Egeland North Dakota Map

About Egeland, North Dakota

Egeland is a locality in Towner County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 32. The population density is 38.6 people per km². Egeland is located at 48.6264°N, 99.0974°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Egeland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58331.

Egeland occupies a quiet expanse of the northern plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut against an enormous, pale sky. It lies 104.4 miles east-northeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 74°T), and is situated 36.9 miles north-northwest of Devils Lake. The land here holds a singular, meditative stillness, defined by flat, fertile stretches that carry the weight of seasonal shifts in the quality of light, turning from the sharp, brittle clarity of winter to the muted gold of late summer harvest. Just two miles away, the Towner County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory birds, its marshy depressions serving as a vital pulse in the landscape. Four miles to the west, Mauvais Coulee marks the earth with a subtle, winding depression, while the waters of Snyder Lake shimmer six miles distant, reflecting the vastness of the clouds in a way that makes the ground feel secondary to the air above.

Agriculture remains the lifeblood of Egeland, as the rhythm of the year is dictated by the slow, deliberate work of the fields and the endurance of those who tend them. History here is written in the grain elevators and the quiet persistence of homesteading legacies, where the economy is bound to the soil and the unpredictable temper of the weather. There is a particular, austere beauty in the way the wind moves through the tall grasses, a soundless vibration that seems to underscore the isolation of the plains. Life in Egeland moves with the steady, unadorned pace of a place that understands its own scale, leaving room for the profound silence that settles over the prairie when the sun dips low and the shadows of the grain silos grow long across the dust.

About This Egeland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Egeland, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.626394, -99.097359. 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 Egeland includes the ZIP code (58331), telephone area code (701), county seat of Towner County (Cando), and school district assignment (North Star School District).

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.