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Shell Valley North Dakota Map

Explore Shell Valley, 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 Shell Valley, North Dakota

How to Use This Shell Valley, North Dakota Map

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

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	Shell Valley
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	Rolette County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	48.808616
Longitude	-99.827101
Population	1,146
Density	29.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	58316
Area Code	701
County Seat	Rolla
School District	Belcourt Public School District 7

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About Shell Valley, North Dakota

Shell Valley is a locality in Rolette County, North Dakota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,146. The population density is 29.5 people per km². Shell Valley is located at 48.8086°N, 99.8271°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 58316.

Shell Valley stretches across a vast expanse of northern prairie where the horizon remains a flat, unbroken line against the immense reach of the sky. It lies 76.3 miles east-northeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 59°T), and is situated 30.3 miles north-northeast of Rugby. The landscape is defined by the subtle, rhythmic swell of earth, broken only by the persistent, winding path of Wolf Creek as it cuts through the tall grasses just a mile away. To the north, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Turtle Mountains rises against the light, grounding the view in a quiet permanence. During the golden hour, the sun catches the dust motes and the dry stalks of grain, casting a thin, amber clarity over the fields that makes the entire basin appear as if it were illuminated from within.

Shell Valley holds the quiet endurance of a place built upon the labor of the soil, where the economy remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of the wheat harvest and the careful tending of livestock. Life here moves in accordance with the weather, influenced by the presence of the Rolette County Waterfowl Production Area, which preserves the wetlands that draw migratory birds to the nearby Marion Lakes. History is not written in monuments but in the sturdy, utilitarian structures that dot the plains, reflecting a culture of self-reliance forged by generations who settled this geography. The quietude of the region is punctuated only by the occasional hum of machinery or the shifting wind, maintaining a pace of life that respects the heavy, beautiful silence of the open plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rolette County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.2 mi, 189° S
Wakopa (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 352° N
Town Mural (Public Artwork) — 10.2 mi, 070° E
North Dakota State Forest Service Land (State Resource Management Area) — 11.3 mi, 278° W
School Section (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 321° NW
Towner County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 14.0 mi, 079° E
Willow Lake (State Recreation Area) — 15.9 mi, 304° NW
Grand Opening Marker (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 322° NW
Peace Poles (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 322° NW
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 321° NW
Thompson Lake (State Recreation Area) — 22.7 mi, 282° W
Lake Metigoshe State Park (State Park) — 23.9 mi, 303° NW
Pierce County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.9 mi, 173° S · 2,104 acres
Old Baldy Overlook (Viewpoint) — 29.3 mi, 282° W
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 32.4 mi, 194° S
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.7 mi, 232° SW · 110k acres
Souris Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 38.8 mi, 221° SW · 105 acres
Denbigh Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 50.8 mi, 226° SW · 595 acres
Long lake (Attraction) — 60.8 mi, 154° SE
Monument 670A (Attraction) — 70.9 mi, 281° W
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 77.7 mi, 241° SW

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