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Voltaire North Dakota Map

Explore Voltaire, 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 Voltaire, North Dakota

How to Use This Voltaire, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.020563
Longitude	-100.841537
Population	46
Density	36.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58792
Area Code	701
County Seat	Towner
School District	Velva Public School District 1

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About Voltaire, North Dakota

Voltaire is a locality in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 46. The population density is 36.5 people per km². Voltaire is located at 48.0206°N, 100.8415°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Voltaire is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58792.

Voltaire endures as a quiet anchor upon the vast, unyielding expanse of the North Dakota prairie, where the horizon stretches into an infinite, pale blue arc. It lies 25.6 miles southeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 125°T), and is situated 35.5 miles southeast of Minot AFB. The land here is defined by a subtle, glacial persistence, characterized by the low, grassy swells that roll toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Hogback Ridge. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Erickson Lake mirror the shifting cloud formations, while the steady, seasonal pulse of Spring Creek winds its way through the nearby landscape. To the north, the terrain softens into the subtle depressions of Bonnes Coulee, where the earth holds the memory of ancient meltwater beneath a thin, hardy layer of soil. As the sun dips toward the edge of the world, the light turns a bruised, metallic gold, catching the dry stalks of native grasses and casting long, skeletal shadows across the open plains.

Voltaire holds a quiet legacy tied to the rhythmic cycles of the Great Northern Railway, which once dictated the tempo of commerce and movement across these plains. The economy remains tethered to the patient labor of the soil, with the surrounding fields producing the grains that sustain the rhythm of the seasons. Nearby, the McHenry County Waterfowl Production Area serves as a vital sanctuary, where the stillness is frequently broken by the sudden, percussive rise of wings against the heavy, scentless air. Life in Voltaire moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the weight of the seasons, where the primary exchange is not found in the bustle of trade, but in the shared knowledge of the land’s temperament. It is a place where the architecture of the past—weather-beaten timber and the rusted skeletons of abandoned machinery—sits in quiet dialogue with the immense, indifferent sky above.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mchenry County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 296° NW
David Thompson Historical Monument (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 031° NE
Ward County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.7 mi, 226° SW
Mclean County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.3 mi, 172° S · 802 acres
Heffner Lake (State Recreation Area) — 18.8 mi, 053° NE
Denbigh Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 20.2 mi, 026° NE · 595 acres
Round Lake Township (State Recreation Area) — 25.8 mi, 081° E
Audubon (State Conservation Area) — 25.9 mi, 208° SW
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 25.9 mi, 208° SW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 26.5 mi, 307° NW
Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.8 mi, 195° S · 4,848 acres
Lonetree (State Conservation Area) — 27.6 mi, 128° SE
Souris Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 32.2 mi, 040° NE · 105 acres
Lake Holmes WDA (National Conservation Area) — 36.3 mi, 182° S · 726 acres
Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 39.2 mi, 260° W
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 45.3 mi, 059° NE
Northern Lights Tower (Monument) — 45.3 mi, 059° NE
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 50.6 mi, 191° S
Seamans Overlook (Viewpoint) — 51.3 mi, 193° S
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 54.4 mi, 242° SW
Tommy Turtle (Public Artwork) — 58.5 mi, 019° N
Monument 670A (Attraction) — 71.7 mi, 341° N
Long lake (Attraction) — 73.9 mi, 090° E
Myron Atkinson and T. Clem Casey Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 79.7 mi, 178° S

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