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Flaxton North Dakota Map

Explore Flaxton, 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 Flaxton, North Dakota

How to Use This Flaxton, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.898639
Longitude	-102.392391
Population	60
Density	81.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58737
Area Code	701
County Seat	Bowbells
School District	Burke Central Public School District 36

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About Flaxton, North Dakota

Flaxton is a locality in Burke County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 60. The population density is 81.9 people per km². Flaxton is located at 48.8986°N, 102.3924°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Flaxton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58737.

Flaxton emerges from the vast, treeless expanse of the northern plains as a collection of structures huddled against the persistent, scouring wind. It lies 68.0 miles northwest of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 313°T), and is situated 58.8 miles northwest of Minot AFB. The landscape surrounding Flaxton is defined by the immense, heavy geometry of the prairie, where the horizon serves as a sharp, unyielding line that separates the earth from an enormous, indifferent sky. A mile to the west, the modest channel of Stony Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the grasses, providing the only vertical relief in an otherwise flat, monochromatic terrain. Toward the distant southwest, the subtle rise of Ward Hill breaks the monotony of the plains, its silhouette acting as a faint, jagged anchor in the hazy light of dusk when the shadows stretch thin and purple across the stubble fields.

Agriculture remains the pulse of this place, with the seasonal rhythms of sowing and harvest dictating the quiet movement of life. The economy of Flaxton retains a hard-won stoicism, tethered to the cycles of grain and the occasional, restless industry of the oil patch that hums in the periphery of the regional consciousness. Seven miles away, the Burke County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary for migratory birds, a place where the silence is punctuated only by the sudden, frantic beating of wings above the wetlands. Beyond the grain elevators that stand like sentinels over the rail lines, the nearby expanse of Shallow Lake marks a slight depression in the land, gathering the spring runoff in a basin that mirrors the shifting clouds. Life here proceeds with a deliberate, measured gravity, shaped by the isolation of the northern plains and the awareness that the land, while generous, demands a persistent and quiet endurance from those who remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Burke County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.4 mi, 173° S
Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.1 mi, 052° NE · 28k acres
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.3 mi, 181° S · 55k acres
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 15.4 mi, 186° S · 5,522 acres
Ward County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 15.9 mi, 153° SE
Short Creek (State Conservation Area) — 17.9 mi, 290° W
Smishek Lake (State Recreation Area) — 21.6 mi, 212° SW
Harris M. Baukol (State Conservation Area) — 24.9 mi, 267° W
Monument 670A (Attraction) — 47.3 mi, 081° E
Manitoba - Saskatchewan boundary (Monument) — 47.3 mi, 081° E
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 53.8 mi, 197° S
Lake Sakakawea (Recreation Area) — 55.8 mi, 196° S
Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 58.4 mi, 196° S · 1.0M acres
Lewis And Clark State Park (State Park) — 65.1 mi, 216° SW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 67.0 mi, 132° SE
Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 75.4 mi, 154° SE
Sloulin Field International Airport (historic) (Historic Ruins) — 75.8 mi, 229° SW
Gn 3059 (Attraction) — 76.7 mi, 228° SW

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