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Wilton North Dakota Map

Explore Wilton, 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 Wilton, North Dakota

How to Use This Wilton, North Dakota Map

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

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

Latitude	47.158604
Longitude	-100.783466
Population	718
Density	498.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58579
Area Code	701
County Seat	Washburn
School District	Wilton Public School District 1

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About Wilton, North Dakota

Wilton is a locality in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 718. The population density is 498.6 people per km². Wilton is located at 47.1586°N, 100.7835°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wilton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58579.

Wilton occupies a vast, pale expanse of North Dakota prairie where the horizon stretches so thin it seems to dissolve into the pale blue of the afternoon sky. It lies 23.5 miles north-northeast of Mandan, ND (from Mandan, ND: bearing 12°T), and is situated 24.2 miles north of Bismarck. The earth here is defined by a rigorous, open flatness that catches the shifting light, turning the dry grasses from muted gold to a deep, bruised copper as the sun descends. Only a mile away, the quiet passage of Burnt Creek cuts a modest, winding path through the soil, offering a slender vein of moisture that sustains the local flora. Further toward the horizon, the faint, hazy silhouettes of the Prophets Mountains provide a jagged boundary to the west, while the still, reflective surface of Yanktonai Lake sits four miles out, a calm mirror for the passing clouds. The atmosphere carries a crisp, dry clarity that makes distant shapes appear startlingly sharp, revealing the immense scale of the plains.

Wilton carries the enduring weight of its industrial origins, evidenced by the nearby Wilton Mine, a site that once served as the economic heartbeat of the region and remains a significant feature on the landscape. The town maintains a deliberate, steady pace, reflecting a history forged in the extraction of coal and the relentless labor of the northern plains. While the economy has shifted toward the rhythms of modern agriculture and regional trade, the character of Wilton remains tied to the resilience of those who first broke this stubborn sod. Residents move through their days with a quiet competence, their lives structured by the demands of the seasons and the immense, unblinking presence of the prairie. It is a place where the work of the past is not merely recalled, but felt in the heavy silence that settles over the fields once the day’s machinery has finally ceased its hum.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wilton Mine (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 067° NE
Painted Woods (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 297° NW
Mclean County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 8.8 mi, 331° NW
Cross Ranch State Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 278° W
Burleigh County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 9.8 mi, 039° NE
Cross Ranch Fee (Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 278° W
Heckers Lake WDA (National Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 022° N · 131 acres
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 309° NW
Seamans Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.2 mi, 304° NW
Old Johns Lake (State Recreation Area) — 18.8 mi, 044° NE
Lake Holmes WDA (National Conservation Area) — 19.9 mi, 344° N · 726 acres
Myron Atkinson and T. Clem Casey Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 20.1 mi, 180° S
AMC CLASSIC Bismarck 8 (Cinema) — 22.3 mi, 179° S
Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.8 mi, 064° NE · 2,920 acres
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 180° S
Archeology & Historic Preservation (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 180° S
Merci Train (Monument) — 23.5 mi, 180° S
All Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 23.5 mi, 180° S
Pioneer Family (Monument) — 23.5 mi, 180° S
Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park (State Park) — 26.4 mi, 187° S
Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.5 mi, 343° N · 4,848 acres
Salem Sue (Public Artwork) — 36.9 mi, 235° SW
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 61.1 mi, 304° NW
Sitting Bull Visitor Center (Attraction) — 74.3 mi, 176° S
National Waterfowl Production Area (Nature Reserve) — 78.0 mi, 158° S
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 79.2 mi, 342° N

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