Explore Hope, 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 Hope, 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 Hope.
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 | Hope |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| County | Steele County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 47.32221 |
| Longitude | -97.72232 |
| Population | 272 |
| Density | 171.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 58046 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| County Seat | Finley |
| School District | Hope-Page Public School District 85 |
Hope sits firmly upon the expansive, open prairie, where the horizon stretches so thin and wide that the sky appears to press down with a singular, heavy clarity. It lies 49.5 miles northwest of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 309°T), and is situated 30.6 miles north-northeast of Valley City. Earth-toned fields extend in every direction, interrupted only by the slow, deliberate movement of wind through tall grasses or the occasional silhouette of a distant grain elevator. Two miles to the west, the Maple River carves a modest, meandering path through the soil, offering a subtle break in the flat terrain, while the Steele County Waterfowl Production Area serves as a quiet sanctuary for migratory life just a few miles away. Even on the clearest days, the presence of Pilot Knob remains a mere ghost of a suggestion on the far periphery, leaving the landscape to define itself through the sheer, unadorned honesty of the plains.
Agriculture dictates the pulse of Hope, anchoring the lives of its inhabitants to the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest that have defined this region since its initial settlement. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding soil, creating a steady, unassuming pace that favors endurance over speed. Residents often find their respite in the stillness of the afternoon, perhaps traveling the short distance to Lone Tree Lake for an hour of quiet observation when the light begins to turn the color of dried wheat. Hope retains a character shaped by the isolation of the plains, where the distance between neighbors is bridged by a shared understanding of the weather and the stubborn, necessary work of the land.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hope, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.32221, -97.72232. 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 Hope includes the ZIP code (58046), telephone area code (701), county seat of Steele County (Finley), and school district assignment (Hope-Page Public School District 85).
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. |