2011 Map of Bell Coulee West

About this map

The Cannonball River snakes through this Grant County landscape, defining the character of the terrain as it carves a deep valley through the North Dakota plains. Its meandering course is joined by Sixmile Creek, creating a complex drainage network that includes the distinctive Bell Coulee. This area of the Missouri Plateau reflects a modern rural infrastructure, where a grid of section-line roads like 80th Ave SW and 86th St SW provides access to the vast open tracts of the surrounding prairie. The interplay between the natural hydrologic features and the geometric road system illustrates the late-twentieth-century management of this agricultural and ranching corridor.