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Oakes North Dakota Map

Explore Oakes, 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 Oakes, North Dakota

How to Use This Oakes, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	46.138579
Longitude	-98.090379
Population	1,798
Density	443.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58474
Area Code	701
County Seat	Ellendale
School District	Oakes Public School District 41

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About Oakes, North Dakota

Oakes is a locality in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,798. The population density is 443.9 people per km². Oakes is located at 46.1386°N, 98.0904°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oakes is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58474.

Oakes occupies a quiet expanse of the northern plains, where the horizon stretches toward an immense sky that dictates the temperament of the land. It lies 60.9 miles south-southeast of Jamestown, ND (from Jamestown, ND: bearing 151°T), and is situated 28.6 miles southwest of Lisbon. The James River carves a deliberate, meandering path only a mile away, its slow current cutting through the dark, fertile soil that characterizes this region. Five miles to the west, Lake Taayer offers a still reflection of the clouds, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Whitestone Hills marks the edge of the visual world. During the autumn, the light turns a brittle, pale gold, illuminating the stubble of harvested fields and casting long, sharp shadows across the flat, unyielding earth.

Oakes emerged from the determination of settlers who saw promise in the deep, black loam, establishing an economy fundamentally tied to the seasonal cycles of grain and livestock. The agricultural heritage remains the pulse of the local character, evidenced by the silos and machinery that stand as utilitarian monuments against the prairie wind. Stewardship of the wild persists nearby at the Dickey County Waterfowl Production Area, where the land is left to its own devices, providing a sanctuary that echoes the quiet intensity of the surrounding countryside. Life in Oakes moves with a steady, pragmatic grace, defined by a community that recognizes the endurance required to thrive in a landscape where the seasons arrive with such profound and uncompromising clarity.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dickey County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.3 mi, 291° W
Taayer Lake (State Recreation Area) — 7.7 mi, 090° E
Lamoure County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.1 mi, 352° N
Sargent County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.5 mi, 072° E · 646 acres
Hyatt Slough (State Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 190° S
Cottonwood Creek (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 322° NW
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.3 mi, 192° S · 39k acres
North Sand Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.5 mi, 194° S
Fort Ransom State Park (State Park) — 28.9 mi, 014° N
Marshall County Prayer Rock Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 146° SE
Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 34.5 mi, 059° NE · 70k acres
Colin Campbell Fur Post (Monument) — 34.9 mi, 225° SW
Whitetail Trail Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 35.6 mi, 105° E
Enderlin Area Veterans Monument (Monument) — 40.9 mi, 034° NE
Old Cannon (Registered Battlefield) — 47.9 mi, 180° S
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 48.1 mi, 142° SE
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 49.0 mi, 212° SW
Aviation War Memorial (Monument) — 49.9 mi, 199° S
Dacotah Prairie Museum (Museum) — 50.4 mi, 202° S
Jewett Theater (Theatre) — 51.0 mi, 202° S
Omwick Theatre (Cinema) — 54.3 mi, 004° N
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 57.5 mi, 272° W
Frontier Village (Attraction) — 59.5 mi, 331° NW
Bison 6 Cinema (Cinema) — 59.5 mi, 330° NW
Wilkin County Museum (Museum) — 72.5 mi, 083° E
Roger Maris Museum (Museum) — 77.4 mi, 050° NE

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