Wales North Dakota Map

About Wales, North Dakota

Wales is a locality in Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 10. The population density is 16.0 people per km². Wales is located at 48.8958°N, 98.6026°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wales is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58281.

Wales reveals itself as a vast expanse of open prairie where the horizon stretches toward an enormous, pale sky that seems to swallow the earth at the edges of vision. It lies 98.4 miles northwest of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 314°T), and is situated 55.6 miles north-northeast of Devils Lake. The landscape around Wales is defined by the subtle, rhythmic shifts of flat agricultural fields, punctuated only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Kjemhus Hill rising twenty-three miles away. Closer to the soil, the Cavalier County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory life just one mile from the center, while the quiet waters of Rush Lake sit three miles out, reflecting the changing temperaments of the clouds. Nearby, Snowflake Creek carves a thin, unassuming path through the terrain four miles distant, its movement barely a whisper against the stillness of the plains.

History in Wales remains etched into the pattern of the fields, where generations have cultivated the resilient, stubborn earth to sustain a local economy rooted in the cycles of grain and harvest. The town functions as a quiet terminal for the labor of the surrounding farms, maintaining a pace that moves in accordance with the seasons rather than the clock. Life here possesses a stark, unadorned clarity, shaped by winters that sharpen the air and summers that bring a heavy, golden warmth to the wheat stalks. In the evenings, the light settles over the plains with a lingering, bruised violet hue, illuminating the resilience of a place that finds its purpose in the simple, enduring act of working the land.

About This Wales Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wales, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.895837, -98.602621. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Wales includes the ZIP code (58281), telephone area code (701), county seat of Cavalier County (Langdon), and school district assignment (Langdon Area Public School District 23).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.