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Forbes North Dakota Map

Explore Forbes, 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 Forbes, North Dakota

How to Use This Forbes, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	45.943585
Longitude	-98.782048
Population	36
Density	57.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58439
Area Code	701
County Seat	Ellendale
School District	Ellendale Public School District 40

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About Forbes, North Dakota

Forbes is a locality in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 36. The population density is 57.4 people per km². Forbes is located at 45.9436°N, 98.7820°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Forbes is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58439.

Forbes occupies a low-slung expanse of the northern prairie, where the horizon pulls the eye toward an infinite, pale blue distance. It lies 36.0 miles north-northwest of Aberdeen, SD (from Aberdeen, SD: bearing 337°T), and is situated 66.9 miles south of Jamestown. The land here is a tectonic table of earth and grass, sliced by the subtle depressions of Hoevens Gulch and the intermittent flow of Webber Gulch, which carve narrow, shadowed veins through the heavy soil. To the south, the surface shifts into a quiet, uneven rhythm, while the distant rise of Cannon Hill anchors the western view like a faint, blurred thumbprint against the sky. During the late afternoon, the light turns a thin, bruised gold, casting long shadows across the fields that make the flat ground seem to breathe and fold under the weight of the immense, unclouded air.

Forbes emerged from the turn of the century as a sturdy node in the agricultural grid, built upon the hard-won labor of those who broke the stubborn sod to plant wheat and sunflowers. The economy remains tethered to the slow rotation of the seasons, dominated by the heavy machinery of harvest and the quiet maintenance of grain elevators that stand as sentinels over the tracks. Just a few miles away, the protected wildness of Johnson's Gulch offers a sanctuary for the native grasses, while the quiet basin of Elm Lake holds the stillness of the plains, reflecting the changing temper of the clouds. Life here moves with the deliberate patience of the climate, defined by the endurance of the soil and a communal understanding that the land demands both respect and a steady, calloused hand to persist.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Johnson's Gulch (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 300° NW
Elm Lake Game Production Area (State Recreation Area) — 5.6 mi, 162° S
Elm Lake (State Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 139° SE
Dickey County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.9 mi, 297° NW
Wageman (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 267° W
Mcpherson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.3 mi, 261° W
Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 142° SE
Ordway/Mcpherson/Johnson'S Gulch Fee (Conservation Area) — 20.8 mi, 223° SW
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.9 mi, 122° SE · 39k acres
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 28.6 mi, 301° NW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 29.4 mi, 165° S
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 36.0 mi, 157° SE
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 36.9 mi, 157° SE
Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 38.2 mi, 152° SE
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 47.8 mi, 136° SE
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 50.7 mi, 102° E
Old Settlers Monument (Monument) — 51.0 mi, 309° NW
Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.6 mi, 084° E · 14k acres
Bison 6 Cinema (Cinema) — 65.0 mi, 003° N
Frontier Village (Attraction) — 65.5 mi, 003° N
Whitetail Trail Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 67.8 mi, 086° E
Omwick Theatre (Cinema) — 77.2 mi, 029° NE
Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 78.4 mi, 337° NW · 4,204 acres

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