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Sawyer North Dakota Map

Explore Sawyer, 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 Sawyer, North Dakota

How to Use This Sawyer, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.089732
Longitude	-101.053765
Population	319
Density	250.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58781
Area Code	701
County Seat	Minot
School District	Sawyer Public School District 16

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About Sawyer, North Dakota

Sawyer is a locality in Ward County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 319. The population density is 250.8 people per km². Sawyer is located at 48.0897°N, 101.0538°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sawyer is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58781.

Sawyer rests upon the expansive, wind-swept plains where the Souris River carves a deliberate, serpentine path through the earth. It lies 14.9 miles southeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 131°T), and is situated 26.1 miles south-southeast of Minot AFB. Skinner Hill rises a solitary mile to the east, casting a long, slender shadow that stretches across the grasses as the light thins toward evening. Beyond the river’s immediate banks, the terrain yields to the subtle depressions of Blackwater Coulee, where the drainage patterns trace gray, intricate maps into the soil. The sky here possesses an immense, heavy quality, pressing down upon the horizon until the boundary between land and air seems to dissolve into a singular, muted tone of ochre and slate.

Sawyer maintains an economy tethered to the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding grain fields, where the work of the soil dictates the rhythm of the day. Life here is defined by the quiet persistence of those who cultivate the heavy earth, their efforts anchored by the distant presence of the Mchenry County Waterfowl Production Area and the stillness of Erickson Lake. The heritage of these lands remains embedded in the quiet, utilitarian architecture of the grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the wind. In the cool hours after dawn, the air carries the scent of dry stalks and turned dirt, grounding the people of Sawyer in a landscape that demands both patience and a steady, calloused hand.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mchenry County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.1 mi, 115° SE
Ward County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.4 mi, 168° S
South Hill Complex (Local Recreation) — 13.8 mi, 310° NW
David Thompson Historical Monument (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 081° E
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 15.9 mi, 314° NW
Denbigh Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 23.0 mi, 054° NE · 595 acres
Heffner Lake (State Recreation Area) — 25.6 mi, 075° E
Audubon (State Conservation Area) — 27.8 mi, 184° S
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 27.8 mi, 184° S
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.3 mi, 315° NW · 63k acres
Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 31.1 mi, 248° W
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.1 mi, 027° NE · 110k acres
Souris Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 36.3 mi, 056° NE · 105 acres
Fort Stevenson State Park (State Park) — 37.6 mi, 206° SW
Lonetree (State Conservation Area) — 38.4 mi, 124° SE
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 48.8 mi, 231° SW
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 52.0 mi, 069° E
Northern Lights Tower (Monument) — 52.1 mi, 069° E
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 54.5 mi, 179° S
Seamans Overlook (Viewpoint) — 54.8 mi, 182° S
McLean County Museum (Museum) — 55.3 mi, 179° S
Statue of Pierre Bottineau (Public Artwork) — 58.0 mi, 028° NE
Monument 670A (Attraction) — 64.4 mi, 347° N

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