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Willow City North Dakota Map

Explore Willow City, 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 Willow City, North Dakota

How to Use This Willow City, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	48.604443
Longitude	-100.294301
Population	149
Density	122.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58384
Area Code	701
County Seat	Bottineau
School District	TGU Public School District 60

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About Willow City, North Dakota

Willow City is a locality in Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 149. The population density is 122.9 people per km². Willow City is located at 48.6044°N, 100.2943°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Willow City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58384.

Willow City occupies a flat, expansive stretch of northern prairie where the horizon pulls the sky down toward the earth in a wide, unbroken circle. It lies 52.6 miles east-northeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 60°T), and is situated 16.9 miles south-southeast of Bottineau. Willow Creek cuts a quiet, persistent path through the terrain, its course marked by the subtle shift in grasses and the occasional cluster of hardy, wind-bent trees that cling to the banks. To the north, the faint, blue-tinted silhouette of the Turtle Mountains rises against the light, providing a distant anchor for a landscape otherwise defined by the immense, shifting moods of the atmosphere. The air here carries a crisp, clean austerity, particularly at dusk when the sun bleeds a thin line of violet across the fields, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the stubble of the harvested grain.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of Willow City, as the rhythm of the seasons is measured by the planting and the harvest that sustain the local economy. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the Bottineau County Waterfowl Production Area serves as a sanctuary for migratory birds, while the nearby Mouse River State Forest North Unit offers a dense, sequestered contrast to the open plains. History lingers in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the buildings, which were built to withstand the uncompromising weight of the prairie winters. Life in Willow City moves with a deliberate, measured pace, grounded by the proximity of Round Lake and the shared understanding that the land requires both patience and a quiet, persistent labor to yield its harvest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bottineau County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.0 mi, 008° N
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.6 mi, 216° SW · 110k acres
Pierce County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 158° S
North Dakota State Forest Service Land (State Resource Management Area) — 8.0 mi, 207° SW
Sand Hill (State Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 190° S
Horseshoe Lake (State Recreation Area) — 12.4 mi, 167° S
Upham (State Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 270° W
Souris Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 15.7 mi, 195° S · 105 acres
Tommy Turtle (Public Artwork) — 16.3 mi, 338° N
Thompson Lake (State Recreation Area) — 18.9 mi, 357° N
Old Baldy Overlook (Viewpoint) — 21.6 mi, 340° N
Northern Lights Tower (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 141° SE
Prairie Village Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 142° SE
Lake Metigoshe State Park (State Park) — 25.9 mi, 358° N
Denbigh Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 26.1 mi, 216° SW · 595 acres
Border Marker (Monument) — 29.1 mi, 020° N
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 29.2 mi, 021° N
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 52.3 mi, 242° SW
Monument 670A (Attraction) — 55.7 mi, 300° NW
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.8 mi, 255° W · 63k acres
Long lake (Attraction) — 63.0 mi, 130° SE

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