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Colfax North Dakota Map

Explore Colfax, 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 Colfax, North Dakota

How to Use This Colfax, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	46.469406
Longitude	-96.874527
Population	172
Density	65.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58018
Area Code	701
County Seat	Wahpeton
School District	Richland Public School District 44

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About Colfax, North Dakota

Colfax is a locality in Richland County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 172. The population density is 65.8 people per km². Colfax is located at 46.4694°N, 96.8745°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Colfax is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58018.

Colfax occupies a vast, horizontal expanse where the sky asserts its dominance over the flat, productive earth of the Red River Valley. It lies 28.0 miles south of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 177°T), and is situated 19.1 miles northwest of Wahpeton. The horizon here is a sharp, unwavering line, interrupted only by the skeletal geometry of grain elevators and the occasional shelterbelt of trees that bend against the persistent, scouring wind. Two miles to the west, the modest, winding ribbon of Pitcairn Creek cuts through the silt-heavy soil, offering a rare verticality to the terrain. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape shifts toward the rugged terrain of the Sheyenne National Grassland, where the grasses ripple in monochrome waves under a sun that bleaches the color from the afternoon light.

Agriculture remains the singular, rhythmic pulse of Colfax, dictating the tempo of the calendar from the first thaw to the final harvest. The history of the locality is etched into the very grain of the soil, settled by pioneers who recognized the fertility of the glacial lake bed and organized their lives around the cycles of wheat and corn. While the proximity to the gentle, shadowed depression of Nyqist Coulee provides a subtle variation in the topography, the local economy remains tethered to the relentless productivity of the surrounding acres. Life in Colfax is defined by this quiet, industrial devotion to the land, where the silence of the winter nights is broken only by the distant, low hum of machinery moving across the dark, frozen plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 11.3 mi, 286° W · 70k acres
Manston Marsh State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 089° E
Wilkin County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 16.4 mi, 093° E
Mirror Pool (State Recreation Area) — 17.7 mi, 283° W
Rothsay State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.5 mi, 082° E
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.0 mi, 063° NE · 12k acres
Fire Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 060° NE
Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 26.3 mi, 001° N
USS Robalo SS-273 (Monument) — 26.8 mi, 009° N
164th Infantry (Monument) — 26.9 mi, 009° N
Roger Maris Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 003° N
Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mn (Resource Management Area) — 27.4 mi, 039° NE
Ole & Lena (Public Artwork) — 27.8 mi, 010° N
Swan Lake (State Recreation Area) — 28.9 mi, 204° SW
Minuteman II ICBM (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 006° N
Immersive Reality Room (Attraction) — 31.2 mi, 004° N
Buffalo River State Park (State Park) — 32.5 mi, 035° NE
Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (Attraction) — 35.9 mi, 057° NE
Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.7 mi, 213° SW · 14k acres
Whitetail Trail Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 39.9 mi, 217° SW
Maplewood State Park (State Park) — 42.0 mi, 083° E
Broken Down Dam (Historic Ruins) — 42.4 mi, 107° E
Trowbridge Creek Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 50.9 mi, 072° E
Viking Sword Museum (Museum) — 51.2 mi, 034° NE
Detroit Lakes Sports Arena (Stadium) — 53.7 mi, 064° NE
Young at Art Co (Gallery) — 54.4 mi, 063° NE
Odyssey Cinemas Washington Square 7 (Cinema) — 54.4 mi, 063° NE
Art of the Lakes (Gallery) — 56.8 mi, 103° E
Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 60.9 mi, 129° SE
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 64.7 mi, 061° NE · 2,148 acres

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