves with the deliberate pace of a place that has learned to endure the long, gray winters, finding a modest, resilient beauty in the simple act of maintaining a home under such an enormous and indifferent sky.

About This Ambrose Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ambrose, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.953922, -103.482692. 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 Ambrose includes the ZIP code (58833), telephone area code (701), county seat of Divide County (Crosby), and school district assignment (Divide County Public School District 1).

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.