Mott North Dakota Map

About Mott, North Dakota

Mott is a locality in Hettinger County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 653. The population density is 274.3 people per km². Mott is located at 46.3725°N, 102.3271°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Mott is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58646.

Mott unfolds across a vast expanse of high plains where the sky exerts a weight of sheer, unobstructed distance upon the earth. It lies 41.3 miles south-southeast of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 148°T), and is situated 79.2 miles west-southwest of Bismarck. The Cannonball River carves a deliberate, winding path through the landscape, its presence marked by the subtle shift in vegetation along the banks that contrast against the dry, sun-bleached grasses of the surrounding prairie. To the west, the horizon remains open and severe, though the land rises occasionally into gentle slopes that lead the eye toward the distant, rugged silhouette of Forsch Rocks. The atmosphere here possesses a stark clarity, especially during the long, amber-hued hours of dusk, when the light flattens the terrain into a series of deepening shadows that emphasize the quiet, enduring isolation of the plains.

Mott serves as a central hub for the agricultural rhythms that define the surrounding region, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest. The history of the area is written in the resilience of those who arrived to break the sod, establishing a life that persists in the steady, pragmatic pace of the grain elevators and the local trade that sustains the daily operation of the community. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the landscape offers pockets of refuge like Indian Creek, a SCA that provides a quiet respite from the relentless work of the fields. While residents might occasionally venture toward the shores of Dry Lake for a change of scenery, life in Mott remains fundamentally rooted in the soil, defined by a deep, quiet familiarity with the shifting seasons and the enormous, changing weather of the Great Plains.

About This Mott Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mott, North Dakota. Coordinates: 46.372503, -102.327106. 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 Mott includes the ZIP code (58646), telephone area code (701), county seat of Hettinger County (Mott), and school district assignment (Mott-Regent Public School District 1).

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.