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South Heart North Dakota Map

Explore South Heart, 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 South Heart, North Dakota

How to Use This South Heart, North Dakota Map

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

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	South Heart
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	Stark County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	46.864734
Longitude	-102.991567
Population	394
Density	125.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58655
Area Code	701
County Seat	Dickinson
School District	South Heart Public School District 9

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About South Heart, North Dakota

South Heart is a locality in Stark County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 394. The population density is 125.8 people per km². South Heart is located at 46.8647°N, 102.9916°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. South Heart is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58655.

South Heart marks a transition where the endless, grass-swept plains begin to buckle and fold into the rugged character of the western badlands. It lies 9.6 miles west of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 264°T), and is situated 93.3 miles south-southeast of Williston. The Heart River carves a narrow, winding path through this expanse, its water providing a vital, dark ribbon of moisture against the parched earth of the high prairie. In the distance, the faint, jagged silhouette of Rocky Ridge defines the horizon, appearing as a thin bruise against an immense, cloud-streaked sky. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, unfiltered clarity, bleaching the golden wheat fields by midday and stretching long, violet shadows across the soil as the day recedes. Four miles away, the waters of Edward Arthur Patterson Lake gather in a quiet basin, offering a rare stillness in a landscape defined by the persistent, sweeping movement of the wind.

South Heart remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the demands of an economy rooted in the soil and the deep, subterranean resources of the state. The surrounding acreage is dominated by agricultural operations that have persisted for generations, though the influence of the nearby oil patch brings a different, mechanical energy to the quiet roads. Residents often find recreation at Patterson Lake, where the shoreline provides a reprieve from the labor of the harvest or the industrial grind. The social character of South Heart is shaped by this blend of endurance and industry, where the pace is dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the urgency of urban centers. Life here is measured in the steady persistence of the people, who maintain their homesteads and businesses beneath an expansive sky that dwarfs the human scale.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Patterson Lake (Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 101° E
BOR Lands (National Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 095° E · 1,514 acres
West River Community Center (Local Park) — 8.4 mi, 079° E
Mustang Baseball Complex (Local Recreation) — 8.5 mi, 079° E
Gress Softball Complex & Dog Park (Local Park) — 8.9 mi, 087° E
Griffon Theaters (Cinema) — 9.7 mi, 075° E
Utahraptor (Public Artwork) — 9.7 mi, 078° E
Belfield Theater (Cinema) — 10.0 mi, 278° W
Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 11.6 mi, 284° W · 1.0M acres
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (National Park) — 15.5 mi, 278° W · 70k acres
Bull Creek (State Conservation Area) — 16.7 mi, 230° SW
Buck Hill Lookout (Viewpoint) — 19.3 mi, 283° W
Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 25.1 mi, 286° W · 30k acres
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 25.3 mi, 278° W
Medora Slaughterhouse (Historic Ruins) — 25.6 mi, 278° W
White Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.1 mi, 200° S · 2,088 acres
Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.0 mi, 022° N · 7,222 acres
Golden Valley Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 47.9 mi, 275° W
Bowman (Attraction) — 49.5 mi, 203° SW
Wibaux Settler Monument (Monument) — 56.6 mi, 279° W
Gateway Museum (Museum) — 56.9 mi, 279° W
O'Fallon Historical Museum (Museum) — 70.2 mi, 241° SW
Custer National Forest (National Forest) — 70.2 mi, 199° S · 1.2M acres
Lewis and Clark Trail Museum (Museum) — 74.3 mi, 336° NW
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 75.2 mi, 044° NE
Savage Museum (Museum) — 75.3 mi, 303° NW
Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC (Attraction) — 79.3 mi, 283° W

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