2011 Map of Long Lake

About this map

Long Lake dominates the western portion of this McLean County landscape, surrounded by the characteristic prairie potholes of central North Dakota. The area is defined by a rigid section-line grid of rural roads, including County Hwy 27 and a network of gravel routes such as 12th Ave NW and 22nd St NW. These thoroughfares serve the agricultural operations and remote farmsteads that dot the plains. The map reveals the hydrology of the region, where numerous small, unnamed sloughs and seasonal wetlands are scattered across the terrain east of the primary lake basin. This 2011 survey captures the area's rural character, showing the intersections of local life along routes like 15th St NW and 11th Ave NW in a period of modern land management and continued agricultural reliance.