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Richardton North Dakota Map

Explore Richardton, 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 Richardton, North Dakota

How to Use This Richardton, North Dakota Map

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

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	Richardton
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	Stark County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	46.884162
Longitude	-102.333163
Population	692
Density	195.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58652
Area Code	701
County Seat	Dickinson
School District	Richardton-Taylor Public School District 34

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About Richardton, North Dakota

Richardton is a locality in Stark County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 692. The population density is 195.3 people per km². Richardton is located at 46.8842°N, 102.3332°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Richardton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58652.

Richardton commands a sprawling expanse of golden prairie where the horizon line seems to stretch toward the infinite, pulled tight by the weight of a gargantuan sky. It lies 22.4 miles east of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 89°T), and is situated 36.4 miles southwest of Beulah. The land here holds a quiet, austere dignity, marked by the steady, rhythmic pulse of the wind as it moves across the grass and the distant, hazy silhouette of the Lime Hills on the western edge of perception. To the north, the terrain dips toward the stillness of Abbey Lake, while the modest, wandering course of Government Creek cuts through the earth three miles away, drawing life from the soil in a slow, patient migration. Sunlight at dusk catches the dust motes and the dry stalks of grain, casting a copper glow that makes the entire plain appear as if it were forged from warm, weathered bronze.

Richardton remains a place defined by the endurance of its pioneers and the enduring industry of the plains, where the economy is rooted deep in the bounty of the fields and the seasonal cycles of the harvest. The presence of the historic abbey grounds provides a structural gravity to the local landscape, anchoring the identity of Richardton in a tradition of scholarship and reflection that persists amidst the modern mechanics of agriculture. Life moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, dictated by the turning of the soil and the shifting temperatures that define the high, open plains. It is a locality where the silence between the gusts of wind is as much a part of the daily experience as the low hum of machinery, creating a space where the history of the region is felt in the steady persistence of those who choose to call this wide, unyielding country their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Tschida (Recreation Area) — 20.9 mi, 141° SE
Hettinger County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 21.5 mi, 198° S
Utahraptor (Public Artwork) — 21.6 mi, 272° W
BOR Lands (National Conservation Area) — 21.7 mi, 136° SE · 1,514 acres
Griffon Theaters (Cinema) — 21.7 mi, 273° W
Patterson Lake (Resource Management Area) — 23.0 mi, 267° W
Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.3 mi, 335° NW · 7,222 acres
Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 39.4 mi, 244° SW · 1.0M acres
Belfield Theater (Cinema) — 41.0 mi, 270° W
Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 44.0 mi, 027° NE
Little Missouri State Park (State Park) — 45.3 mi, 341° N
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (National Park) — 46.4 mi, 271° W · 70k acres
White Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.4 mi, 236° SW · 2,088 acres
Buck Hill Lookout (Viewpoint) — 50.0 mi, 274° W
Scientific Center of North America (Monument) — 52.6 mi, 067° NE
Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 55.5 mi, 276° W · 30k acres
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 56.2 mi, 272° W
Medora Slaughterhouse (Historic Ruins) — 56.4 mi, 273° W
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 56.9 mi, 022° N
North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument 276 (Monument) — 64.9 mi, 178° S
Grand River National Grassland (National Grassland) — 65.7 mi, 189° S · 155k acres
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 67.2 mi, 064° NE
McLean County Museum (Museum) — 67.4 mi, 065° NE
Bowman (Attraction) — 68.9 mi, 227° SW
Myron Atkinson and T. Clem Casey Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 73.0 mi, 090° E
Archeology & Historic Preservation (Museum) — 73.5 mi, 093° E
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum (Museum) — 73.5 mi, 093° E

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