2024 Map of White Lake

About this map

White Lake National Wildlife Refuge anchors this section of Slope County, preserving the wetlands around White Lake where the upper reaches of the Cannonball River begin their drainage eastward. The landscape reflects the systematic grid of the Public Land Survey System, with North Dakota's characteristic straight section roads like 135th Ave SW and 69th St SW crossing the rolling terrain. A singular cultural landmark, the Norman Lutheran Cem, sits in the southeast, serving as a silent record of the area's early homesteading families and their spiritual centers. While much of the territory is defined by open drainage basins such as North Cedar Creek, the map highlights the intersection of modern highway infrastructure, like Highway 85, with these long-established natural and community boundaries.