Long Creek North Dakota Map

About Long Creek, North Dakota

Long Creek is a locality in Williams County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 104. The population density is 170.1 people per km². Long Creek is located at 48.1016°N, 103.2585°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 58843.

Long Creek spreads across the high, open prairie where the grass bleaches to a pale straw color under the relentless, enormous sky. It lies 16.9 miles east of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 101°T), and is situated 20.7 miles north of Watford City. Chris Creek carves a shallow, winding path through the soil here, feeding the thirsty earth before its waters eventually reach the vast expanse of Lake Sakakawea. To the west, the horizon holds the faint, jagged suggestion of Kummer Ridge, a dark line that anchors the expansive view against the shifting weather. The wind rarely settles, carrying the dry, sharp scent of distant sage and the heavy, metallic promise of an approaching storm that turns the clouds a bruised and heavy gray.

Long Creek remains a place defined by the stubborn endurance of those who first broke the sod to find the hidden fertility of the plains. The local economy draws its strength from the deep, quiet rhythm of the oil patch and the seasonal labor of the wheat fields, both of which demand a particular kind of patience from the people. Residents often gather at the Sakakawea Recreation Area to watch the sun dip behind the plains, casting long, reaching shadows that stretch toward the depths of Cedar Coulee. Life in Long Creek moves with the deliberate pace of a long, slow harvest, where the community finds its meaning in the persistent, unchanging work of the land and the quiet beauty of the wide, empty spaces between neighbors.

About This Long Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Long Creek, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.101601, -103.258507. 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 Long Creek includes the ZIP code (58843), telephone area code (701), county seat of Williams County (Williston), and school district assignment (Williston Basin Public School District 7).

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.