Bantry North Dakota Map

About Bantry, North Dakota

Bantry is a locality in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 6. The population density is 13.3 people per km². Bantry is located at 48.4983°N, 100.6104°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bantry is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58713.

Bantry holds the vast, pale stillness of the northern plains, where the horizon stretches out in a flat, unyielding line that seems to divide the earth from the immense, hollowed-out sky. It lies 36.4 miles east-northeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 59°T), and is situated 33.2 miles east of Minot AFB. The land here is a quiet expanse of cultivated soil and wild prairie, punctuated by the subtle, rhythmic shifts of the season that turn the stubble of autumn into the deep, drifted silence of winter. Five miles to the west, the Souris River carves a sluggish, meandering path through the earth, a dark ribbon of water that provides a slow pulse to the surrounding terrain. To the north, the trees of the Mouse River State Forest North Unit gather in dark, dense patches, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Henderson Hills marks the far edge of the world, a fragile blue smudge against the afternoon light.

Agriculture defines the pulse of Bantry, as the life of the inhabitants remains tethered to the slow turn of harvest and the patient labor of the soil. The J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge serves as a vital sanctuary just three miles away, drawing migratory birds that fill the air with a sudden, wild clamor before vanishing back into the stillness of the wetlands. Life in Bantry moves with the deliberate weight of a place that has seen the rise and fall of rail lines and the quiet consolidation of homesteads, leaving behind a landscape that feels both deeply settled and profoundly solitary. Near the Unit 320 Reservoir, the air often carries the sharp, clean scent of dry grass and cooling damp, a reminder of the elemental forces that have long dictated the rhythms of those who endure the long, bright stretches of the North Dakota day.

About This Bantry Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bantry, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.498332, -100.61041. 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 Bantry includes the ZIP code (58713), telephone area code (701), county seat of McHenry County (Towner), and school district assignment (TGU Public School District 60).

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.