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Sarles North Dakota Map

Explore Sarles, 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 Sarles, North Dakota

How to Use This Sarles, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.94584
Longitude	-98.995961
Population	16
Density	23.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58372
Area Code	701
County Seat	Langdon
School District	Munich Public School District 19

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About Sarles, North Dakota

Sarles is a locality in Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 16. The population density is 23.7 people per km². Sarles is located at 48.9458°N, 98.9960°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sarles is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58372.

Sarles exists as a quiet punctuation mark upon the vast, flat expanse of the northern prairie, where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a wire pulled across the sky. It lies 114.3 miles northwest of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 309°T), and is situated 57.9 miles north of Devils Lake. The land around Sarles is defined by the relentless geometry of agriculture, where fields of wheat and golden canola ripple under the wind, interrupted only by the occasional shelterbelt of trees or the low, persistent dip of the terrain toward Cypress Creek. When the light shifts at dusk, the soil takes on a bruised, violet hue, and the silence here has a physical weight, broken only by the rhythmic rustle of dry stalks or the distant call of migratory birds moving toward the Cavalier County Waterfowl Production Area. During the winter, the snow piles in drifts that swallow the fences, turning the landscape into a stark, monochromatic study of shadow and frozen light that demands a particular kind of endurance from those who remain.

Sarles emerged from the expansion of the rail lines, serving as a vital artery for the grain trade that continues to dictate the pulse of the regional economy today. The history of Sarles remains tethered to the iron and the harvest, with tall silos standing as the primary sentinels of a local culture built on the steady, seasonal toil of the family farm. While the bustle of the early twentieth century has receded into a meditative stillness, the identity of the place is preserved in the modest architecture of its streets and the resilience of a populace accustomed to the isolation of the plains. Residents often look toward the wider perspective of the region, perhaps noting the seasonal changes at Rock Lake, yet the character of the settlement stays rooted in the specific, unvarnished reality of the harvest cycle and the immense, vaulted sky that governs every day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cavalier County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 034° NE
Towner County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.9 mi, 267° W · 782 acres
Rock Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.7 mi, 230° SW · 312 acres
C.c. Underwood (State Conservation Area) — 18.6 mi, 269° W
Armourdale Lake (State Recreation Area) — 19.5 mi, 258° W
Rolette County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 28.6 mi, 255° W
Town Mural (Public Artwork) — 28.7 mi, 258° W
Wakopa (State Conservation Area) — 36.0 mi, 274° W
Wild Prairie (State Recreation Area) — 45.2 mi, 153° SE
North Dakota State Forest Service Land (State Resource Management Area) — 47.4 mi, 093° E
Grand Opening Marker (Monument) — 48.1 mi, 275° W
Peace Poles (Monument) — 48.2 mi, 275° W
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 48.6 mi, 275° W
Icelandic State Park (State Park) — 56.7 mi, 101° E
Lake Metigoshe State Park (State Park) — 57.9 mi, 274° W
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 61.3 mi, 228° SW
Long lake (Attraction) — 65.0 mi, 190° S
Old Baldy Overlook (Viewpoint) — 66.4 mi, 268° W

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