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Underwood North Dakota Map

Explore Underwood, 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 Underwood, North Dakota

How to Use This Underwood, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	47.456386
Longitude	-101.137096
Population	784
Density	339.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58576
Area Code	701
County Seat	Washburn
School District	Underwood Public School District 8

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About Underwood, North Dakota

Underwood is a locality in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 784. The population density is 339.4 people per km². Underwood is located at 47.4564°N, 101.1371°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Underwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58576.

Underwood anchors itself to the vast, open prairie of the high plains, where the sky exerts a heavy, luminous pressure upon the earth. It lies 45.0 miles north-northwest of Mandan, ND (from Mandan, ND: bearing 345°T), and is situated 32.8 miles east-northeast of Beulah. The landscape around Underwood consists of expansive, grass-covered swells that stretch toward a horizon defined by the persistent, unyielding wind. Only a few miles away, the terrain dips into the quiet, brush-lined depression of Coal Lake Coulee, while the modest flow of Buffalo Creek carves a thin, seasonal vein through the soil. To the north, the landscape finds a temporary sanctuary in the Mclean County Waterfowl Production Area, where the grasses thicken and the air hums with the sudden, frantic rise of wings against the stillness of the afternoon.

Wheat fields and the deep, industrial pulse of energy extraction define the economic marrow of the region, grounding the lives of those who stay to work the stubborn soil. The history of the place remains etched in the stoic, wind-worn architecture of the main street, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the slow migration of heavy machinery and the shifting shadows of grain elevators. A short distance away, the quiet waters of Weller Slough reflect the bruised colors of a North Dakota sunset, offering a brief, reflective pause in a landscape otherwise obsessed with the labor of harvest and the extraction of fuel. People move with a deliberate, measured pace here, shaped by a climate that demands resilience and a silence that feels as deep as the earth itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mclean County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 213° SW
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 3.7 mi, 331° NW
Wolf Creek-mallard Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 324° NW
Lake Sakakawea (Recreation Area) — 8.7 mi, 321° NW
Lake Holmes WDA (National Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 090° E · 726 acres
Audubon (State Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 360° N
Seamans Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.2 mi, 168° S
Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.5 mi, 033° NE · 4,848 acres
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 157° SE
Cross Ranch Fee (Conservation Area) — 13.9 mi, 160° S
Lake Sakakawea State Park (State Park) — 14.5 mi, 286° W
Fort Stevenson State Park (State Park) — 15.6 mi, 304° NW
Arroda Lake (State Recreation Area) — 15.7 mi, 194° S
Scientific Center of North America (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 202° S
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 36.8 mi, 291° W
Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.4 mi, 106° E · 2,920 acres
Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 40.5 mi, 322° NW
Salem Sue (Public Artwork) — 43.9 mi, 198° S
Myron Atkinson and T. Clem Casey Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 43.9 mi, 158° S
AMC CLASSIC Bismarck 8 (Cinema) — 46.0 mi, 158° S
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum (Museum) — 47.1 mi, 159° S
Archeology & Historic Preservation (Museum) — 47.1 mi, 159° S
Pioneer Family (Monument) — 47.2 mi, 159° S
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 55.4 mi, 352° N

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