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Velva North Dakota Map

Explore Velva, 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 Velva, North Dakota

How to Use This Velva, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.05612
Longitude	-100.929317
Population	1,086
Density	435.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58790
Area Code	701
County Seat	Towner
School District	Velva Public School District 1

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About Velva, North Dakota

Velva is a locality in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,086. The population density is 435.0 people per km². Velva is located at 48.0561°N, 100.9293°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Velva is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58790.

Velva unfolds across a wide, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the prairie floor. It lies 20.9 miles southeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 126°T), and is situated 31.1 miles southeast of Minot AFB. The Souris River carves a serpentine path through the terrain, its banks lined with the muted greens of cottonwood and willow that soften the stark geometry of the surrounding fields. To the west, the landscape rises toward the modest prominence of Black Butte, while the nearby Bonnes Coulee creates a subtle, sudden dip in the earth that catches the long, amber shadows of the late afternoon. Beyond the immediate grid, the expanse of the McHenry County Waterfowl Production Area offers a sanctuary for wings that beat against the vast, empty air, and the quiet surface of Erickson Lake mirrors the shifting moods of a climate that demands resilience from everything it touches.

Velva emerged from the necessity of the rail, its character forged by the relentless labor of agriculture and the quiet endurance of those who settled the northern plains. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, with grain elevators standing as sentinels against the enormous, cloud-swept sky, their silhouettes marking the passage of seasons. History here is measured in the persistence of family homesteads and the steady, unadorned work of trade that sustains the local pulse. Life in Velva moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, where the chill of winter and the heat of summer dictate the pace of the day, leaving the inhabitants to find their own particular beauty in the clarity of the light and the silence that settles over the land when the wind finally ceases its restless wandering.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mchenry County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.0 mi, 122° SE
Ward County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.4 mi, 200° S
David Thompson Historical Monument (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 061° NE
Denbigh Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 20.4 mi, 039° NE · 595 acres
Heffner Lake (State Recreation Area) — 21.0 mi, 065° NE
Mclean County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.6 mi, 162° S · 802 acres
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 21.8 mi, 308° NW
Audubon (State Conservation Area) — 26.6 mi, 197° S
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 26.6 mi, 197° S
Lonetree (State Conservation Area) — 32.4 mi, 127° SE
Souris Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 33.2 mi, 048° NE · 105 acres
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.1 mi, 311° NW · 63k acres
Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 35.8 mi, 255° W
Fort Stevenson State Park (State Park) — 38.6 mi, 216° SW
Lake Holmes WDA (National Conservation Area) — 38.8 mi, 176° S · 726 acres
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 47.7 mi, 064° NE
Northern Lights Tower (Monument) — 47.7 mi, 064° NE
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 52.2 mi, 237° SW
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 52.4 mi, 186° S
Seamans Overlook (Viewpoint) — 52.9 mi, 188° S
Sunflower Mural (Public Artwork) — 57.6 mi, 022° N
Monument 670A (Attraction) — 68.1 mi, 343° N
Long lake (Attraction) — 78.0 mi, 091° E

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