Enter your search query in the box below.

Powers Lake North Dakota Map

Explore Powers Lake, 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 Powers Lake, North Dakota

How to Use This Powers Lake, North Dakota Map

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

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	Powers Lake
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	Burke County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	48.562804
Longitude	-102.647957
Population	385
Density	106.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58773
Area Code	701
County Seat	Bowbells
School District	Powers Lake Public School District 27

🌦 Goto Powers Lake Weather Page: Powers Lake, North Dakota — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Powers Lake, North Dakota

Powers Lake is a locality in Burke County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 385. The population density is 106.9 people per km². Powers Lake is located at 48.5628°N, 102.6480°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Powers Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58773.

Powers Lake occupies a vast expanse of high, open prairie where the horizon stretches thin and taut against an enormous, pale sky. It lies 53.0 miles east-northeast of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 57°T), and is situated 20.7 miles northwest of Stanley. The land here holds a quiet, austere character, marked by the presence of Powers Lake itself, which mirrors the shifting clouds and the deep, indigo hues of twilight. Only a few miles away, the White Earth River traces a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, carving subtle variations into the earth that provide a respite from the otherwise uniform reach of the plains. To the distance, the elevation of Grand View rises with a singular, steady presence, offering a vantage point over a terrain that feels both ancient and remarkably empty. Local wildlife finds refuge in the Burke County Waterfowl Production Area, where the grasses sway in the wind and provide a sanctuary that remains largely undisturbed by the passage of the seasons.

Powers Lake serves as a quiet witness to the shifting tides of the regional economy, which has long been defined by the stubborn vitality of agriculture and the more recent, kinetic energy of the oil industry. The history of the region is written in the resilience of those who settled these plains, turning soil that demands much and yields a hard-won bounty. Daily life in Powers Lake maintains a steady, internal clock, indifferent to the frantic pace of distant urban centers, focusing instead on the seasonal demands of the harvest and the maintenance of the infrastructure that supports the surrounding fields. While the influence of larger industrial forces hums in the background, the fundamental spirit of the place remains tethered to the slow turn of the year and the enduring, unadorned beauty of the North Dakota landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Burke County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 0.2 mi, 234° SW
Smishek Lake (State Recreation Area) — 3.4 mi, 348° N
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.6 mi, 065° NE · 55k acres
Mountrail County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.2 mi, 161° S
White Earth Valley (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 230° SW
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 8.6 mi, 055° NE · 5,522 acres
Leaf Mountain (State Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 340° N
Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.6 mi, 063° NE · 28k acres
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 28.5 mi, 189° S
Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 31.9 mi, 193° S · 1.0M acres
Sloulin Field International Airport (historic) (Historic Ruins) — 52.8 mi, 240° SW
Gn 3059 (Attraction) — 53.2 mi, 237° SW
Six Shooters Showall (Cinema) — 60.2 mi, 209° SW
Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 63.2 mi, 134° SE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 65.4 mi, 109° E
Monument 670A (Attraction) — 65.9 mi, 062° NE
Manitoba - Saskatchewan boundary (Monument) — 65.9 mi, 062° NE
Lewis and Clark Trail Museum (Museum) — 67.5 mi, 223° SW
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (National Park) — 71.3 mi, 204° SW · 70k acres
Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 71.6 mi, 204° SW · 30k acres
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 72.7 mi, 150° SE
Riverbend Overlook (Viewpoint) — 74.0 mi, 207° SW

Latest News: Powers Lake

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News