Portal North Dakota Map

About Portal, North Dakota

Portal is a locality in Burke County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 125. The population density is 72.2 people per km². Portal is located at 48.9959°N, 102.5496°W. It observes the Central Standard Time — no DST (America/Regina) timezone. Portal is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58772.

Portal occupies a vast, open expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pinning the earth beneath an enormous, indifferent sky. It lies 76.3 miles northeast of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 39°T), and is situated 47.4 miles north of Stanley. The landscape surrounding Portal is defined by a rigorous, flat clarity, where the wind shapes the tall grasses into shivering waves that never break. Three miles away, the quiet waters of Little Slough reflect the shifting palette of the heavens, while the Souris River winds through the lower terrain seven miles to the south, carving a subtle, serpentine path through the prairie floor. During the quiet hours of dusk, the light here loses its harshness, turning the gray soil into a bruised violet that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped from view.

Portal exists as a singular point of transition, established at the very edge of the map where the pulse of commerce beats against the silence of the plains. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture and the persistent, industrious labor of the rail lines that have long dictated the movement of grain and goods through the region. Nine miles away, the Burke County Waterfowl Production Area serves as a sanctuary for the migratory life that defines the seasonal cycle, a necessary wilderness that keeps the human footprint modest. Life in Portal moves with a slow, deliberate gravity, favoring the steady persistence of those who find beauty in the spare, unadorned geometry of the fields and the stark, honest utility of the winter frost.

About This Portal Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Portal, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.995864, -102.549613. 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 Portal includes the ZIP code (58772), telephone area code (701), county seat of Burke County (Bowbells), and school district assignment (Burke Central Public School District 36).

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.