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Blacktail North Dakota Map

Explore Blacktail, 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 Blacktail, North Dakota

How to Use This Blacktail, North Dakota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Blacktail, 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 Blacktail.

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	Blacktail
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	Williams County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	48.431199
Longitude	-103.74226
Population	61
Density	70.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	58801
Area Code	701
County Seat	Williston
School District	Grenora Public School District 99

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Williams County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.4 mi, 090° E
Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.9 mi, 018° N · 6,424 acres
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 14.0 mi, 271° W
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.3 mi, 150° SE
Divide County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 15.9 mi, 019° N
Sloulin Field International Airport (historic) (Historic Ruins) — 18.2 mi, 165° S
Brush Lake State Park (State Park) — 20.1 mi, 305° NW
Gn 3059 (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 164° S
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.3 mi, 293° NW · 63k acres
Lake Sakakawea (Recreation Area) — 21.4 mi, 173° S
Lewis And Clark Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.7 mi, 173° S
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 26.7 mi, 270° W · 12k acres
Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 39.3 mi, 183° S · 1.0M acres
Culbertson Museum (Museum) — 39.6 mi, 241° SW
Lewis and Clark Trail Museum (Museum) — 40.7 mi, 173° S
Sheridan County Agriculture Museum and Civic Center (Museum) — 43.3 mi, 303° NW
Six Shooters Showall (Cinema) — 48.4 mi, 154° SE
Centre Theatre (Cinema) — 53.2 mi, 201° S
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (National Park) — 57.5 mi, 166° S · 70k acres
Oxbow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 58.9 mi, 166° S
Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 65.7 mi, 218° SW
Poplar Museum (Museum) — 69.3 mi, 252° W

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