Lakota North Dakota Map
Explore Lakota, 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 Lakota, North Dakota
How to Use This Lakota, North Dakota Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lakota, 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 Lakota.
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 | Lakota |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| County | Nelson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 48.042777 |
| Longitude | -98.336215 |
| Population | 683 |
| Density | 264.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 58344 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| County Seat | Lakota |
| School District | Lakota Public School District 66 |
About Lakota, North Dakota
Lakota is a locality in Nelson County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 683. The population density is 264.0 people per km². Lakota is located at 48.0428°N, 98.3362°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lakota is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58344.Lakota occupies a vast, level expanse of the northern plains where the horizon pulls the sky downward to touch the fields in a seamless, unbroken ring. It lies 60.8 miles west of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 278°T), and is situated 25.4 miles east of Devils Lake. This landscape is defined by the profound weight of the atmosphere, which shifts from a pale, icy blue in the winter to a heavy, golden warmth during the late summer harvest. Two miles away, the waters of Jones Lake gather in the lowlands, reflecting the passing clouds with a clarity that mirrors the silence of the surrounding prairie. To the west, the silhouette of Blue Mountain rises eleven miles distant, a steady, earthen sentinel that anchors the view against the immense, restless currents of the wind.
Lakota serves as a resilient center for the agricultural rhythm that governs the lives of those who work the deep, dark soil of the region. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of grain and seasonal labor, a legacy of the early homesteaders who first broke the sod to organize the plains into orderly grids. Five miles away, the Nelson County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory life, preserving a portion of the wild character that existed long before the arrival of the railroad. Beyond the reach of Silver Creek, eleven miles to the south, the pace of life remains deliberate and quiet, marked by the steady hum of machinery and the long, amber shadows that stretch across the fields as the day recedes into the quietude of the plains.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Nelson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.0 mi, 045° NE
- Ramsey County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.4 mi, 322° NW · 634 acres
- Black Swan (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 210° SW
- Stump Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.8 mi, 208° SW · 54 acres
- Devils Lake (Resource Management Area) — 12.1 mi, 241° SW
- Mcville (State Conservation Area) — 14.4 mi, 152° SE
- Black Tiger Bay State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 20.1 mi, 255° W
- Wild Prairie (State Recreation Area) — 22.5 mi, 339° N
- Grahams Island State Park (State Park) — 32.9 mi, 270° W
- Turtle River State Park (State Park) — 38.6 mi, 100° E
- Till Hill (Viewpoint) — 39.4 mi, 100° E
- Long lake (Attraction) — 41.9 mi, 268° W
- Warrior of the North (Public Artwork) — 44.8 mi, 098° E
- Leonard Hall Geology Museum (Museum) — 59.2 mi, 098° E
- AFL CIO Commemorative Plaque (Monument) — 59.9 mi, 099° E
- Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 60.9 mi, 097° E
- Flood Memorial (Monument) — 61.0 mi, 097° E
- River Cinema 15 (Cinema) — 61.1 mi, 097° E
- Heritage Village (Museum) — 61.4 mi, 096° E
- Zavoral Monument (Monument) — 62.9 mi, 098° E
- Omwick Theatre (Cinema) — 79.0 mi, 168° S
- Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 79.3 mi, 286° W
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About This Lakota Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lakota, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.042777, -98.336215. 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 Lakota includes the ZIP code (58344), telephone area code (701), county seat of Nelson County (Lakota), and school district assignment (Lakota Public School District 66).
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. |
