Michigan North Dakota Map
Explore Michigan, 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 Michigan, North Dakota
How to Use This Michigan, North Dakota Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Michigan, 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 Michigan.
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 | Michigan |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| County | Nelson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 48.024996 |
| Longitude | -98.117045 |
| Population | 263 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 58259 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| County Seat | Lakota |
About Michigan, North Dakota
Michigan is a locality in Nelson County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 263. Michigan is located at 48.0250°N, 98.1170°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 58259.Michigan spreads across the high, flat expanse of the North Dakota plains, where the horizon pulls the eye toward an infinite and restless sky. It lies 50.6 miles west of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 278°T), and is situated 51.0 miles west of East Grand Forks. The land here is defined by the steady, unyielding patience of the prairie, a terrain that holds the morning light in long, thin ribbons of pale gold against the dark, turned earth. Three miles away, the quiet basin of Lake Laretta catches the wind, its surface mirroring the vastness above, while the North Branch Turtle River carves a subtle, winding path through the soil six miles distant. To the west, the faint silhouette of Blue Mountain rises against the sky, a distant anchor in a landscape that otherwise favors the wide, open sweep of grass and grain.
Michigan grew from the quiet necessity of the agricultural frontier, functioning as a vital junction for the harvest that defines the local economy. The rhythms of the day are governed by the seasonal turn of the crops, a cycle that sustains the quiet, diligent character of the people who work this land. Nearby, the Nelson County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for the migratory life that defines the local ecosystem, preserving the wilder edges of the plains from the encroachment of modern industry. Life in Michigan moves with the deliberate pace of a place deeply connected to its own geography, where the silence of the winter frost and the heat of the summer sun dictate the essential work of the year.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Nelson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.6 mi, 146° SE
- Mcville (State Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 195° S
- Grand Forks County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 13.9 mi, 117° SE
- Black Swan (State Conservation Area) — 14.9 mi, 249° W
- Ramsey County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.4 mi, 294° NW · 634 acres
- Stump Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.5 mi, 243° SW · 54 acres
- Grand Forks County Water Management Board (State Recreation Area) — 22.9 mi, 096° E
- Turtle River State Park (State Park) — 28.4 mi, 102° E
- Wild Prairie (State Recreation Area) — 28.6 mi, 321° NW
- Till Hill (Viewpoint) — 29.2 mi, 102° E
- Warrior of the North (Public Artwork) — 34.6 mi, 098° E
- Grahams Island State Park (State Park) — 43.1 mi, 272° W
- Leonard Hall Geology Museum (Museum) — 49.0 mi, 098° E
- AFL CIO Commemorative Plaque (Monument) — 49.7 mi, 100° E
- Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 50.7 mi, 098° E
- Flood Memorial (Monument) — 50.8 mi, 097° E
- River Cinema 15 (Cinema) — 50.9 mi, 097° E
- Heritage Village (Museum) — 51.2 mi, 096° E
- Long lake (Attraction) — 52.0 mi, 270° W
- Zavoral Monument (Monument) — 52.7 mi, 099° E
- Sweetlight Gallery (Gallery) — 72.0 mi, 103° E
- Omwick Theatre (Cinema) — 76.4 mi, 176° S
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About This Michigan Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Michigan, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.024996, -98.117045. 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 Michigan includes the ZIP code (58259), telephone area code (701), county seat of Nelson County (Lakota), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
