Explore Hunter, 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 Hunter, 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 Hunter.
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 | Hunter |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| County | Cass County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 47.190534 |
| Longitude | -97.217032 |
| Population | 332 |
| Density | 85.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 58048 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| County Seat | Fargo |
| School District | Northern Cass Public School District 97 |
Hunter emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a cluster of grain elevators standing like sentinels above the surrounding agricultural grid. It lies 26.4 miles northwest of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 326°T), and is situated 29.6 miles northwest of Fargo. The South Branch Elm River traces a quiet, winding path near the outskirts, its banks lined with dense thickets that break the monotony of the open prairie. During the harvest season, the air carries a distinct, dry scent of chaff and diesel, while the low-hanging sun at dusk paints the vast sky in bruised shades of violet and burnt orange. Beyond the town limits, the terrain stretches out in a seamless expanse of black earth, occasionally interrupted by the sharp, metallic glint of machinery moving across the fields.
Hunter remains anchored by the rhythms of cereal crop production, a legacy that has defined the local economy since the earliest settlers broke the heavy sod. While the bustle of the rail line once dictated the daily pace, the current atmosphere is one of deliberate stillness, where the primary movement is the slow rotation of the seasons. Residents who seek the solace of open spaces often venture toward the Traill County Waterfowl Production Area to observe the seasonal migrations that animate the wetlands. For those looking to the water, the horizon is vast and uninterrupted, though some may travel twenty miles to reach the edges of Grandin Lake for a change in the landscape. Life here is measured in the steady persistence of the work, a quiet endurance that mirrors the flat, unyielding character of the North Dakota plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hunter, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.190534, -97.217032. 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 Hunter includes the ZIP code (58048), 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. |