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Esmond North Dakota Map

Explore Esmond, 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 Esmond, North Dakota

How to Use This Esmond, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.03584
Longitude	-99.762074
Population	91
Density	77.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58332
Area Code	701
County Seat	Minnewaukan
School District	Maddock Public School District 9

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About Esmond, North Dakota

Esmond is a locality in Benson County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 91. The population density is 77.2 people per km². Esmond is located at 48.0358°N, 99.7621°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Esmond is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58332.

Esmond holds the vast, quiet expanse of the northern plains within a horizon that seems to pull the sky down toward the earth until the two touch in a seamless, hazy blur. It lies 72.0 miles east of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 100°T), and is situated 25.4 miles south-southeast of Rugby. The land around Esmond is defined by an ancient, glacial patience, manifesting in subtle shifts of elevation that give way to the deeper, shadowed folds of Trappers Coulee. During the late afternoon, the light here loses its sharp, mid-day edge, turning a bruised gold that catches the dry grasses and illuminates the distance where the North Fork Sheyenne River traces a slow, deliberate path through the basin. To the south, the presence of Long Lake offers a singular, reflective stillness, while the proximity of the Benson County Waterfowl Production Area ensures that the rhythm of the seasons is marked by the restless, seasonal passage of wings above the fields.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of Esmond, where the economy is tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the tempo of the year. The settlement emerged from the necessity of the rail era, anchored by the resilience of those who built their lives amidst the demanding climate of the high prairie. Far from the isolation of the western badlands or the flat intensity of the Red River valley, life in Esmond is defined by a pragmatism born of long winters and the quiet endurance of the soil. Residents navigate the days with a deliberate, unadorned focus, maintaining a connection to a landscape that offers little shelter from the wind but provides an expansive, unobstructed view of the stars. Even as the modern world shifts, the character of the place remains fixed in its agricultural heritage, anchored firmly by the labor of the land and the distant, stoic silhouette of Butte de Morale rising faintly against the western sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Benson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.2 mi, 019° N
Buffalo Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.0 mi, 263° W
Pierce County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 222° SW
Lake Legreid (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 142° SE
Mcdonald (State Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 165° S
Long lake (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 093° E
Round Lake Township (State Recreation Area) — 24.2 mi, 278° W
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 24.4 mi, 334° NW
Northern Lights Tower (Monument) — 24.5 mi, 334° NW
Grahams Island State Park (State Park) — 30.9 mi, 089° E
Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.9 mi, 058° NE · 17k acres
Souris Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 37.2 mi, 310° NW · 105 acres
Denbigh Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 43.3 mi, 294° NW · 595 acres
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.8 mi, 319° NW · 110k acres
David Thompson Historical Monument (Monument) — 46.0 mi, 278° W
Town Mural (Public Artwork) — 57.3 mi, 007° N
Old Baldy Overlook (Viewpoint) — 67.6 mi, 332° NW
Grand Opening Marker (Monument) — 67.9 mi, 349° N
Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 71.1 mi, 168° S · 4,204 acres
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 72.5 mi, 282° W
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 78.2 mi, 230° SW
McLean County Museum (Museum) — 78.3 mi, 229° SW

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