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Langdon North Dakota Map

Explore Langdon, 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 Langdon, North Dakota

How to Use This Langdon, North Dakota Map

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

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.

CityLangdon
StateNorth Dakota (ND)
CountyCavalier County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude48.760001
Longitude-98.368173
Population1,909
Density476.5 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code58249
Area Code701
County SeatLangdon
School DistrictLangdon Area Public School District 23

About Langdon, North Dakota

Langdon is a locality in Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,909. The population density is 476.5 people per km². Langdon is located at 48.7600°N, 98.3682°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Langdon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58249.

Langdon emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the northern plains like a quiet anchor in a sea of wheat and barley. It lies 84.2 miles northwest of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 314°T), and is situated 50.4 miles north-northeast of Devils Lake. The landscape surrounding Langdon is defined by the vast, unencumbered sky that dictates the mood of the day, shifting from the pale, sharp clarity of a winter morning to the bruised, heavy purples of a summer storm rolling in from the west. Two miles to the east, the Little South Pembina River cuts a narrow, meandering path through the earth, a modest artery in a region defined by the stoic endurance of its soil. Five miles away, the Cavalier County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory wings, punctuating the stillness with the sudden, rhythmic rush of birds rising against the light. Even the distant, gentle rise of Norman Otto Hill, eighteen miles out, serves only to remind the traveler of how far the eye can trace the curvature of the world before it finally yields to the dust.

Agriculture remains the singular, pulsing heart of the economy here, with the cycle of sowing and reaping marking the passage of years more reliably than any calendar. The local character is forged by the demands of a climate that swings between extremes, requiring a particular kind of stubborn grace from those who call the place home. History is etched into the grain elevators that stand as sentinels along the rail lines, once the primary conduits for the harvest that sustained the settlement's early growth. While the pace of life remains deliberate, there is a quiet intensity to the way the days unfold, colored by the practical, communal labor required to survive the long, frozen months. Seventeen miles to the southwest, the waters of Rush Lake hold the memory of the seasons, reflecting the same relentless, beautiful light that illuminates the streets and keeps the spirit of the plains anchored to the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Cavalier County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.6 mi, 043° NE
  • Charles V. Pulver (State Conservation Area) — 14.4 mi, 067° NE
  • Pembina Hills (State Conservation Area) — 16.9 mi, 023° NE
  • North Dakota State Forest Service Land (State Resource Management Area) — 21.1 mi, 063° NE
  • Walsh County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.8 mi, 171° S · 312 acres
  • Holman (State Recreation Area) — 26.0 mi, 076° E
  • Icelandic State Park (State Park) — 27.1 mi, 088° E
  • Wild Prairie (State Recreation Area) — 27.3 mi, 194° S
  • Nelson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 40.5 mi, 179° S
  • Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.4 mi, 230° SW · 17k acres
  • Pembina State Museum (Monument) — 52.7 mi, 073° E
  • Town Mural (Public Artwork) — 57.1 mi, 277° W
  • Grahams Island State Park (State Park) — 58.3 mi, 213° SW
  • Long lake (Attraction) — 65.1 mi, 218° SW
  • Survivor's Flower Bed (Monument) — 67.1 mi, 097° E
  • Till Hill (Viewpoint) — 69.4 mi, 145° SE
  • Kittson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 77.8 mi, 091° E
  • Grand Opening Marker (Monument) — 78.4 mi, 283° W
  • Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 79.5 mi, 250° W

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About This Langdon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Langdon, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.760001, -98.368173. 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 Langdon includes the ZIP code (58249), telephone area code (701), county seat of Cavalier County (Langdon), and school district assignment (Langdon Area Public School District 23).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.