Slope County, North Dakota Map
Explore Slope County, North Dakota with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 2 cities and towns in Slope County below.
Interactive Map of Slope County, North Dakota
| County | Slope |
| State | North Dakota (ND) |
| County Seat | Amidon |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 46.38862 |
| Longitude | -103.621305 |
| Cities & Towns | 2 |
| Area Codes | 701 |
About Slope County, North Dakota
Slope County occupies the southwestern corner of North Dakota, where the vast, level expanse of the prairie begins to fracture into the rugged complexity of the badlands. To the east and north, the land maintains a steady, open composure, but as one moves toward the Montana border, the elevation shifts, revealing deep ravines and stark, clay-streaked ridges that hold the cooling shadows of the day long after the sun has dipped below the horizon. The Little Missouri River winds through these fractured terrains, acting as a quiet artery that drains the high plains and defines the physical transition between the open graze and the jagged stone monuments of the west. In the late afternoon, the light here possesses a peculiar, translucent quality, turning the parched grasses into threads of pale gold that seem to vibrate against the immense, bruising blue of the sky.
Slope County emerged from the expansive territories once defined by the seasonal migrations of the Lakota and Dakota peoples, eventually organized as a distinct jurisdiction in the early twentieth century to serve the needs of a growing population of homesteaders. The administrative center was established to provide a necessary anchor for those attempting to cultivate a life in a climate that alternates between fierce, blinding winters and summers of unrelenting heat. These early settlers, often arriving with little more than the implements for breaking sod, encountered a landscape that demanded a particular kind of stubborn resilience. The architecture of the county seat reflects this pragmatic heritage, built not for ornamentation but to withstand the relentless sweep of the wind that whistles through the empty streets, carrying the scent of dry earth and sage.
Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the region, with sprawling wheat fields and cattle ranching defining the seasonal cycles of the people who reside here. The character of the county is one of profound isolation, where the distance between neighbors fosters a quiet, self-reliant endurance rather than a gregarious sociality. Modern industry occasionally punctuates the horizon with the mechanical nodding of pump jacks, yet the scale of the environment is so vast that these human intrusions appear fragile and temporary against the geological permanence of the surrounding bluffs. On a clear evening, the air grows sharp and thin, and the silence is so heavy it feels physical, pressing against the windows of the sparse houses and reminding the traveler that this land belongs to the weather and the wide, unblinking horizon far more than it belongs to those who happen to walk upon it.
Cities and Towns in Slope County
About This Slope County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Slope County, North Dakota alongside links to detailed street maps for 2 cities and towns. The county seat is Amidon. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
