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Long Creek North Dakota Map

Explore Long Creek, 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 Long Creek, North Dakota

How to Use This Long Creek, North Dakota Map

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

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	Long Creek
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	Williams County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	48.101601
Longitude	-103.258507
Population	104
Density	170.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	58843
Area Code	701
County Seat	Williston
School District	Williston Basin Public School District 7

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.1 mi, 357° N
Lake Sakakawea (Recreation Area) — 0.3 mi, 026° NE
Lewis And Clark State Park (State Park) — 0.3 mi, 006° N
Tobacco Garden (State Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 077° E
Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 6.6 mi, 102° E · 1.0M acres
Hofflund (State Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 064° NE
Lewis And Clark Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.6 mi, 268° W
Gn 3059 (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 280° W
Sloulin Field International Airport (historic) (Historic Ruins) — 18.4 mi, 287° W
Six Shooters Showall (Cinema) — 20.8 mi, 183° S
Lewis and Clark Trail Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 225° SW
Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 32.6 mi, 185° S · 30k acres
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (National Park) — 32.6 mi, 185° S · 70k acres
Riverbend Overlook (Viewpoint) — 34.5 mi, 189° S
Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.5 mi, 332° NW · 6,424 acres
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.7 mi, 051° NE · 55k acres
Centre Theatre (Cinema) — 49.5 mi, 238° SW
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 53.7 mi, 294° NW · 12k acres
Culbertson Museum (Museum) — 57.0 mi, 274° W
Savage Museum (Museum) — 67.3 mi, 229° SW
Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 69.4 mi, 246° SW
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 71.5 mi, 116° SE
Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 74.3 mi, 099° E
Sheridan County Agriculture Museum and Civic Center (Museum) — 74.7 mi, 309° NW

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