Buchanan North Dakota Map
Explore Buchanan, 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 Buchanan, North Dakota
How to Use This Buchanan, North Dakota Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Buchanan, 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 Buchanan.
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 | Buchanan |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| County | Stutsman County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 47.062492 |
| Longitude | -98.828996 |
| Population | 87 |
| Density | 442.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 58420 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| County Seat | Jamestown |
| School District | Pingree-Buchanan Public School District 10 |
About Buchanan, North Dakota
Buchanan is a locality in Stutsman County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 87. The population density is 442.0 people per km². Buchanan is located at 47.0625°N, 98.8290°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Buchanan is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58420.Buchanan anchors itself to the vast, unyielding expanse of the North Dakota prairie, where the horizon stretches into a thin, pale line of absolute stillness. It lies 11.9 miles north-northwest of Jamestown, ND (from Jamestown, ND: bearing 332°T), and is situated 30.2 miles south-southeast of Carrington. The land here is defined by an immense, open sky that shifts from the sharp, crystalline blue of midday to a bruised, violet haze as the sun dips behind the distant silhouette of the Grasshopper Hills. To the east, the terrain yields to the subtle curves of the earth, where the moisture-rich soil gathers in the quiet depressions near Pipestem Creek. The air carries a dry, persistent clarity, cooling rapidly as the shadows lengthen across the stubble of the fields, turning the world into a study of muted ochre and slate gray.
Agriculture remains the singular, rhythmic pulse of Buchanan, dictating the tempo of the seasons as heavy machinery traces slow, deliberate patterns through the fertile silt. Settled by those who sought a life defined by the gravity of the soil, the locality retains a stoic character shaped by the cyclical demands of the harvest and the quiet maintenance of the grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the wind. Residents find their recreation in the proximity of the Pipestem Recreation Area or the broader, reflective expanse of Jamestown Reservoir, where the water mirrors the shifting cloud formations. Life in Buchanan proceeds with a steady, unadorned focus, anchored to the tradition of working the land and the simple, profound experience of a landscape that demands both patience and respect.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Pipestem Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 3.0 mi, 228° SW
- Pipestem Lake (Recreation Area) — 3.1 mi, 228° SW
- Jamestown Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 111° E
- Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.5 mi, 017° N · 27k acres
- The Island Disc Golf Park (Local Recreation) — 9.9 mi, 144° SE
- Spiritwood Lake (State Recreation Area) — 11.4 mi, 084° E
- Mcelroy Park (Local Park) — 12.7 mi, 153° SE
- Bison 6 Cinema (Cinema) — 13.4 mi, 157° SE
- Frontier Village (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 153° SE
- World's Largest Buffalo (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 153° SE
- Stutsman County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.9 mi, 243° SW · 1,268 acres
- Kirsch (State Conservation Area) — 18.7 mi, 247° SW
- Foster County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 19.3 mi, 005° N
- Wetland Trust (State Conservation Area) — 25.7 mi, 269° W
- Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 27.8 mi, 266° W · 4,204 acres
- Established 1883 (Monument) — 39.9 mi, 104° E
- Omwick Theatre (Cinema) — 40.2 mi, 104° E
- World's Largest Sandhill Crane (Public Artwork) — 53.0 mi, 255° W
- Old Settlers Monument (Monument) — 58.9 mi, 220° SW
- National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 66.2 mi, 200° S
- Long lake (Attraction) — 68.8 mi, 344° N
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About This Buchanan Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buchanan, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.062492, -98.828996. 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 Buchanan includes the ZIP code (58420), telephone area code (701), county seat of Stutsman County (Jamestown), and school district assignment (Pingree-Buchanan Public School District 10).
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. |
