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Crosby North Dakota Map

Explore Crosby, 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 Crosby, North Dakota

How to Use This Crosby, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.9142
Longitude	-103.29491
Population	1,065
Density	291.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58730
Area Code	701
County Seat	Crosby
School District	Divide County Public School District 1

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About Crosby, North Dakota

Crosby is a locality in Divide County, North Dakota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,065. The population density is 291.6 people per km². Crosby is located at 48.9142°N, 103.2949°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Crosby is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58730.

Crosby emerges from the vast, open prairie as a collection of low-slung silhouettes against an enormous, unyielding sky. It lies 55.0 miles north-northeast of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 15°T), and is situated 58.4 miles northwest of Stanley. The landscape around Crosby unfolds in wide, rhythmic swells of earth that catch the amber light of late afternoon, casting long, lean shadows across the stubble of the harvested fields. A few miles away, the Divide County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary where the grasses sigh under the weight of the wind, and the path of Long Creek traces a subtle, winding depression through the otherwise level expanse. In the distance, the faint, jagged suggestion of Smoky Butte breaks the horizon, a solitary anchor for the gaze in a country defined by the sheer, quiet distance between points.

Crosby carries the weight of a frontier history rooted in the grit of homesteading and the steady, demanding cycles of agriculture that still dictate the pace of the day. The economy pulses with the rhythmic hum of the Bakken oil patch, a modern industry that exists in tandem with the older, quieter traditions of grain elevators and local commerce. Life here is measured by the changing moods of the seasons, from the biting, crystalline stillness of winter to the sudden, verdant urgency of spring. The proximity to the Boundary Dam Reservoir provides a rare, still mirror in the landscape, reflecting the gray and gold shifts of the clouds above. This is a place where the work is hard and the silence is deep, an environment that demands a particular kind of endurance from those who choose to remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Divide County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 189° S
Harris M. Baukol (State Conservation Area) — 13.9 mi, 100° E
Salt Flats (State Conservation Area) — 15.2 mi, 091° E
Williams County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 19.8 mi, 168° S
Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.0 mi, 214° SW · 6,424 acres
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 34.3 mi, 273° W
Smishek Lake (State Recreation Area) — 35.1 mi, 125° SE
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 40.0 mi, 114° SE · 5,522 acres
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.1 mi, 120° SE · 55k acres
Brush Lake State Park (State Park) — 42.4 mi, 240° SW
Sloulin Field International Airport (historic) (Historic Ruins) — 53.3 mi, 197° S
Gn 3059 (Attraction) — 55.3 mi, 196° S
Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 55.4 mi, 170° S · 1.0M acres
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 56.4 mi, 237° SW · 12k acres
Sheridan County Agriculture Museum and Civic Center (Museum) — 57.4 mi, 261° W
Lewis and Clark Trail Museum (Museum) — 75.5 mi, 192° S
Culbertson Museum (Museum) — 76.2 mi, 226° SW
Six Shooters Showall (Cinema) — 76.9 mi, 180° S

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