Petrel is a ghost town in Adams County, North Dakota, United States.

[2] Petrel was established as a townsite along the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in Gilstrap Township.

The Petrel post office closed September 30, 1939, and mail service was transferred to Lemmon, South Dakota.

[2] As a result the town and the surrounding area share the Lemmon ZIP Code of 57638, even though they are in North Dakota.

Little remains of the physical town today, other than a few deteriorating building foundations and other equipment.