Explore Larson, 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 Larson, 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 Larson.
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 | Larson |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| County | Burke County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 48.889754 |
| Longitude | -102.858511 |
| Population | 9 |
| Density | 8.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 58727 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| County Seat | Bowbells |
| School District | Burke Central Public School District 36 |
Larson stretches across the wide, unyielding expanse of the northern plains, where the horizon pulls the sky taut over a landscape defined by its immense and singular emptiness. It lies 62.0 miles northeast of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 34°T), and is situated 45.0 miles north-northwest of Stanley. The earth here is a palette of pale ochre and deep, sun-baked brown, marked by the slow, rhythmic sweep of wind that knows no obstruction. Two miles to the west, the West Branch Short Creek marks a subtle depression in the flat terrain, its presence signaled only by a deeper green in the grasses that cling to its banks. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the distant silhouette of Grand View rises faintly against the haze, a reminder of the tectonic weight that once shifted the foundations of this quiet territory. The air carries a crisp, thin clarity that makes the late afternoon light appear almost brittle, casting long, sharp shadows that transform the fence lines into ink-strokes on a vast, parchment-colored page.
Larson emerged from the turn of the century as a vital point of transit for the grain that fueled the expansion of the northern frontier, its economy forever tethered to the cycles of the soil and the volatile temperament of the seasons. The local character is tempered by the proximity of the Harris M. Baukol, a SCA that offers a necessary refuge of untamed prairie, preserving a fragment of the landscape as it existed before the plow and the oil rig. While the industry of the Bakken formation hums in the periphery, the daily life of Larson remains anchored in the stubborn resilience of those who cultivate the land, their routines dictated by the shifting weight of the harvest and the biting severity of the winter frost. Life here possesses a gravity that demands patience, a slow and steady endurance that finds its expression in the quiet industry of the grain elevators that serve as the vertical sentinels of the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Larson, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.889754, -102.858511. 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 Larson includes the ZIP code (58727), telephone area code (701), county seat of Burke County (Bowbells), and school district assignment (Burke Central Public School District 36).
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. |