Bowbells North Dakota Map
Explore Bowbells, 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 Bowbells, North Dakota
How to Use This Bowbells, North Dakota Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bowbells, 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 Bowbells.
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 | Bowbells |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| County | Burke County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 48.803083 |
| Longitude | -102.246001 |
| Population | 301 |
| Density | 122.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 58721 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| County Seat | Bowbells |
| School District | Bowbells Public School District 14 |
About Bowbells, North Dakota
Bowbells is a locality in Burke County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 301. The population density is 122.2 people per km². Bowbells is located at 48.8031°N, 102.2460°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bowbells is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58721.Bowbells holds a quiet dominion over the expansive northern prairie, where the horizon stretches toward an infinite, pale sky that seems to press down with a singular, heavy clarity. It lies 58.7 miles northwest of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 313°T), and is situated 34.2 miles north of Stanley. Stony Creek carves a thin, meandering scar through the surrounding earth, its banks providing a subtle reprieve from the flat, unbroken stretch of farmland that defines the local topography. To the west, the distant rise of Ward Hill breaks the monotony of the plains, while the nearby Burke County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary where the tall grasses sway in rhythm with the constant, restless wind. When the light fades at dusk, the entire expanse of Bowbells turns the color of weathered flint, casting long, austere shadows that emphasize the vastness of the land.
Agriculture remains the pulse of Bowbells, with silver grain elevators standing as sentinels over a landscape shaped by the steady, seasonal labor of harvest and planting. The proximity of Upper Des Lacs Lake and the distant, rugged folds of Big Spring Coulee reflect a region defined by its endurance, where the inhabitants have long cultivated a resilience born of cold winters and short, brilliant summers. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the demands of the soil and the legacy of the settlers who first broke this sod. Even as the modern world encroaches, Bowbells retains a stoic character, grounded in the quiet industry of its people and the enduring, unadorned beauty of the North Dakota plains.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Burke County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.4 mi, 260° W
- Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.0 mi, 131° SE · 28k acres
- Ward County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 176° S
- Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.1 mi, 218° SW · 55k acres
- Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 12.1 mi, 224° SW · 5,522 acres
- Smishek Lake (State Recreation Area) — 21.6 mi, 237° SW
- Leaf Mountain (State Conservation Area) — 23.0 mi, 260° W
- Harris M. Baukol (State Conservation Area) — 31.9 mi, 279° W
- Monument 670A (Attraction) — 42.4 mi, 071° E
- Manitoba - Saskatchewan boundary (Monument) — 42.4 mi, 071° E
- Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 51.6 mi, 201° S
- Lake Sakakawea (Recreation Area) — 52.7 mi, 202° S
- Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 55.1 mi, 203° SW · 1.0M acres
- Amphitheater (Theatre) — 57.7 mi, 131° SE
- Lewis And Clark State Park (State Park) — 64.4 mi, 224° SW
- Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 66.6 mi, 157° SE
- Sloulin Field International Airport (historic) (Historic Ruins) — 77.1 mi, 236° SW
- Gn 3059 (Attraction) — 77.7 mi, 235° SW
- Century 21 Stonehenge (Public Artwork) — 78.9 mi, 082° E
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About This Bowbells Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bowbells, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.803083, -102.246001. 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 Bowbells includes the ZIP code (58721), telephone area code (701), county seat of Burke County (Bowbells), and school district assignment (Bowbells Public School District 14).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
