Leith North Dakota Map

About Leith, North Dakota

Leith is a locality in Grant County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 28. The population density is 8.7 people per km². Leith is located at 46.3583°N, 101.6365°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Leith is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58529.

Leith emerges from the vast, open prairie as a collection of structures held fast against the relentless, enormous sky. It lies 48.0 miles southwest of Mandan, ND (from Mandan, ND: bearing 228°T), and is situated 51.1 miles southwest of Bismarck. The landscape around Leith consists of wide, arid plains that stretch toward the horizon, broken only by the modest rise of Spring Hill two miles to the west. Boxelder Creek cuts a quiet, unassuming path through the terrain just a mile away, its presence marked by a thin line of hardy vegetation that survives the extremes of the seasons. During the late afternoon, the light here turns a bruised, honeyed gold, casting elongated shadows that emphasize the stark, unadorned geometry of the earth. The air holds a dry, sharp clarity, carrying the scent of parched grasses and the distant, cooling promise of a storm that never quite arrives.

Agriculture remains the slow, steady pulse of life in Leith, where the economy is tethered to the cycles of the soil and the temperament of the climate. Settlers arrived here with the ambition of carving a living from the stubborn, fertile dirt, leaving behind a legacy of resilience that persists in the few remaining silhouettes of grain silos and weathered wood. Though the pace of modern industry has largely bypassed these quiet acres, the memory of hard labor remains etched into the character of the place. Those seeking a reprieve from the isolation often travel eighteen miles to reach Lake Tschida, a recreational area that offers a rare, reflective stillness in the landscape. Leith persists as a place of profound solitude, where the days pass with a rhythmic, predictable gravity, indifferent to the hurried world beyond its borders.

About This Leith Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Leith, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.35834, -101.63653. 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 Leith includes the ZIP code (58529), telephone area code (701), county seat of Grant County (Carson), and school district assignment (Roosevelt Public School District 18).

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.