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Drayton North Dakota Map

Explore Drayton, 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 Drayton, North Dakota

How to Use This Drayton, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.56206
Longitude	-97.179496
Population	757
Density	444.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58225
Area Code	701
County Seat	Cavalier
School District	Drayton Public School District 19

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About Drayton, North Dakota

Drayton is a locality in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 757. The population density is 444.2 people per km². Drayton is located at 48.5621°N, 97.1795°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Drayton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58225.

Drayton emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Red River Valley as a quiet sentinel of the northern plains. It lies 45.1 miles north of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 352°T), and is situated 15.3 miles northeast of Grafton. The land around Drayton stretches out in a vast, unbroken geometry of dark, fertile soil, where the sky claims more space than the earth itself. Only a mile away, the Red River of the North carves a serpentine path through the silt, its dark, sluggish current reflecting the heavy, bruised clouds of a coming storm. To the west, the distant silhouette of Horgan Ridge barely brushes the edge of the sky, a faint suggestion of height in a landscape defined by its relentless, horizontal reach. Even the nearby Pembina County Waterfowl Production Area feels like an extension of this stillness, where the rustle of dry grass provides the only cadence to the wind.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of Drayton, evident in the towering silhouettes of grain elevators that stand like monoliths against the dawn. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, a cycle that dictates the pace of life from the seeding of the fields to the quiet dormancy of winter. While North Salt Lake lies a short distance away, the true character of the locality is found in the resilience of its people and the persistence of their labor in a climate that demands both endurance and adaptation. The quiet streets of Drayton reflect a history of settlement rooted in the stubborn cultivation of the plains, where the scent of turned earth and the cooling air at dusk create a sense of profound, singular isolation.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pembina County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 327° NW
Red River State Aquatic Management Area (Marshall) (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 151° SE
North Dakota State Forest Service Land (State Resource Management Area) — 5.9 mi, 319° NW
North Salt Lake (State Recreation Area) — 6.8 mi, 252° W
Red River of the North State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 166° S
Minn-Dak Mural (Public Artwork) — 12.9 mi, 086° E
Survivor's Flower Bed (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 067° NE
Walsh County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 21.1 mi, 193° S
Ardoch National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.7 mi, 197° S · 632 acres
Anderson/Bagaas Burial (Monument) — 22.6 mi, 111° E
Kittson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 063° NE
Lake Bronson State Park (State Park) — 26.9 mi, 066° NE
Pembina State Museum (Monument) — 28.6 mi, 353° N
Icelandic State Park (State Park) — 28.8 mi, 300° NW
Karlstad Pavilion (Theatre) — 30.1 mi, 088° E
Prairie Chicken (State Recreation Area) — 30.4 mi, 189° S
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.8 mi, 046° NE · 12k acres
Viking Farmer Museam (Museum) — 42.8 mi, 123° SE
Heritage Village (Museum) — 43.3 mi, 170° S
River Cinema 15 (Cinema) — 44.3 mi, 171° S
Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 44.6 mi, 171° S
Leonard Hall Geology Museum (Museum) — 44.7 mi, 173° S
Till Hill (Viewpoint) — 45.6 mi, 199° S
Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 55.8 mi, 104° E · 5,094 acres
Sweetlight Gallery (Gallery) — 60.4 mi, 154° SE
Roseau County Museum (Museum) — 67.6 mi, 073° E

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