Gascoyne North Dakota Map

About Gascoyne, North Dakota

Gascoyne is a locality in Bowman County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 21. The population density is 8.1 people per km². Gascoyne is located at 46.1183°N, 103.0799°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Gascoyne is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58653.

Gascoyne emerges from the expansive, tawny grasslands of the high plains, where the horizon stretches into an immense, unbroken arc of pale blue. It lies 54.4 miles south-southwest of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 195°T), and is situated 119.2 miles west-southwest of Bismarck. Buffalo Creek carves a shallow, serpentine path through the earth nearby, its banks fringed with hardy grasses that sway in the persistent, restless wind of the northern prairie. To the distant west, the silhouette of the Bob Denny Hills rises faintly against the fading light, their muted, earthen tones deepening into charcoal as the sun descends. The air here carries a dry, sharp clarity, cooling rapidly at dusk to leave the land in a profound, hushed stillness that feels as old as the soil itself. A mile away, Gascoyne Lake catches the amber reflection of the sky, its surface mirroring the vast emptiness that defines this quiet corner of the world.

Gascoyne bears the quiet weight of a landscape shaped by the endurance of those who settled the rugged interior to coax sustenance from the stubborn, alkaline earth. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of agriculture and the quiet persistence of rural industry, reflecting a history defined by the labor of homesteaders and the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons. Residents look toward the Bowman Haley Recreation Area for the cadence of outdoor life, finding a communal tether in the shared stewardship of the surrounding plains. Life in Gascoyne proceeds with an understated gravity, where the daily concerns of the inhabitants are measured against the scale of an enormous, unclouded sky that dictates the temperament of the year.

About This Gascoyne Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gascoyne, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.118339, -103.079892. 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 Gascoyne includes the ZIP code (58653), telephone area code (701), county seat of Bowman County (Bowman), and school district assignment (Scranton Public School District 33).

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.