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Fessenden North Dakota Map

Explore Fessenden, 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 Fessenden, North Dakota

How to Use This Fessenden, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	47.649168
Longitude	-99.629289
Population	462
Density	404.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58438
Area Code	701
County Seat	Fessenden
School District	Fessenden-Bowdon Public School District 25

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About Fessenden, North Dakota

Fessenden is a locality in Wells County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 462. The population density is 404.5 people per km². Fessenden is located at 47.6492°N, 99.6293°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fessenden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58438.

Fessenden anchors itself upon the vast, open expanse of the North Dakota plains, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun whole at the end of every day. It lies 66.8 miles northwest of Jamestown, ND (from Jamestown, ND: bearing 320°T), and is situated 27.2 miles west-northwest of Carrington. The land here possesses a stark, quiet gravity, defined by the subtle swells of the prairie that rise and fall like a slow, deep breath under a sky of immense, unshielded clarity. Only three miles to the east, the James River carves a narrow, winding path through the soil, offering a ribbon of life that draws wildlife into the nearby Wells County Waterfowl Production Area. To the north, the waters of Hirshkorn Lake gather in the low earth, reflecting the pale, shifting colors of the atmosphere, while the distant Butte de Morale stands as a faint, solitary sentinel against the far edge of the world.

Fessenden serves as a steady, enduring center for the surrounding agricultural life, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of every passing hour. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest, deeply rooted in the heavy, fertile soil that has sustained generations of settlers and their descendants. Here, the work of the day is measured in the steady hum of machinery and the quiet, persistent labor of families who know how to endure the winters and thrive in the brief, golden intensity of the growing season. Life in Fessenden moves with a deliberate, unforced consistency, defined by a resilience that is as grounded and elemental as the prairie itself, where the wind carries the scent of dry grass and the promise of another harvest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wells County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.2 mi, 180° S · 626 acres
Hoornaert (State Recreation Area) — 3.5 mi, 188° S
Robert L. Morgan (State Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 144° SE
Lonetree (State Conservation Area) — 14.5 mi, 281° W
Benson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 17.3 mi, 353° N
Silver Lake (State Recreation Area) — 18.5 mi, 209° SW
Sheridan County Waterfowl Production Area Of Nd (Resource Management Area) — 20.1 mi, 249° W
Long lake (Attraction) — 31.2 mi, 035° NE
Pierce County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.6 mi, 328° NW · 2,104 acres
Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 43.7 mi, 170° S · 4,204 acres
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 51.5 mi, 341° N
Northern Lights Tower (Monument) — 51.6 mi, 341° N
World's Largest Sandhill Crane (Public Artwork) — 56.0 mi, 194° S
David Thompson Historical Monument (Monument) — 61.4 mi, 303° NW
Bison 6 Cinema (Cinema) — 67.9 mi, 141° SE
Frontier Village (Attraction) — 68.2 mi, 140° SE
World's Largest Buffalo (Monument) — 68.3 mi, 140° SE
McLean County Museum (Museum) — 70.0 mi, 250° W
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 70.2 mi, 250° W
Seamans Overlook (Viewpoint) — 72.3 mi, 251° W
Myron Atkinson and T. Clem Casey Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 76.6 mi, 226° SW
AMC CLASSIC Bismarck 8 (Cinema) — 77.8 mi, 224° SW
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum (Museum) — 78.8 mi, 224° SW
Archeology & Historic Preservation (Museum) — 78.8 mi, 224° SW

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