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Blanchard North Dakota Map

Explore Blanchard, 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 Blanchard, North Dakota

How to Use This Blanchard, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	47.345815
Longitude	-97.219533
Population	16
Density	24.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	58009
Area Code	701
County Seat	Hillsboro
School District	Hillsboro Public School District 9

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About Blanchard, North Dakota

Blanchard is a locality in Traill County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 16. The population density is 24.2 people per km². Blanchard is located at 47.3458°N, 97.2195°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 58009.

Blanchard emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Red River Valley as a quiet collection of structures anchored to the earth by the steady, persistent presence of the Elm River. It lies 35.8 miles north-northwest of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 335°T), and is situated 30.8 miles north of Casselton. The landscape here is defined by a rigorous, horizontal geometry where the sky occupies a vast majority of the field of vision, stretching in a pale, unbroken vault from one edge of the prairie to the other. During the harvest, the quality of light turns a deep, bruised gold, casting long shadows that emphasize the subtle shifts in the terrain and the stark, utilitarian lines of grain elevators rising like sentinels above the fields. The air carries the dry, clean scent of turning soil and distant stubble, a sensory rhythm that dictates the pace of the day far more effectively than the ticking of any clock.

Blanchard maintains a steady pulse defined by the demands of agriculture and the seasonal shifts of the plains, serving as a quiet node in a regional economy built upon the fertility of the surrounding black earth. History resides here in the weathered siding of older buildings and the persistent, industrious spirit of those who have long worked this land, often traveling toward the Traill County Waterfowl Production Area to observe the migratory movements that define the local wild. Though life in Blanchard is far removed from the water-bound centers of the continent, the presence of Grandin Lake provides a familiar, distant point of reference for those who venture beyond the immediate horizon. The character of the place is found in this endurance, a quiet commitment to a landscape that offers little shelter from the elements but provides an abundance of space for the eye to wander and the mind to settle.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Traill County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.9 mi, 270° W
Steele County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 15.8 mi, 264° W
Otto Spies (State Conservation Area) — 17.2 mi, 259° W
Erie Dam (State Conservation Area) — 19.1 mi, 208° SW
Golden Lake (State Recreation Area) — 24.3 mi, 308° NW
Immersive Reality Room (Attraction) — 34.8 mi, 148° SE
Ashtabula Rearing Pond (State Recreation Area) — 34.9 mi, 256° W
Minuteman II ICBM (Attraction) — 36.2 mi, 147° SE
Cannon (Monument) — 36.9 mi, 147° SE
Bison Statue (Monument) — 37.0 mi, 148° SE
Roger Maris Museum (Museum) — 38.0 mi, 152° SE
Rollo the Viking Statue (Monument) — 38.0 mi, 148° SE
Sodbuster (Public Artwork) — 38.3 mi, 148° SE
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.0 mi, 098° E · 12k acres
Leonard Hall Geology Museum (Museum) — 40.3 mi, 010° N
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 40.7 mi, 117° SE
Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 40.9 mi, 012° N
Sweetlight Gallery (Gallery) — 41.1 mi, 044° NE
River Cinema 15 (Cinema) — 41.3 mi, 012° N
Turtle River State Park (State Park) — 42.3 mi, 343° N
Heritage Village (Museum) — 42.5 mi, 013° N
Till Hill (Viewpoint) — 42.9 mi, 342° N
Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.9 mi, 062° NE · 46k acres
Twin Valley Heritage & Art Center (Museum) — 45.4 mi, 097° E
Omwick Theatre (Cinema) — 47.0 mi, 232° SW
Buffalo River State Park (State Park) — 47.6 mi, 133° SE
Viking Sword Museum (Museum) — 48.7 mi, 112° E
Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 53.6 mi, 183° S · 70k acres
Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (Attraction) — 62.1 mi, 131° SE
Detroit Lakes Sports Arena (Stadium) — 74.2 mi, 120° SE

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