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Zap North Dakota Map

Explore Zap, 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 Zap, North Dakota

How to Use This Zap, North Dakota Map

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

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	Zap
State	North Dakota (ND)
County	Mercer County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/North_Dakota/Beulah)

Latitude	47.286397
Longitude	-101.92267
Population	221
Density	83.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	58580
Area Code	701
County Seat	Stanton
School District	Beulah Public School District 27

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About Zap, North Dakota

Zap is a locality in Mercer County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 221. The population density is 83.8 people per km². Zap is located at 47.2864°N, 101.9227°W. It observes the Central Time (America/North_Dakota/Beulah) timezone. Zap is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58580.

Zap reveals itself as a modest expanse of prairie where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the light of the setting sun, leaving the earth in a muted, velvet gray. It lies 49.6 miles northeast of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 55°T), and is situated 7.0 miles west-northwest of Beulah. Spring Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the vast, empty sky that defines the character of this high-plains landscape. To the west, the subtle contours of the Williston Basin ripple across the ground, while the distant, jagged silhouette of London Bridge anchors the view against the clouds. The air here remains thin and crisp, carrying the scent of dry grasses and the faint, mineral sharpness of the soil, a sensation that sharpens the senses during the long, quiet hours of the afternoon.

Zap maintains a rhythm dictated by the cycles of the earth and the industry extracted from beneath it, drawing a hard-won prosperity from the coal seams that lie deep in the local geology. Though the pace of life remains deliberate and spare, the influence of the nearby Wolf Softball Complex suggests a community that finds its social cohesion in the simple, shared rituals of recreation. Life here operates with an understated resolve, shaped by a history of settlement that values endurance over excess. Whether watching the amber light fade over the distant reach of Lake Sakakawea or noting the sturdy architecture of the local streets, one observes a place that asks for little but offers a profound, quiet clarity to those who stay.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wolf Softball Complex (Local Recreation) — 6.5 mi, 107° E
Beulah Park (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 109° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.9 mi, 103° E
North Beulah Mine (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 087° E
Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 006° N
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 11.0 mi, 007° N
Lake Sakakawea (Recreation Area) — 12.3 mi, 016° N
Harmony Lake (State Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 062° NE
Ziegler School (Historic Ruins) — 24.9 mi, 005° N
Lake Sakakawea State Park (State Park) — 26.8 mi, 053° NE
Scientific Center of North America (Monument) — 30.1 mi, 104° E
Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.3 mi, 274° W · 7,222 acres
Mclean National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.5 mi, 358° N · 684 acres
Salem Sue (Public Artwork) — 38.0 mi, 142° SE
Seamans Overlook (Viewpoint) — 39.1 mi, 089° E
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Museum) — 41.3 mi, 088° E
McLean County Museum (Museum) — 41.8 mi, 089° E
Ryder Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 45.1 mi, 015° N
Griffon Theaters (Cinema) — 48.9 mi, 237° SW
Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 51.2 mi, 302° NW · 1.0M acres
Myron Atkinson and T. Clem Casey Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 60.8 mi, 118° SE
AMC CLASSIC Bismarck 8 (Cinema) — 62.2 mi, 120° SE
Pioneer Family (Monument) — 62.7 mi, 121° SE
Archeology & Historic Preservation (Museum) — 62.7 mi, 121° SE
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum (Museum) — 62.7 mi, 121° SE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 72.6 mi, 023° NE
Medora Slaughterhouse (Historic Ruins) — 79.7 mi, 252° W

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