Buffalo North Dakota Map
Explore Buffalo, 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 Buffalo, North Dakota
How to Use This Buffalo, North Dakota Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Buffalo, 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 Buffalo.
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 | Buffalo |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| County | Cass County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 46.919699 |
| Longitude | -97.549539 |
| Population | 195 |
| Density | 156.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 58011 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| County Seat | Fargo |
| School District | Maple Valley Public School District 4 |
About Buffalo, North Dakota
Buffalo is a locality in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 195. The population density is 156.5 people per km². Buffalo is located at 46.9197°N, 97.5495°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Buffalo is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58011.Buffalo emerges from the expansive North Dakota plains as a quiet collection of buildings defined by the vast, unencumbered reach of the sky above. It lies 30.8 miles west of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 276°T), and is situated 16.0 miles west of Casselton. The horizon here is a flat, unrelenting line, broken only by the vertical reach of grain elevators that serve as the primary markers of the landscape. Three miles away, the Maple River carves a narrow, winding path through the soil, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of riparian growth that contrasts with the surrounding expanse of cultivated fields. In the distance, the subtle height of Pilot Knob provides the only significant interruption to the horizon, a distant point of orientation for those who watch the shifting colors of the light as it moves across the prairie.
Agriculture remains the singular, persistent rhythm of life in Buffalo, where the annual cycle of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of the day. The proximity of Magnolia offers a preserved pocket of native grasses and quietude, reflecting the ecological heritage that preceded the arrival of the railroad and the subsequent development of the region. Local life is characterized by the steady, deliberate pace of those who work the earth, a community anchored by the necessity of the seasons rather than the transient demands of a faster world. Whether one is traveling toward the water of Lake Bertha or simply watching the wind move through the wheat, Buffalo maintains a sense of stillness that feels as enduring as the land itself.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Magnolia (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 092° E
- Koldok (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 277° W
- Cass County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.1 mi, 173° S
- Barnes County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.4 mi, 281° W · 686 acres
- Enderlin Area Veterans Monument (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 187° S
- Omwick Theatre (Cinema) — 21.3 mi, 271° W
- Established 1883 (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 270° W
- Hobart Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.6 mi, 271° W · 494 acres
- Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 26.6 mi, 167° S · 70k acres
- Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 32.9 mi, 098° E
- Roger Maris Museum (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 097° E
- Immersive Reality Room (Attraction) — 34.2 mi, 090° E
- Minuteman II ICBM (Attraction) — 35.2 mi, 091° E
- Angel of Hope (Public Artwork) — 36.1 mi, 095° E
- Frontier Village (Attraction) — 54.4 mi, 268° W
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About This Buffalo Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buffalo, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.919699, -97.549539. 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 Buffalo includes the ZIP code (58011), telephone area code (701), county seat of Cass County (Fargo), and school district assignment (Maple Valley Public School District 4).
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. |
