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Ruso North Dakota Map

Explore Ruso, 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 Ruso, North Dakota

How to Use This Ruso, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	47.838337
Longitude	-100.933481
Population	1
Density	1.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58778
Area Code	701
County Seat	Washburn
School District	Velva Public School District 1

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About Ruso, North Dakota

Ruso is a locality in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 1. The population density is 1.6 people per km². Ruso is located at 47.8383°N, 100.9335°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ruso is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58778.

Ruso occupies a quiet expanse of the northern plains where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the day. It lies 32.0 miles south-southeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 148°T), and is situated 44.1 miles south-southeast of Minot AFB. The land around Ruso consists of expansive, wind-swept prairie that yields to the slow, rhythmic rising of the ground toward the distant silhouette of Dogden Butte. To the east, the Wintering River cuts a slender, winding path through the soil, its presence marked by the deepening of green grasses and the occasional cluster of hardy, wind-bent trees. A few miles away, the waters of Strawberry Lake provide a still, reflective break in the terrain, while the nearby Mclean County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary where the air is often filled with the sudden, rhythmic beating of wings. When the sun dips low, the light pulls long, thin shadows across the earth, turning the pale stalks of stubble into a field of burnished copper.

Ruso emerged from the expansion of the railroad, a byproduct of an era when the steel rails promised to bind the vast, empty distances of the plains into a network of commerce. The economy remains tethered to this legacy, defined by the seasonal pulse of grain elevators and the patient, year-round labor required to coax a living from the heavy, dark soil. The character of Ruso is shaped by a profound sense of endurance, where families have weathered the extremes of the climate for generations, finding a stubborn beauty in the isolation that keeps the modern world at a distance. Life here moves according to the demands of the harvest and the changing weather, leaving the inhabitants to navigate a landscape that feels both immense and deeply personal. Even as the decades pass, Ruso maintains a stillness that belongs to the land itself, a quiet persistence that remains long after the engines of the trains have faded into the hum of the wind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mclean County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.5 mi, 152° SE
Ward County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.3 mi, 334° NW
Audubon (State Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 217° SW
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.9 mi, 217° SW
Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.5 mi, 192° S · 4,848 acres
Charles Schroeder (State Conservation Area) — 16.8 mi, 128° SE
David Thompson Historical Monument (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 023° NE
Lake Sakakawea (Recreation Area) — 22.1 mi, 225° SW
Lake Holmes WDA (National Conservation Area) — 23.8 mi, 173° S · 726 acres
Fort Stevenson State Park (State Park) — 27.7 mi, 234° SW
Lake Sakakawea State Park (State Park) — 31.7 mi, 228° SW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 33.2 mi, 329° NW
Denbigh Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 33.5 mi, 023° NE · 595 acres
Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 34.7 mi, 279° W
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 188° S
Seamans Overlook (Viewpoint) — 38.1 mi, 191° S
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.3 mi, 326° NW · 63k acres
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 45.7 mi, 253° W
Scientific Center of North America (Monument) — 48.9 mi, 201° S
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 56.0 mi, 050° NE
Myron Atkinson and T. Clem Casey Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 67.4 mi, 174° S
AMC CLASSIC Bismarck 8 (Cinema) — 69.6 mi, 174° S
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum (Museum) — 70.8 mi, 174° S
Archeology & Historic Preservation (Museum) — 70.8 mi, 174° S
Tommy Turtle (Public Artwork) — 71.8 mi, 019° N
Long lake (Attraction) — 79.3 mi, 080° E

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