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Minto North Dakota Map

Explore Minto, 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 Minto, North Dakota

How to Use This Minto, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.291655
Longitude	-97.371465
Population	616
Density	165.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58261
Area Code	701
County Seat	Grafton
School District	Minto Public School District 20

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About Minto, North Dakota

Minto is a locality in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 616. The population density is 165.5 people per km². Minto is located at 48.2917°N, 97.3715°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Minto is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58261.

Minto emerges from the expansive North Dakota plains as a quiet grid of streets defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of the surrounding agricultural expanse. It lies 29.7 miles north-northwest of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 328°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-southeast of Grafton. The Forest River carves a subtle, winding path near the settlement, its waters serving as a muted witness to the seasonal shifts that transform the earth from frozen, iron-gray soil to the vibrant, verdant rows of summer crops. To the west, the distant rise of the Altamont Moraine offers a faint, jagged silhouette against the vast, unrelenting sky, while the proximity of Lake Ardoch and the nearby Ardoch National Wildlife Refuge ensures that the air remains filled with the sudden, rhythmic beat of migratory wings. Light here possesses a singular, heavy clarity at dusk, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the fields until the horizon swallows the sun in a cold, lilac glow.

Minto preserves a legacy built upon the deep, productive loam that has sustained generations of families who arrived to claim this stretch of the prairie. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, with grain elevators standing as sentinels that mark the arrival of the rail line and the persistent labor of the fields. Cultural threads from early European settlers persist in the architecture and the communal gatherings that anchor the calendar, maintaining a sturdy, unpretentious character that favors endurance over artifice. Life in Minto moves with the measured pace of the seasons, where the primary concern is the health of the crop and the maintenance of the homestead, a tradition that keeps the spirit of the early plains pioneers legible in the quiet, steady persistence of those who remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ardoch National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.0 mi, 138° SE · 632 acres
Walsh County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 124° SE
Ab Happy Chandler Field (Local Recreation) — 8.5 mi, 350° N
8Th Street Ball Field (Local Recreation) — 8.8 mi, 346° N
Leistikow Memorial Park (Local Park) — 9.1 mi, 347° N
Ed Bry (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 166° S
Joliet Ferry (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 063° NE
Prairie Chicken (State Recreation Area) — 11.8 mi, 163° S
Grand Forks County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 15.3 mi, 165° S
North Salt Lake (State Recreation Area) — 16.3 mi, 007° N
Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.6 mi, 170° S · 1,634 acres
Warrior of the North (Public Artwork) — 23.6 mi, 181° S
Turtle River State Park (State Park) — 24.5 mi, 193° S
Till Hill (Viewpoint) — 25.1 mi, 194° S
Heritage Village (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 146° SE
Leonard Hall Geology Museum (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 151° SE
River Cinema 15 (Cinema) — 29.7 mi, 147° SE
Flood Memorial (Monument) — 29.8 mi, 148° SE
Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 29.9 mi, 148° SE
AFL CIO Commemorative Plaque (Monument) — 30.9 mi, 152° SE
Anderson/Bagaas Burial (Monument) — 31.7 mi, 070° E
Karlstad Pavilion (Theatre) — 43.6 mi, 063° NE
Kittson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 44.7 mi, 046° NE
Viking Farmer Museam (Museum) — 44.8 mi, 096° E
Sweetlight Gallery (Gallery) — 50.2 mi, 135° SE

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