2011 Map of Riga

About this map

Riga sits at the heart of this McHenry County landscape, a small settlement defined by a precise grid of rural roads and the passing tracks of the railroad. The terrain is dominated by significant water bodies to the west, including the expansive Buffalo Lodge Lake and the smaller, north-south oriented Rock Lake. These features, along with scattered wetlands, illustrate the prairie pothole geography characteristic of this part of North Dakota. Evidence of early settlement and local genealogy is anchored by Thompson Cemetery, located north of the town site along 63rd St N. The infrastructure is strictly organized into numbered avenues and streets, such as 6th Ave N and 60th St N, which facilitate movement between the agricultural fields and the central transit corridor running through the township.