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Carson North Dakota Map

Explore Carson, 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 Carson, North Dakota

How to Use This Carson, North Dakota Map

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

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	Carson
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	Grant County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	46.417784
Longitude	-101.564865
Population	254
Density	24.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58529
Area Code	701
County Seat	Carson
School District	Roosevelt Public School District 18

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About Carson, North Dakota

Carson is a locality in Grant County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 254. The population density is 24.6 people per km². Carson is located at 46.4178°N, 101.5649°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Carson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58529.

Carson occupies a vast, high stretch of prairie where the horizon pulls the eye toward an infinite, pale blue distance. It lies 42.7 miles southwest of Mandan, ND (from Mandan, ND: bearing 229°T), and is situated 45.9 miles southwest of Bismarck. The land around Carson is defined by the steady, measured erosion of the earth, where the drainage of Louse Creek carves subtle channels into the soil and the distant, hazy outlines of the Frey Hills provide a jagged counterpoint to the flatness of the plains. Light here possesses a singular, crystalline quality, especially as it wanes and turns the grasses into a sea of burnished copper and deep, bruised violet. To the west, the terrain begins to shift, hinting at the ragged, ancient architecture of the badlands, while the nearby expanse of Pump Coulee offers a deep, shadowed basin that catches the early morning mist before the sun can burn it clean away.

Agriculture serves as the slow, beating pulse of the local economy, with golden fields of wheat and rows of sunflowers dominating the view much as they have since the first homesteaders arrived to stake their claims in the stubborn, nutrient-rich dirt. The rhythm of life in Carson remains tethered to the harvest cycles and the quiet, industrious movement of heavy machinery across the fields, a labor that honors the long, difficult winters and the sudden, blooming energy of spring. For those seeking a moment of stillness, the proximity of the Otter Creek SCA provides a protected sanctuary of native grasses and wildlife, while the waters of Lake Tschida offer a necessary, shimmering relief from the persistent, dry heat of midsummer. This is a place where the history of the plains is held not in monuments, but in the enduring character of those who remain, finding a quiet, profound beauty in the immense, uncrowded silence of the high plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Otter Creek (State Conservation Area) — 14.7 mi, 053° NE
Lake Tschida (Recreation Area) — 16.2 mi, 317° NW
Lake Patricia (State Conservation Area) — 17.9 mi, 081° E
Cedar River National Grassland (National Grassland) — 23.7 mi, 182° S · 6,714 acres
BOR Lands (National Conservation Area) — 25.6 mi, 308° NW · 1,514 acres
Salem Sue (Public Artwork) — 30.8 mi, 012° N
Sweetbriar Lake (State Recreation Area) — 33.6 mi, 024° NE
Mile 230 North Dakota / South Dakota boundary (Monument) — 34.5 mi, 161° S
Oaha Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 40.3 mi, 062° NE
Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park (State Park) — 41.0 mi, 055° NE
Pioneer Family (Monument) — 46.3 mi, 053° NE
All Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 46.4 mi, 053° NE
Archeology & Historic Preservation (Museum) — 46.4 mi, 053° NE
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum (Museum) — 46.4 mi, 053° NE
AMC CLASSIC Bismarck 8 (Cinema) — 47.2 mi, 052° NE
Grand River National Grassland (National Grassland) — 47.5 mi, 210° SW · 155k acres
Sitting Bull Visitor Center (Attraction) — 48.2 mi, 118° SE
Myron Atkinson and T. Clem Casey Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 48.3 mi, 050° NE
Sunburst Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.1 mi, 093° E · 329 acres
Shadehill Reservoir Game Production Area (State Recreation Area) — 53.1 mi, 215° SW
Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.1 mi, 073° E · 28k acres
Seamans Overlook (Viewpoint) — 64.8 mi, 020° N
McLean County Museum (Museum) — 65.3 mi, 023° NE
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 65.9 mi, 022° N
Griffon Theaters (Cinema) — 67.1 mi, 300° NW
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 69.7 mi, 107° E
Anna Carr Homestead (Attraction) — 75.5 mi, 215° SW
Earl's Taxidermy Museum (Museum) — 75.5 mi, 215° SW

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