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Lankin North Dakota Map

Explore Lankin, 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 Lankin, North Dakota

How to Use This Lankin, North Dakota Map

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

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	Lankin
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	Walsh County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	48.311106
Longitude	-97.925094
Population	102
Density	137.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58250
Area Code	701
County Seat	Grafton
School District	Fordville-Lankin Public School District 5

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About Lankin, North Dakota

Lankin is a locality in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 102. The population density is 137.2 people per km². Lankin is located at 48.3111°N, 97.9251°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lankin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58250.

Lankin occupies a stretch of North Dakota earth where the horizon pulls away in every direction, leaving the land to flatten into a vast, unhurried plain. It lies 49.0 miles west-northwest of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 303°T), and is situated 24.6 miles west-southwest of Grafton. The light here has a sharp, clarifying quality, bleaching the summer grasses to a pale straw color and turning the winter snow into a hard, crystalline sheet that shivers under the wind. Only two miles to the west, the North Branch Forest River cuts a thin, winding path through the soil, offering a rare interruption to the endless expanse of fields. In the quiet hours before dusk, the sky bruises into deep shades of violet and indigo, pressing down upon the earth with an immense, hollow weight that makes the silos and distant grain elevators seem like fragile, solitary sentinels guarding the silence.

Lankin emerged from the ambition of the railroad era, a grain-shipping point built on the promise of the dark, heavy soil that still dictates the rhythm of the local economy. Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the region, with the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest governing the pace of daily affairs more strictly than any clock. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the geography remains largely untamed; the Walsh County Waterfowl Production Area, seven miles distant, serves as a sanctuary where the land returns to its wilder, marshy origins. Not far from the basin of Cleveland Park, the presence of Homme Lake nine miles away provides a singular point of focus for those seeking the stillness of deeper water. Life in Lankin persists with a sturdy, unadorned endurance, defined by the people who have learned to measure their prosperity not by the noise of the world, but by the yield of the earth and the steady, reliable return of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Walsh County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.5 mi, 291° W
Homme Lake (Recreation Area) — 8.4 mi, 036° NE
C.c. Cook (State Conservation Area) — 13.1 mi, 004° N
Walsh County Water Management Board (State Recreation Area) — 14.9 mi, 354° N
Grand Forks County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 17.0 mi, 150° SE
Cavalier County (State Conservation Area) — 24.6 mi, 357° N
Ramsey County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.3 mi, 241° SW · 634 acres
Wild Prairie (State Recreation Area) — 26.9 mi, 276° W
Ardoch National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.6 mi, 098° E · 632 acres
Turtle River State Park (State Park) — 31.8 mi, 143° SE
Icelandic State Park (State Park) — 32.4 mi, 015° N
Till Hill (Viewpoint) — 32.4 mi, 143° SE
Warrior of the North (Public Artwork) — 35.5 mi, 134° SE
Leonard Hall Geology Museum (Museum) — 47.9 mi, 124° SE
Heritage Village (Museum) — 48.9 mi, 121° SE
Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 49.1 mi, 123° SE
AFL CIO Commemorative Plaque (Monument) — 49.1 mi, 125° SE
River Cinema 15 (Cinema) — 49.1 mi, 122° SE
Flood Memorial (Monument) — 49.2 mi, 122° SE
Zavoral Monument (Monument) — 51.5 mi, 123° SE
Long lake (Attraction) — 64.0 mi, 252° W
Kittson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 64.9 mi, 063° NE
Karlstad Pavilion (Theatre) — 66.9 mi, 074° E
Viking Farmer Museam (Museum) — 70.3 mi, 095° E
Sweetlight Gallery (Gallery) — 71.2 mi, 121° SE

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