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Brinsmade North Dakota Map

Explore Brinsmade, 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 Brinsmade, North Dakota

How to Use This Brinsmade, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.182499
Longitude	-99.324024
Population	30
Density	42.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58351
Area Code	701
County Seat	Minnewaukan
School District	Leeds Public School District 6

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About Brinsmade, North Dakota

Brinsmade is a locality in Benson County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 30. The population density is 42.4 people per km². Brinsmade is located at 48.1825°N, 99.3240°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Brinsmade is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58351.

Brinsmade emerges from the expanse of the North Dakota plains as a quiet collection of structures held fast against an enormous, unyielding sky. It lies 90.9 miles east of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 91°T), and is situated 21.2 miles west-northwest of Devils Lake. The landscape around Brinsmade is defined by the vast, open prairie, where the horizon pulls the eye toward distant, indistinct shifts in the earth. Eight miles to the west, the rise of The Buttes breaks the flatness, providing a solitary anchor for the gaze in a country that otherwise favors the horizontal. To the south, the terrain dips toward the basin of West Bay, while the local ecology finds refuge four miles away at the Benson County Waterfowl Production Area, where the tall grasses sway in a constant, restless wind. Three miles from the center, the waters of Silver Lake mirror the shifting colors of the atmosphere, turning from pale steel to deep violet as the light fails each evening.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of Brinsmade, with the economy tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the rhythm of the seasons. The history of the locality is etched into the grain elevators and the quiet, weathered wood of older buildings that recall a time when the railroad served as the vital artery for the region. While the Mauvais Coulee runs seventeen miles away, its presence is felt in the way the land drains and the way the spring runoff dictates the temperament of the soil. Life here proceeds with a deliberate, spare quality, shaped by the isolation of the plains and the necessity of self-reliance. Residents recognize the beauty in the austerity of the winter frost and the sudden, intense green of a short growing season, understanding that the character of the place is built not on grand gestures, but on the endurance required to inhabit such an expansive, silent geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Devils Lake (Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 125° SE
Ramsey County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.0 mi, 106° E
Benson County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.0 mi, 252° W · 146 acres
Nesvig (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 325° NW
Pelican Township (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 106° E
Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.6 mi, 046° NE · 17k acres
Long lake (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 162° S
Grahams Island State Park (State Park) — 14.2 mi, 131° SE
Buffalo Lake (State Recreation Area) — 26.4 mi, 246° SW
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 33.0 mi, 291° W
Northern Lights Tower (Monument) — 33.1 mi, 291° W
Wild Prairie (State Recreation Area) — 37.0 mi, 073° E
Town Mural (Public Artwork) — 48.6 mi, 344° N
Grand Opening Marker (Monument) — 65.6 mi, 330° NW
Peace Poles (Monument) — 65.6 mi, 330° NW
Old Baldy Overlook (Viewpoint) — 71.7 mi, 314° NW
Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 79.7 mi, 183° S · 4,204 acres

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