Ashland, Montana — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Ashland, Rosebud County.
| City | Ashland |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Rosebud |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 45.594444 |
| Longitude | -106.270848 |
| Population | 959 |
| Density | 17.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
Ashland is a locality in Rosebud County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 959. The population density is 17.9 people per km². Ashland is located at 45.5944°N, 106.2708°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59003.
Ashland breathes the wide, dry air of eastern Montana, a place where the land unfurls in broad, sun-baked sweeps of sagebrush and hardy grasses. It lies 97.6 miles north-north-west of Gillette, WY (from Gillette, WY: bearing 338°T), and is situated 19.2 miles east of Lame Deer. The horizon stretches with an unyielding clarity, broken only by the subtle rise and fall of coulees and the distant, hazy blue of the Wolf Mountains to the west. Here, the sky is a dominion unto itself, a vast canvas painted with the fiery hues of dawn and the deep, star-pricked velvet of night. The very air carries the scent of dust and sun-warmed earth, a constant reminder of the elemental forces that shape this terrain, and the profound silence that can descend with the settling sun, broken only by the whisper of wind through the sparse vegetation. The history of Ashland is a story etched in the resilience of those who have sought a life here, a narrative woven from the threads of ranching and the enduring spirit of those who work the land. For generations, cattle have grazed these rolling hills, their presence a quiet testament to the agricultural heart of the region. The economy, tied closely to the fortunes of the rancher and the farmer, moves at a measured pace, reflecting the vastness of the landscape and the deep roots of its inhabitants. Ashland itself, a collection of buildings that seem to hold their breath against the immense sky, carries a character of quiet determination, a place where community is not a grand pronouncement but a series of shared glances and familiar faces seen against the backdrop of an unchanging, beautiful land.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Ashland, Montana with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Ashland and Rosebud County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Ashland is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Ashland is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |