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Center North Dakota Map

Explore Center, 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 Center, North Dakota

How to Use This Center, North Dakota Map

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

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	Center
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	Oliver County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/North_Dakota/Center)

Latitude	47.116385
Longitude	-101.299594
Population	588
Density	475.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58530
Area Code	701
County Seat	Center
School District	Center-Stanton Public School District 1

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About Center, North Dakota

Center is a locality in Oliver County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 588. The population density is 475.0 people per km². Center is located at 47.1164°N, 101.2996°W. It observes the Central Time (America/North_Dakota/Center) timezone. Center is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58530.

Center anchors a vast expanse of prairie where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pulled tight by the immense, pale weight of the sky. It lies 27.8 miles northwest of Mandan, ND (from Mandan, ND: bearing 316°T), and is situated 19.5 miles southeast of Hazen. Square Butte Creek carves a winding path through the soil, its presence marked by a subtle depression in the earth that catches the low, slanted light of afternoon. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Rocky Ridge ghosts the skyline, a reminder of the tectonic shifts that once pressed this land into its current shape. Nearby, the water of Nelson Lake holds the reflection of passing clouds, remaining a quiet, glassy mirror amid the grasses that sway in the persistent, restless wind.

Center serves as a steady pivot for the surrounding agricultural life, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of the day. The local economy draws its strength from the deep, dark earth, reflecting a history of industrious cultivation and the quiet endurance of those who work the fields. Beyond the immediate reach of the grain elevators and homesteads, the land finds a preserved stillness in Wilbur Boldt, where the native flora sustains the quiet persistence of the plains. Life in Center moves with the measured gravity of a place that values the turning of the soil and the cycles of the harvest, holding fast to a landscape that demands both respect and resilience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Scientific Center of North America (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 358° N
Wilbur Boldt (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 113° SE
Arroda Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.2 mi, 021° N
Missouri Breaks (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 345° N
Cross Ranch Fee (Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 055° NE
Cross Ranch State Park (State Park) — 15.1 mi, 071° E
Seamans Overlook (Viewpoint) — 16.0 mi, 038° NE
Sweetbriar Lake (State Recreation Area) — 16.2 mi, 178° S
McLean County Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 047° NE
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 043° NE
Salem Sue (Public Artwork) — 19.2 mi, 198° S
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 22.1 mi, 348° N
Lake Sakakawea (Recreation Area) — 26.0 mi, 351° N
Lake Sakakawea State Park (State Park) — 27.9 mi, 346° N
Lake Holmes WDA (National Conservation Area) — 28.7 mi, 040° NE · 726 acres
Myron Atkinson and T. Clem Casey Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 29.6 mi, 125° SE
AMC CLASSIC Bismarck 8 (Cinema) — 31.3 mi, 128° SE
Pioneer Family (Monument) — 31.9 mi, 130° SE
Archeology & Historic Preservation (Museum) — 32.0 mi, 130° SE
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum (Museum) — 32.0 mi, 130° SE
All Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 32.0 mi, 130° SE
Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.9 mi, 023° NE · 4,848 acres
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 45.4 mi, 324° NW
Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.0 mi, 122° SE · 28k acres
Griffon Theaters (Cinema) — 71.9 mi, 259° W
Sitting Bull Visitor Center (Attraction) — 77.1 mi, 157° SE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 78.3 mi, 360° N

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