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Dwight North Dakota Map

Explore Dwight, 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 Dwight, North Dakota

How to Use This Dwight, North Dakota Map

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

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.

CityDwight
StateNorth Dakota (ND)
CountyRichland County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude46.304125
Longitude-96.738133
Population80
Density159.2 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code58075
Area Code701
County SeatWahpeton
School DistrictWahpeton Public School District 37

About Dwight, North Dakota

Dwight is a locality in Richland County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 80. The population density is 159.2 people per km². Dwight is located at 46.3041°N, 96.7381°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dwight is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58075.

Dwight emerges from the expanse of the North Dakota plains, defined by the quiet persistence of Antelope Creek as it carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth. It lies 39.7 miles south of Fargo, ND (from Fargo, ND: bearing 176°T), and is situated 6.9 miles west-northwest of Wahpeton. The landscape here is a study in horizontal lines, where the vast, unencumbered sky presses down upon the golden grasses and cultivated fields, creating a sense of scale that renders human presence subtle and fleeting. At dusk, the light loses its harsh clarity, transforming the horizon into a soft, bruised violet that deepens until the land dissolves into the dark. Though the distant rise of Devils Nest marks the horizon far to the west, the immediate surroundings remain dominated by the flat, fertile geometry of the prairie, a terrain that demands patience from those who traverse its wide, open reaches.

Dwight maintains its rhythm through the steady pulse of an agricultural economy, where the cycle of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of the calendar. The legacy of those who first settled these plains remains visible in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of grain elevators that rise above the fields like iron sentinels. Residents often venture toward Rosewood Park to observe the native flora or drive the short distance to Breckenridge Lake when the season allows for a reprieve from the labor of the soil. Life here is characterized by a deliberate, measured pace, an existence tethered to the shifting climate and the enduring demands of the land, where the silence of the winter months is as profound as the industry of the summer.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Misc. Tracts (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 101° E
  • Chahinkapa Park (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 107° E
  • Wilkin County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 13.8 mi, 046° NE
  • Manston Marsh State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 038° NE
  • Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 15.7 mi, 218° SW · 70k acres
  • Richland County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 17.6 mi, 215° SW
  • Mud Lake (State Recreation Area) — 19.0 mi, 207° SW
  • Rothsay State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.2 mi, 062° NE
  • Swan Lake (State Recreation Area) — 23.6 mi, 230° SW
  • Prairie Chicken Statue (Public Artwork) — 25.0 mi, 060° NE
  • Mile 8 North Dakota South Dakota boundary marker (Monument) — 25.5 mi, 178° S
  • Mile 14 North Dakota South Dakota boundary marker (Monument) — 25.9 mi, 192° S
  • Initial Point, North Dakota South Dakota boundary (Monument) — 26.8 mi, 162° S
  • Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.6 mi, 035° NE · 12k acres
  • Fire Museum (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 032° NE
  • Broken Down Dam (Historic Ruins) — 34.1 mi, 091° E
  • Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.7 mi, 233° SW · 14k acres
  • Whitetail Trail Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 36.7 mi, 236° SW
  • Maplewood State Park (State Park) — 37.9 mi, 070° E
  • Roger Maris Museum (Museum) — 38.7 mi, 352° N
  • Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (Attraction) — 38.8 mi, 038° NE
  • Minuteman II ICBM (Attraction) — 41.7 mi, 356° N
  • Immersive Reality Room (Attraction) — 42.7 mi, 355° N
  • Art of the Lakes (Gallery) — 48.9 mi, 091° E
  • Roosevelt Hall (Theatre) — 48.9 mi, 123° SE
  • Trowbridge Creek Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 50.0 mi, 057° NE
  • Detroit Lakes Sports Arena (Stadium) — 54.5 mi, 050° NE
  • Young at Art Co (Gallery) — 55.2 mi, 050° NE
  • Odyssey Cinemas Washington Square 7 (Cinema) — 55.3 mi, 050° NE
  • Viking Sword Museum (Museum) — 58.2 mi, 023° NE

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About This Dwight Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dwight, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.304125, -96.738133. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Dwight includes the ZIP code (58075), telephone area code (701), county seat of Richland County (Wahpeton), and school district assignment (Wahpeton Public School District 37).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.