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Minnewaukan North Dakota Map

Explore Minnewaukan, 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 Minnewaukan, North Dakota

How to Use This Minnewaukan, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.071388
Longitude	-99.252357
Population	199
Density	159.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58351
Area Code	701
County Seat	Minnewaukan
School District	Minnewaukan Public School District 5

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About Minnewaukan, North Dakota

Minnewaukan is a locality in Benson County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 199. The population density is 159.1 people per km². Minnewaukan is located at 48.0714°N, 99.2524°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Minnewaukan is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58351.

Minnewaukan rises from the expansive North Dakota plains where the sky dominates the horizon, dwarfing the low-slung architecture and the quiet, weathered thoroughfares. It lies 84.1 miles north-northwest of Jamestown, ND (from Jamestown, ND: bearing 343°T), and is situated 17.6 miles west of Devils Lake. The landscape around Minnewaukan is defined by the encroaching presence of Devils Lake, which presses against the land with a vast, unpredictable weight, while the subtle elevation of Sams Hill breaks the monotony of the flat, grass-swept horizon to the southwest. Nearby, the low-lying basin of West Bay captures the reflective quality of the early morning light, turning the shallow waters into a plate of hammered silver that shifts in hue as the clouds drift overhead. The air here carries the scent of dry earth and dormant grain, a crisp, thin atmosphere that bites at the skin during the long winters and shimmers with heat in the brief, intense pulse of summer.

Minnewaukan holds the legacy of a settlement forged by the necessity of the rail and the persistence of agriculture, its history inextricably tied to the fluctuating cycles of the surrounding water and the yield of the soil. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of dryland farming and the management of the land, with the nearby Devils Lake serving as a reminder of the environmental volatility that has shaped the regional geography over generations. While the Sheyenne River flows thirteen miles away, its influence lingers in the drainage patterns and the historic migration of people who once sought the security of its valley. Life in Minnewaukan proceeds with a deliberate, steady pace, defined by the seasonal labor of the harvest and the quiet endurance of those who remain to watch the shadows lengthen across the prairie as the sun descends behind the distant, nameless undulations of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Devils Lake (Resource Management Area) — 0.3 mi, 025° NE
Benson County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.2 mi, 009° N
Long lake (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 173° S
Pelican Township (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 041° NE
Minnewaukan (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 235° SW
Grahams Island State Park (State Park) — 7.6 mi, 103° E
White Horse Hill National Game Preserve (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.6 mi, 121° SE · 1,630 acres
Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.3 mi, 019° N · 17k acres
Buffalo Lake (State Recreation Area) — 27.7 mi, 264° W
Wild Prairie (State Recreation Area) — 37.0 mi, 061° NE
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 39.3 mi, 300° NW
Northern Lights Tower (Monument) — 39.4 mi, 300° NW
Town Mural (Public Artwork) — 56.9 mi, 343° N
David Thompson Historical Monument (Monument) — 69.2 mi, 273° W
Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 72.3 mi, 186° S · 4,204 acres
Grand Opening Marker (Monument) — 73.9 mi, 331° NW
Old Baldy Overlook (Viewpoint) — 79.4 mi, 316° NW

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