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Golva North Dakota Map

Explore Golva, 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 Golva, North Dakota

How to Use This Golva, North Dakota Map

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

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	Golva
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	Golden Valley County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	46.734179
Longitude	-103.986317
Population	84
Density	101.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58632
Area Code	701
County Seat	Beach
School District	Lone Tree Public School District 6

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About Golva, North Dakota

Golva is a locality in Golden Valley County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 84. The population density is 101.4 people per km². Golva is located at 46.7342°N, 103.9863°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Golva is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58632.

Golva emerges from the high, arid plains of western North Dakota as a collection of weathered structures anchored against an immense and restless sky. It lies 57.5 miles west of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 260°T), and is situated 42.8 miles southeast of Glendive. The landscape around Golva defines itself through the slow erosion of the earth, where the flat prairie begins to fracture into the rugged, shadowed terrain of the badlands. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Windy Ridge marks the distant horizon, while closer at hand, the waters of Bullion Creek carve a thin, winding path through the soil. The light here possesses a particular, sharp clarity at dusk, casting long, bruised shadows across the dry grasses that ripple in the constant, restless wind.

History in this place is measured by the endurance of those who staked their claim upon a landscape that yields only to persistent labor. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth, defined by the seasonal cycles of agriculture and the quiet, industrial hum of the surrounding oil country. Beyond the town limits, the landscape shifts into the expansive, uncultivated stretches of the Montana State Trust Lands, offering a stark contrast to the small, concentrated grid of the village. Residents move with a deliberate, tempered pace, their lives shaped by the presence of Johnstone Dam nearby and the vast, silent distance between neighbors, where the scarcity of water and the abundance of space dictate the fundamental character of every day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 244° SW
Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 7.2 mi, 180° S · 1.0M acres
Golden Valley Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 356° N
Camel Hump (State Conservation Area) — 16.5 mi, 028° NE
Limber Pine Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 18.3 mi, 171° S
Gateway Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 331° NW
Speck Davis Pond (State Recreation Area) — 19.9 mi, 130° SE
Wibaux Settler Monument (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 333° NW
Sully Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.7 mi, 063° NE
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (National Park) — 23.9 mi, 056° NE · 70k acres
Medora Slaughterhouse (Historic Ruins) — 25.1 mi, 060° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 25.2 mi, 060° NE
Medora Overlook (Viewpoint) — 25.2 mi, 059° NE
Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 25.5 mi, 045° NE · 30k acres
O'Fallon Historical Museum (Museum) — 29.3 mi, 208° SW
Makoshika State Park (State Park) — 36.1 mi, 303° NW
Stewart Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.8 mi, 136° SE · 1,276 acres
Belfield Theater (Cinema) — 38.6 mi, 074° E
Rock Bridge (Attraction) — 39.6 mi, 304° NW
White Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.8 mi, 116° SE · 2,088 acres
Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC (Attraction) — 40.2 mi, 310° NW
The Gallery (Gallery) — 42.8 mi, 307° NW
Rose Theater (Cinema) — 44.5 mi, 304° NW
Bowman (Attraction) — 46.3 mi, 142° SE
Savage Museum (Museum) — 52.4 mi, 342° N
Utahraptor (Public Artwork) — 57.6 mi, 079° E
Custer National Forest (National Forest) — 60.3 mi, 202° S · 1.2M acres
Prairie County Museum (Museum) — 62.9 mi, 274° W
Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 72.0 mi, 336° NW

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