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Ross North Dakota Map

Explore Ross, 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 Ross, North Dakota

How to Use This Ross, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.31113
Longitude	-102.546568
Population	95
Density	127.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58776
Area Code	701
County Seat	Stanley
School District	Stanley Public School District 2

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About Ross, North Dakota

Ross is a locality in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 95. The population density is 127.4 people per km². Ross is located at 48.3111°N, 102.5466°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ross is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58776.

Ross emerges from the vast, golden expanse of the prairie as a quiet collection of structures defined by the immense, unobstructed sky that presses down upon the plains. It lies 50.6 miles east-northeast of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 77°T), and is situated 7.2 miles west of Stanley. The horizon stretches thin and taut, broken only by the distant, muted silhouette of Big Butte to the west, while the land itself ripples in subtle, grassy folds toward the Little Knife River six miles away. The air here holds a sharp, clean clarity that intensifies as the sun begins to drop, turning the dry stalks of native grasses into flickering filaments of copper and pale bronze. Near the outskirts, the Mountrail County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary where the silence is punctuated only by the sudden, percussive rush of wings rising from the marshy lowlands.

Ross maintains an identity forged in the steady labor of the northern plains, where the rhythms of the agricultural season and the demands of the modern oil industry define the pulse of daily life. The legacy of early rail-side settlement lingers in the weathered grain elevators that serve as silent sentinels over the tracks, reminding observers of a time when the harvest was the singular heartbeat of the neighborhood. While Cottonwood Lake sits seven miles distant, providing a rare gathering point for the local flora and fauna, the true character of Ross is found in the resilience of those who endure the long, biting winters and the fierce, expansive heat of summer. Life here moves with a deliberate, unhurried gravity, shaped by the weight of the land and the quiet necessity of self-reliance in a corner of the world where the scale of nature dwarfs the works of humanity.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mountrail County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 347° N
White Earth Valley (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 282° W
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.3 mi, 011° N · 55k acres
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 15.0 mi, 199° S
Lake Sakakawea (Recreation Area) — 16.1 mi, 200° S
Burke County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 16.9 mi, 344° N
Antelope Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.1 mi, 205° SW
Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 18.5 mi, 204° SW · 1.0M acres
Shell Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.0 mi, 113° SE · 1,572 acres
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 22.4 mi, 006° N · 5,522 acres
Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 48.6 mi, 124° SE
Six Shooters Showall (Cinema) — 48.9 mi, 224° SW
Gn 3059 (Attraction) — 50.8 mi, 257° W
Sloulin Field International Airport (historic) (Historic Ruins) — 51.2 mi, 260° W
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 55.5 mi, 146° SE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 57.4 mi, 094° E
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (National Park) — 58.3 mi, 215° SW · 70k acres
Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 58.8 mi, 215° SW · 30k acres
Lewis and Clark Trail Museum (Museum) — 59.9 mi, 238° SW
Riverbend Overlook (Viewpoint) — 61.9 mi, 219° SW
Monument 670A (Attraction) — 72.0 mi, 048° NE
Manitoba - Saskatchewan boundary (Monument) — 72.0 mi, 048° NE

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