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Loraine North Dakota Map

Explore Loraine, 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 Loraine, North Dakota

How to Use This Loraine, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.865577
Longitude	-101.567939
Population	9
Density	14.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58761
Area Code	701
County Seat	Mohall
School District	Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood Public School District 1

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About Loraine, North Dakota

Loraine is a locality in Renville County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 9. The population density is 14.2 people per km². Loraine is located at 48.8656°N, 101.5679°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Loraine is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58761.

Loraine occupies a vast, hushed stretch of the northern prairie where the horizon line remains unbroken by anything save the occasional grain elevator reaching toward the enormous sky. It lies 45.5 miles north-northwest of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 344°T), and is situated 32.6 miles north-northwest of Minot AFB. The land here is defined by an austere, rhythmic flatness that yields only to the subtle depression of West Cut Bank Creek, which meanders through the landscape just a mile away, carving a modest path through the earth. During the autumn, the light at dusk turns the grasses a pale, bruised gold, casting long shadows that emphasize the sheer scale of the open plains. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain holds a quiet, elemental stillness, occasionally punctuated by the movement of migratory birds heading toward the Bottineau County Waterfowl Production Area five miles to the north.

Loraine emerged from the ambition of early homesteaders who sought to tame the stubborn, fertile soil, and today the economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest. The rhythms of daily life are dictated by the seasonal requirements of wheat and sunflower cultivation, a disciplined labor that has defined the character of the inhabitants for generations. While the silence of the countryside suggests a world left behind, the proximity of Lake Darling thirteen miles away provides a singular, expansive relief in the landscape, serving as a focal point for those seeking the cooling presence of water in an otherwise arid expanse. In Loraine, the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the slow rotation of the crops and the shifting colors of the prairie as it prepares for the long, white hush of winter.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bottineau County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.2 mi, 141° SE
Renville County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.6 mi, 186° S
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.0 mi, 213° SW · 63k acres
Monument 670A (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 045° NE
Manitoba - Saskatchewan boundary (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 045° NE
Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.1 mi, 270° W · 28k acres
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 41.4 mi, 252° W · 5,522 acres
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 44.2 mi, 164° S
North Dakota State Forest Service Land (State Resource Management Area) — 47.3 mi, 083° E
Century 21 Stonehenge (Public Artwork) — 47.8 mi, 083° E
Black Lake (State Recreation Area) — 48.7 mi, 084° E
Old Baldy Overlook (Viewpoint) — 50.5 mi, 087° E
Thompson Lake (State Recreation Area) — 55.4 mi, 087° E
Lake Metigoshe State Park (State Park) — 55.9 mi, 080° E
Denbigh Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 57.7 mi, 133° SE · 595 acres
Souris Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 63.3 mi, 122° SE · 105 acres
David Thompson Historical Monument (Monument) — 63.6 mi, 144° SE
Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 65.7 mi, 184° S
Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 76.4 mi, 221° SW · 1.0M acres

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