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Turtle Lake North Dakota Map

Explore Turtle Lake, 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 Turtle Lake, North Dakota

How to Use This Turtle Lake, North Dakota Map

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

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	Turtle Lake
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	McLean County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	47.519998
Longitude	-100.890143
Population	542
Density	408.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58575
Area Code	701
County Seat	Washburn
School District	Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72

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About Turtle Lake, North Dakota

Turtle Lake is a locality in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 542. The population density is 408.7 people per km². Turtle Lake is located at 47.5200°N, 100.8901°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Turtle Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58575.

Turtle Lake claims a vast, open expanse where the horizon stretches into a pale, endless reach of prairie grass and cultivated fields. It lies 47.9 miles north of Mandan, ND (from Mandan, ND: bearing 0°T), and is situated 49.4 miles north of Bismarck. The land here holds a quiet, heavy stillness, punctuated only by the subtle shifts in light that turn the stubble of autumn fields into shades of burnished copper and deep violet. A mile to the west, the water of Lake Holmes reflects the unblinking clarity of the sky, its surface often glass-still against the low-lying terrain. Further out, the distant silhouette of the Prophets Mountains breaks the flatness of the skyline, standing as a dim, jagged reminder of the shifting geology that once shaped this high plains country.

Turtle Lake carries the weight of a history rooted in the soil, where the lives of those who first broke the sod remain echoed in the sturdy, grid-like arrangement of the streets. The local economy persists as a quiet negotiation with the seasons, centered on the rhythms of agriculture that have defined the region for generations. Nearby, the Mclean County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory birds, a place where the air fills with the sudden, rhythmic rush of wings that cuts through the silence of the grasslands. Three miles away, Turtle Creek winds through the landscape, its path marked by a thin, persistent line of vegetation that offers a rare, shadowed contrast to the bright, exposed brightness of the surrounding fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mclean County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.5 mi, 149° SE
Lake Holmes WDA (National Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 159° S · 726 acres
John E. Williams Nature Preserve Fee (Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 091° E
Blue Lake (State Recreation Area) — 5.9 mi, 073° E
Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.7 mi, 320° NW · 4,848 acres
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.0 mi, 292° W
Sheridan County Waterfowl Production Area Of Nd (Resource Management Area) — 14.1 mi, 055° NE
Audubon (State Conservation Area) — 14.5 mi, 318° NW
Heckers Lake WDA (National Conservation Area) — 15.6 mi, 142° SE · 131 acres
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 205° SW
Lake Sakakawea (Recreation Area) — 17.1 mi, 278° W
Lewis And Clark Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.6 mi, 204° SW
Seamans Overlook (Viewpoint) — 18.0 mi, 211° SW
Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.4 mi, 120° SE · 2,920 acres
Scientific Center of North America (Monument) — 30.6 mi, 219° SW
David Thompson Historical Monument (Monument) — 42.1 mi, 009° N
Myron Atkinson and T. Clem Casey Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 45.3 mi, 174° S
Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 45.6 mi, 307° NW
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 46.7 mi, 281° W
AMC CLASSIC Bismarck 8 (Cinema) — 47.5 mi, 174° S
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum (Museum) — 48.7 mi, 174° S
Archeology & Historic Preservation (Museum) — 48.7 mi, 174° S
Salem Sue (Public Artwork) — 52.5 mi, 209° SW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 53.9 mi, 339° N
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 70.9 mi, 035° NE

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