Max North Dakota Map

About Max, North Dakota

Max is a locality in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 331. The population density is 164.1 people per km². Max is located at 47.8211°N, 101.2988°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Max is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58759.

Max sits firmly upon the vast, unyielding expanse of the North Dakota prairie, where the horizon stretches into an infinite line that seems to pull the sky down toward the earth. It lies 28.4 miles south of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 180°T), and is situated 41.5 miles south of Minot AFB. The landscape around Max is defined by a rhythmic, undulating terrain of tall grasses that shimmer like pale gold under the high, unfiltered sun. Only a mile away, the Mclean County Waterfowl Production Area offers a quiet sanctuary where the stillness is broken only by the sudden, sharp rush of wings against the air. To the west, the distant Henderson Hills rise as a faint, violet smudge against the sky, while the nearby Shallow Lake catches the fleeting, bruised colors of twilight, holding the reflection of the clouds in its glass-like surface.

Max grew from the iron rails of the early twentieth century, becoming a point of connection for the scattered homesteads that claimed the fertile soil. The local economy remains tethered to this earth, sustained by the steady, seasonal labor of grain farming and the quiet industry of those who work the land to feed the grain elevators that punctuate the skyline. Life here moves according to the demands of the crop and the turning of the weather, a steady, measured pace that leaves little room for pretense. Eight miles away, the waters of Oak Creek carve a path through the dirt, a thin, persistent vein of life that has witnessed the slow evolution of the region. In Max, the nights are dark and absolute, allowing the stars to assert a brilliance that reminds any traveler of the sheer, quiet scale of the plains.

About This Max Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Max, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.821114, -101.29877. 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 Max includes the ZIP code (58759), telephone area code (701), county seat of McLean County (Washburn), and school district assignment (Max Public School District 50).

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.