Blacktail North Dakota Map

About Blacktail, North Dakota

Blacktail is a locality in Williams County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 61. The population density is 70.9 people per km². Blacktail is located at 48.4312°N, 103.7423°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 58801.

Blacktail emerges from the vast, open prairie where the horizon stretches into an infinite, pale blue arc, defining the very limits of human perception. It lies 20.5 miles north-northwest of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 344°T), and is situated 52.9 miles north-northeast of Sidney. Blacktail Creek carves a shallow, serpentine path through the earth, its banks gathering the sparse shade of wild grasses that sway in the persistent, restless wind. Beyond the immediate lowlands, the land rises in subtle, sweeping swells, eventually yielding to the distant, solitary silhouette of Barr Butte. The air here holds a crisp, dry clarity that sharpens the edges of every fence line and silo, while the light at dusk settles over Blacktail Lake like a thin, cooling veil of bruised violet and gold.

Generations have measured their days here by the seasonal shifting of the soil and the pulse of the regional energy industry, which hums with a low, tectonic intensity beneath the quietude of the plains. Life in Blacktail is governed by the pragmatic endurance of those who work the land and the quiet resilience of a landscape shaped by the proximity of Heidemann Coulee. Migratory cycles bring a sudden, frantic vitality to the nearby Williams County Waterfowl Production Area, where the sky fills with the rhythmic beat of wings against the stillness of the afternoon. In the rhythm of the local economy, the legacy of the homesteaders persists, mirrored in the sturdy architecture and the deliberate, unadorned pace of a place that asks for little but demands a deep, abiding respect for the elements.

About This Blacktail Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Blacktail, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.431199, -103.74226. 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 Blacktail includes the ZIP code (58801), telephone area code (701), county seat of Williams County (Williston), and school district assignment (Grenora Public School District 99).

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.