2018 Map of Crown Butte Creek SE

About this map

Crown Butte rises as a prominent landmark in this segment of Grant County, overlooking a landscape defined by the winding course of the Heart River. The terrain is characterized by the intricate drainage patterns of the northern plains, where deep-set geographic features like Pump Coulee and Cat Coulee carve through the prairie. This area shows a sparse but organized human footprint, dictated largely by the rectangular survey system. A network of rural section-line roads, including Co Rd 86, 57th St SW, and 56th Ave SW, provides access to the high plateaus and river bottomlands. The map illustrates how late 20th-century land management preserves the large-scale cattle ranching and dryland farming traditions of central North Dakota, maintaining the vast, open character of the Missouri Plateau.