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Ayr North Dakota Map

Explore Ayr, North Dakota, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Ayr, North Dakota

How to Use This Ayr, North Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ayr, North Dakota. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of North Dakota or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Ayr.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Ayr
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	Cass County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	47.041089
Longitude	-97.490646
Population	11
Density	50.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58007
Area Code	701
County Seat	Fargo
School District	Hope-Page Public School District 85

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About Ayr, North Dakota

Ayr is a locality in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 11. The population density is 50.0 people per km². Ayr is located at 47.0411°N, 97.4906°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ayr is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58007.

Ayr anchors itself to the vast, flat expanse of the North Dakota prairie, where the horizon pulls the sky taut like a drumhead over the earth. It lies 30.1 miles west-northwest of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 293°T), and is situated 16.4 miles northwest of Casselton. Swan Creek meanders with deliberate, quiet persistence through the low-lying terrain, its banks marking a subtle depression in the endless grid of cultivated fields. In the late afternoon, the light here loses its sharpness, turning the grasses to a dull, burnished gold that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the shadows have lengthened. The air carries the scent of dry soil and distant, ripening grain, a stillness that is rarely broken save for the occasional restless rustle of wind through the stalks. Four miles away, the Erie Dam provides a singular respite of managed water and wild growth, a contrast to the relentless, open geometry of the surrounding farmland.

Ayr emerged from the necessity of the rail, serving as a vital point for the heavy harvests that define the local economy. The rhythm of daily life follows the seasonal cycle of the wheat and corn, a steady, unyielding progression that has persisted since the first settlers broke the sod of these plains. While the distant silhouette of Pilot Knob offers a point of orientation to the traveler, the character of the place is defined by the resilience of those who remain, bound to the soil by generations of labor. There is a profound, quiet weight to the silence of the streets, an atmosphere that suggests the endurance of a people who have learned to measure time by the turning of the seasons rather than the ticking of a clock. Even the distant, shimmering surface of Minnie Lake, resting fourteen miles to the south, feels like a private secret held by the landscape, a reminder of the quiet, hidden water that sustains the deep, dark loam of the region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Erie Dam (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 027° NE
Magnolia (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 164° S
Traill County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 14.4 mi, 011° N
Cass County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 17.4 mi, 180° S
Barnes County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.3 mi, 259° W · 686 acres
Ashtabula Rearing Pond (State Recreation Area) — 24.4 mi, 300° NW
Lake Ashtabula (Recreation Area) — 24.4 mi, 296° NW
Omwick Theatre (Cinema) — 25.4 mi, 251° W
Established 1883 (Monument) — 25.8 mi, 251° W
Enderlin Area Veterans Monument (Monument) — 29.2 mi, 190° S
Hobart Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.2 mi, 256° W · 494 acres
Immersive Reality Room (Attraction) — 32.5 mi, 105° E
Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 32.5 mi, 114° SE
Roger Maris Museum (Museum) — 32.9 mi, 112° E
Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 33.4 mi, 166° S · 70k acres
Minuteman II ICBM (Attraction) — 33.7 mi, 106° E
Angel of Hope (Public Artwork) — 35.1 mi, 109° E
Mirror Pool (State Recreation Area) — 35.3 mi, 165° S
Fort Ransom State Park (State Park) — 38.6 mi, 212° SW
Buffalo River State Park (State Park) — 48.9 mi, 103° E
Fire Museum (Museum) — 57.3 mi, 118° SE
Frontier Village (Attraction) — 58.0 mi, 260° W
Viking Sword Museum (Museum) — 58.0 mi, 087° E
Bison 6 Cinema (Cinema) — 59.0 mi, 260° W
Twin Valley Heritage & Art Center (Museum) — 59.9 mi, 075° E
Till Hill (Viewpoint) — 62.0 mi, 360° N
Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (Attraction) — 62.7 mi, 108° E
Leonard Hall Geology Museum (Museum) — 63.8 mi, 018° N
Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 64.6 mi, 019° N
Sweetlight Gallery (Gallery) — 65.4 mi, 039° NE

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