Gardena North Dakota Map

About Gardena, North Dakota

Gardena is a locality in Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 24. The population density is 26.9 people per km². Gardena is located at 48.7008°N, 100.4976°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gardena is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 58748, 58318.

Gardena exists as a quiet punctuation mark upon the vast, open expanse of the North Dakota prairie, where the horizon stretches so thin it seems to pull the very breath from the sky. It lies 48.8 miles northeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 48°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south-southwest of Bottineau. The land here leans toward a deep, elemental stillness, characterized by flat stretches of earth that catch the amber light of dusk with a startling, gilded intensity. Two miles away, the modest channel of Oak Creek carves a thin, vital line through the soil, offering a rare sanctuary of riparian growth amidst the endless grain. To the north, the distant silhouettes of the Turtle Mountains rise like a serrated shadow against the clouds, while the nearby J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge serves as a sprawling corridor for migrating wings, underscoring the ancient, undisturbed rhythm of the plains.

Gardena bears the quiet imprint of early homesteading efforts, established when the promise of fertile soil drew settlers to these high, windswept reaches to carve a life from the stubborn sod. Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest dictating the pace of life as surely as the coming of the frost. While the modern world moves with a frantic, digitized urgency, Gardena maintains a deliberate, grounded character, where the labor of the farm defines the community’s shared purpose. The proximity to the Mouse River State Forest North Unit and the waters of the Unit 320 Reservoir provides a stark contrast to the cultivated fields, reminding those who live here that the wild, unyielding nature of the prairie is never truly far from their doorstep.

About This Gardena Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gardena, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.700837, -100.497639. 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 Gardena includes the ZIP code (58748, 58318), telephone area code (701), county seat of Bottineau County (Bottineau), and school district assignment (Bottineau Public School District 1).

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.