Explore Pillsbury, 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 Pillsbury, 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 Pillsbury.
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 | Pillsbury |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| County | Barnes County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 47.206931 |
| Longitude | -97.790657 |
| Population | 12 |
| Density | 18.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 58065 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| County Seat | Valley City |
| School District | Hope-Page Public School District 85 |
Pillsbury occupies a quiet expanse of the North Dakota plains, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun in a single, lingering swallow. It lies 47.8 miles west-northwest of West Fargo, ND (from West Fargo, ND: bearing 299°T), and is situated 22.0 miles north-northeast of Valley City. The landscape remains defined by the patient, terrestrial rhythm of the earth, marked by the gentle meanderings of the Maple River four miles to the east. The Barnes County Waterfowl Production Area sits just three miles away, offering a sanctuary of marsh and tallgrass that draws migrating birds across the vast, empty sky. Toward the west, the subtle rise of Pilot Knob breaks the flatness, providing a solitary point of reference against the pale, shifting light of the afternoon. The air here holds a crisp, dry quality, carrying the scent of parched earth and distant, untended fields that seem to breathe in unison with the changing seasons.
Pillsbury emerged from the ambition of the railroad era, serving as a vital artery for the grain that once defined the economic vitality of the region. Today, the local economy remains tethered to the profound productivity of the soil, with agricultural operations anchoring the lives of those who remain. The pace of daily existence moves with the deliberate calculation of a harvest cycle, devoid of the frantic urgency found in more crowded latitudes. Residents often find their stillness mirrored in the quiet waters of Lone Tree Lake, located seven miles away, where the stillness of the water reflects the expansive, unyielding heavens. It is a place of profound endurance, where the history of the plains is written not in monuments, but in the persistent, quiet labor of maintaining a life in the heart of the open country.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pillsbury, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.206931, -97.790657. 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 Pillsbury includes the ZIP code (58065), telephone area code (701), county seat of Barnes County (Valley City), and school district assignment (Hope-Page Public School District 85).
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. |