Carson North Dakota Map

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.

About This Carson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carson, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.417784, -101.564865. 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 Carson includes the ZIP code (58529), telephone area code (701), county seat of Grant County (Carson), and school district assignment (Roosevelt Public School District 18).

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.