Explore Munich, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Munich, 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 Munich.
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 | Munich |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| County | Cavalier County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 48.669174 |
| Longitude | -98.832631 |
| Population | 190 |
| Density | 51.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 58352 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| County Seat | Langdon |
| School District | Munich Public School District 19 |
Munich sits upon a vast, unyielding expanse of North Dakota prairie where the horizon stretches thin and taut, stitched to the earth by the weight of an immense, cloud-swollen sky. It lies 97.4 miles west-northwest of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 303°T), and is situated 38.5 miles north of Devils Lake. The land here does not rise or fall with dramatic flourish, but maintains a patient, level composure that forces the eye to find beauty in the subtle shift of light across golden stubble and the sharp, clean lines of fence posts marching toward infinity. Only two miles distant, the Cavalier County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary for the restless wings of seasonal migrants, while further afield, the basin of Rush Lake holds a quiet, shallow stillness seventeen miles away. The air carries an astringent clarity, untethered by obstruction, cooling rapidly as the sun retreats and leaves the landscape bathed in the bruised purples and deep, melancholic grays of the northern dusk.
Agriculture remains the pulse of Munich, defined by the seasonal labor of planting and the heavy, dusty harvest that dictates the pace of every passing year. The town emerged from the ambition of settlers who saw promise in the stubborn, fertile soil, and today the steel grain elevators stand as silent, sentinels of this enduring economic devotion. While the flow of Cypress Creek remains sixteen miles away, the memory of water and the necessity of managing the land’s moisture define the rhythm of the local industry. Life in Munich unfolds with a deliberate, steady cadence, where the connections between neighbors are forged through the shared demands of the seasons and the quiet resilience required to thrive beneath such a wide, indifferent heaven.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Munich, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.669174, -98.832631. 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 Munich includes the ZIP code (58352), telephone area code (701), county seat of Cavalier County (Langdon), and school district assignment (Munich Public School District 19).
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. |