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Plaza North Dakota Map

Explore Plaza, 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 Plaza, North Dakota

How to Use This Plaza, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.025846
Longitude	-101.961
Population	211
Density	75.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58771
Area Code	701
County Seat	Stanley
School District	Lewis and Clark Public School District 161

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About Plaza, North Dakota

Plaza is a locality in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 211. The population density is 75.3 people per km². Plaza is located at 48.0258°N, 101.9610°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Plaza is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58771.

Plaza emerges from the vast, open prairie as a collection of structures anchored firmly against the relentless horizon. It lies 33.8 miles west-southwest of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 245°T), and is situated 24.7 miles east of New Town. Under an enormous sky that dictates the mood of the day, the land surrounding Plaza stretches out in subtle, muted tones of earth and dried grass, broken only by the occasional silhouette of a distant grain elevator. Three miles away, the East Fork Shell Creek traces a quiet path through the terrain, while the Ward County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary for migratory wings just five miles from the center. The air here holds a distinct, crisp clarity, sharpening the edges of the horizon and making the light at dusk appear to linger with a heavy, golden patience.

Plaza carries the quiet weight of a history rooted in the expansion of the northern plains, where the economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture and the shifting fortunes of the regional oil industry. Life in Plaza follows the seasonal pulse of the harvest, a cycle that defines the community’s endurance in an environment where the nearest lake, Shell Lake, sits twelve miles away as a solitary blue pause in the landscape. Beyond the daily labor of the fields, the presence of Round Top Hill seventeen miles distant serves as a faint, immovable marker for those looking toward the western edge of the vista. Residents move with a steady, pragmatic grace, acknowledging that while the world outside may accelerate, the pace of life in Plaza remains calibrated to the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ward County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.5 mi, 042° NE
Mountrail County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.3 mi, 359° N
Shell Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.7 mi, 331° NW · 1,572 acres
Mclean National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.3 mi, 180° S · 684 acres
Vanhook (State Conservation Area) — 14.5 mi, 259° W
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.5 mi, 256° W
Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 119° SE
Lake Sakakawea (Recreation Area) — 19.5 mi, 226° SW
Deepwater (State Conservation Area) — 21.0 mi, 199° S
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 26.6 mi, 171° S
Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 32.1 mi, 270° W · 1.0M acres
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 34.1 mi, 063° NE
Little Missouri State Park (State Park) — 45.0 mi, 221° SW
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 47.2 mi, 333° NW · 5,522 acres
David Thompson Historical Monument (Monument) — 56.3 mi, 083° E
Six Shooters Showall (Cinema) — 63.1 mi, 256° W
Seamans Overlook (Viewpoint) — 64.7 mi, 141° SE
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 65.9 mi, 139° SE
Scientific Center of North America (Monument) — 66.3 mi, 152° SE
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (National Park) — 66.7 mi, 245° SW · 70k acres
McLean County Museum (Museum) — 66.8 mi, 139° SE
Monument 670A (Attraction) — 72.6 mi, 022° N
Gn 3059 (Attraction) — 77.0 mi, 277° W
Sloulin Field International Airport (historic) (Historic Ruins) — 78.2 mi, 278° W
Lewis and Clark Trail Museum (Museum) — 78.8 mi, 262° W

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