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Steele North Dakota Map

Explore Steele, 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 Steele, North Dakota

How to Use This Steele, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	46.854706
Longitude	-99.915938
Population	665
Density	462.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58482
Area Code	701
County Seat	Steele
School District	Kidder County School District 1

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About Steele, North Dakota

Steele is a locality in Kidder County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 665. The population density is 462.6 people per km². Steele is located at 46.8547°N, 99.9159°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Steele is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58482.

Steele marks a firm, quiet intersection where the vast North Dakota prairie stretches toward an horizon so expansive it seems to pull the very breath from one’s lungs. It lies 41.1 miles east of Bismarck, ND (from Bismarck, ND: bearing 85°T), and is situated 46.1 miles east of Mandan. The land around Steele consists of wide, grassy swells that catch the low-slung light of late afternoon, casting long shadows across the fields that reach toward the distant silhouette of McPhail Butte. Two miles to the west, the still surface of Weber Lake reflects the shifting clouds, while the Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge sits six miles away, offering a sanctuary for migratory birds that navigate the immense, empty sky. When the wind moves over the dry stalks of late summer, it creates a faint, rhythmic susurrus that defines the stillness of the countryside, a sound as ancient as the soil itself.

Steele serves as a functional anchor for the surrounding agricultural expanse, its identity forged in the steady labor of farmers and ranchers who have worked these plains for generations. Grain elevators stand as vertical landmarks against the sky, reminders of a local economy rooted in the harvest and the patient cycle of the seasons. While Random Creek winds through the landscape nineteen miles away, the life of the place remains firmly tethered to the rhythms of the earth and the perseverance of those who call it home. Residents move through their days with a deliberate, unadorned focus, finding a quiet dignity in the maintenance of their homesteads and the shared endurance required to thrive in a climate that demands both respect and resilience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

World's Largest Sandhill Crane (Public Artwork) — 0.5 mi, 015° N
Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.6 mi, 198° S · 28k acres
Kidder County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.0 mi, 159° S
Slade National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.2 mi, 092° E · 5,998 acres
Burleigh County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 8.4 mi, 296° NW
Dawson (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 127° SE
Tappen Slough (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 066° NE
Horsehead Lake (State Recreation Area) — 13.7 mi, 022° N
Rice Lake (State Recreation Area) — 18.8 mi, 297° NW
Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 23.1 mi, 062° NE · 4,204 acres
Beaver Lake State Park (State Park) — 33.8 mi, 155° SE
Old Settlers Monument (Monument) — 34.3 mi, 155° SE
AMC CLASSIC Bismarck 8 (Cinema) — 40.8 mi, 269° W
Merci Train (Monument) — 40.9 mi, 267° W
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum (Museum) — 40.9 mi, 267° W
Archeology & Historic Preservation (Museum) — 40.9 mi, 267° W
All Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 41.0 mi, 267° W
Myron Atkinson and T. Clem Casey Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 41.2 mi, 272° W
Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park (State Park) — 44.0 mi, 263° W
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 52.9 mi, 194° S
Bison 6 Cinema (Cinema) — 56.5 mi, 088° E
Frontier Village (Attraction) — 57.5 mi, 087° E
McLean County Museum (Museum) — 60.4 mi, 300° NW
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 61.3 mi, 301° NW
Seamans Overlook (Viewpoint) — 63.1 mi, 299° NW
Sitting Bull Visitor Center (Attraction) — 64.3 mi, 215° SW

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