Explore Grandin, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Grandin, 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 Grandin.
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 | Grandin |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| County | Cass County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 47.236923 |
| Longitude | -97.001473 |
| Population | 186 |
| Density | 396.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 58038 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| County Seat | Fargo |
| School District | Northern Cass Public School District 97 |
Grandin emerges from the flat, unyielding expanse of the Red River Valley as a quiet study in geometry and sky. It lies 25.5 miles north of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 349°T), and is situated 26.8 miles north-northwest of Fargo. The horizon here is a sharp, unbroken line that pulls the eye toward an infinite blue, where the light at dusk settles in heavy, bruised purples and golds across the open fields. Only a mile away, the Elm River carves a subtle, winding path through the silt, its banks lined with the gnarled silhouettes of deciduous trees that break the relentless horizontal pull of the prairie. In the distance, the landscape remains vast and exposed, a place where the weather is not merely an event but the primary occupant of the air, moving in great, visible curtains of gray across the plains.
Grandin stands as a resolute outpost of agricultural industry, defined by the seasonal pulse of grain elevators that rise like monoliths above the surrounding farmland. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the harvest, a cycle that has shaped the character of the inhabitants into something as pragmatic and enduring as the soil itself. While the quietude is profound, the proximity of the Traill County Waterfowl Production Area reminds one of the wilder, migratory life that persists just twenty miles beyond the silos. Even when the stillness feels absolute, there is a sense of hidden movement, perhaps echoing the stillness of Grandin Lake further out, where the land holds its breath until the next shift in the wind.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grandin, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.236923, -97.001473. 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 Grandin includes the ZIP code (58038), telephone area code (701), county seat of Cass County (Fargo), and school district assignment (Northern Cass Public School District 97).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |