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Cathay North Dakota Map

Explore Cathay, 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 Cathay, North Dakota

How to Use This Cathay, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	47.553333
Longitude	-99.409008
Population	20
Density	42.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58422
Area Code	701
County Seat	Fessenden
School District	Carrington Public School District 49

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About Cathay, North Dakota

Cathay is a locality in Wells County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 20. The population density is 42.0 people per km². Cathay is located at 47.5533°N, 99.4090°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cathay is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58422.

Cathay occupies a vast, silent expanse of the North Dakota plains, where the horizon stretches into an infinite, pale blue arc that seems to humble the very earth beneath it. It lies 55.3 miles northwest of Jamestown, ND (from Jamestown, ND: bearing 324°T), and is situated 15.0 miles west-northwest of Carrington. Rocky Run carves a modest, winding path through the soil, its presence marked by the deepening of wild grasses that sway in rhythmic, metallic shivers whenever the wind crests the prairie. The light at dusk here possesses a strange, cooling quality, bleeding gold into gray as it settles over the Robert L. Morgan wildlife area, where the silence is absolute and the shadows lengthen into long, thin fingers of violet. Beyond these plains, the distant silhouette of Hawks Nest rises like a faint bruise against the sky, a reminder of the geological persistence that defines this terrain, while Cottonwood Lake remains a distant, shimmering stillness ten miles to the north.

Cathay persists as a quiet testament to the resilience of agricultural life, where the pulse of the local economy remains tied to the cycles of the wheat harvest and the stubborn endurance of the soil. The history of the settlement is etched into the grain of its weathered architecture, reflecting a time when the railroad dictated the rhythm of commerce and the arrival of goods from elsewhere. Daily life in Cathay moves with an unpretentious gravity, a slow accumulation of days spent under the weight of an enormous, unblinking sky that demands a certain stoicism from those who remain. While the modern world accelerates, the quiet persistence of the prairie landscape ensures that the passage of seasons remains the primary clock, marking time through the shifting colors of the stubble and the sudden, sharp bite of winter arriving over the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Robert L. Morgan (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 199° S
Sykeston Dam (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 176° S
Wells County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.5 mi, 283° W · 626 acres
Hoornaert (State Recreation Area) — 11.0 mi, 283° W
Foster County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.6 mi, 090° E
Sweetgrass (State Recreation Area) — 15.3 mi, 211° SW
Stutsman County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 17.6 mi, 180° S
Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.6 mi, 121° SE · 27k acres
Long lake (Attraction) — 33.1 mi, 013° N
Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 36.1 mi, 181° S · 4,204 acres
Grahams Island State Park (State Park) — 36.6 mi, 024° NE
World's Largest Sandhill Crane (Public Artwork) — 53.3 mi, 207° SW
Bison 6 Cinema (Cinema) — 56.5 mi, 145° SE
Frontier Village (Attraction) — 56.6 mi, 144° SE
World's Largest Buffalo (Monument) — 56.7 mi, 144° SE
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 61.5 mi, 334° NW
Northern Lights Tower (Monument) — 61.6 mi, 334° NW
David Thompson Historical Monument (Monument) — 73.6 mi, 303° NW
McLean County Museum (Museum) — 77.9 mi, 257° W
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 78.3 mi, 258° W
Omwick Theatre (Cinema) — 79.1 mi, 123° SE

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