Explore Rolla, 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 Rolla, 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 Rolla.
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 | Rolla |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| County | Rolette County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 48.843618 |
| Longitude | -99.609353 |
| Population | 1,223 |
| Density | 323.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 58367 |
| Area Code | 701 |
| County Seat | Rolla |
| School District | Mount Pleasant Public School District 4 |
Rolla emerges from the vast, open expanse of the North Dakota prairie, where the horizon stretches toward an enormous, pale sky that seems to swallow the very notion of distance. It lies 88.1 miles east-northeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 60°T), and is situated 37.9 miles north-northeast of Rugby. The landscape is defined by the subtle, persistent heave of the earth, a series of low swells that catch the golden, slanting light of late afternoon, casting long shadows across the dry grasses. To the north, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Turtle Mountains anchors the skyline, providing a distant, velvet-edged boundary to the plains. Nearby, the quiet waters of Lucies Lake offer a reflective stillness to the terrain, while the slow, meandering path of Ox Creek cuts through the soil, carving a modest vein into the surrounding farmland. The air carries a crisp, thin clarity, smelling of turned earth and the impending chill of a season shifting, a sensory reminder of the isolation and quietude inherent to this northern latitude.
Rolla serves as a steady, enduring center for the surrounding agricultural life, built upon the foundation of grain production and the seasonal cycles of the harvest. The economy remains rooted in the resilience of the soil, with silos standing as sentinels against the sky, marking the steady pulse of a life dictated by the requirements of the land. Beyond the immediate reach of the streets, the Rolette County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory life, preserving a fragment of the wild prairie that once dominated the entire territory. Generations have navigated the rhythms of this climate, fostering a culture defined by self-reliance and a deliberate, measured pace of existence. Life in Rolla is quiet, marked by the simple, repetitive beauty of a landscape that demands attention to detail, where the shifting colors of the wheat fields provide the most vibrant drama of the year.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rolla, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.843618, -99.609353. 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 Rolla includes the ZIP code (58367), telephone area code (701), county seat of Rolette County (Rolla), and school district assignment (Mount Pleasant Public School District 4).
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. |