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Westhope North Dakota Map

Explore Westhope, 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 Westhope, North Dakota

How to Use This Westhope, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.909464
Longitude	-101.020712
Population	374
Density	447.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58793
Area Code	701
County Seat	Bottineau
School District	Westhope Public School District 17

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About Westhope, North Dakota

Westhope is a locality in Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 374. The population density is 447.1 people per km². Westhope is located at 48.9095°N, 101.0207°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Westhope is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58793.

Westhope emerges from the vast, open prairie as a quiet congregation of structures caught beneath an enormous, unrelenting sky. It lies 48.4 miles north-northeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 15°T), and is situated 26.7 miles west-northwest of Bottineau. The landscape here is defined by the subtle persistence of the plains, where the horizon stretches flat and wide, broken only by the rhythmic rise and fall of the terrain and the occasional verticality of a grain elevator. Only three miles away, the Souris River carves a deliberate, winding path through the soil, offering a ribbon of riparian life that contrasts with the surrounding expanse of agricultural fields. A short distance to the south, the J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge provides a sanctuary for migratory birds and native grasses, preserving a sliver of the original wilderness that once dominated this northern reach. In the waning light of late afternoon, the air takes on a crisp, crystalline quality, casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch toward the distant edges of the world.

Westhope maintains a character forged by the cycles of the harvest and the resilience required to endure the deep, quiet winters of the high plains. The local economy remains anchored in the traditional labor of the soil, with the daily pulse of activity dictated by the needs of the crops and the fluctuating demands of regional trade. History resides in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that has persisted through generations, reflecting a culture that values utility and steady endurance over ornament. While the twenty-mile journey to the Unit 332 Reservoir offers a change in scenery, the true rhythm of life here is found in the stillness of the street and the neighborly recognition shared between residents. Westhope persists as a place where the work of the day is visible in the dust on a truck bed and the steady, patient gaze of those who have chosen to remain in this expansive, solitary corner of the continent.

Nearby Outdoor Places

J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.8 mi, 076° E · 110k acres
Bottineau County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.0 mi, 279° W
Monument 670A (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 292° W
Manitoba - Saskatchewan boundary (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 292° W
North Dakota State Forest Service Land (State Resource Management Area) — 22.2 mi, 084° E
Century 21 Stonehenge (Public Artwork) — 22.7 mi, 083° E
Black Lake (State Recreation Area) — 23.7 mi, 086° E
V.v. Bull (State Conservation Area) — 24.1 mi, 089° E
Turtle Mountian (State Conservation Area) — 25.1 mi, 079° E
Old Baldy Overlook (Viewpoint) — 25.6 mi, 091° E
Renville County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 27.3 mi, 247° SW
Thompson Lake (State Recreation Area) — 30.5 mi, 091° E
Lake Metigoshe State Park (State Park) — 30.9 mi, 079° E
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.4 mi, 221° SW · 63k acres
Border Marker (Monument) — 43.6 mi, 081° E
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 43.9 mi, 082° E
Denbigh Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 45.7 mi, 158° S · 595 acres
Souris Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 46.2 mi, 141° SE · 105 acres
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 47.3 mi, 196° S
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 60.6 mi, 129° SE

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