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Ayers Ranch Colony Montana Map

Explore Ayers Ranch Colony, Montana, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Ayers Ranch Colony, Montana

How to Use This Ayers Ranch Colony, Montana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ayers Ranch Colony, Montana. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Montana or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Ayers Ranch Colony.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Ayers Ranch Colony
State	Montana (MT)
County	Fergus County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	47.051362
Longitude	-108.9496
Population	12
Density	10.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59032
Area Code	406
County Seat	Lewistown
School District	Ayers Elementary School District

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About Ayers Ranch Colony, Montana

Ayers Ranch Colony is a locality in Fergus County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 12. The population density is 10.5 people per km². Ayers Ranch Colony is located at 47.0514°N, 108.9496°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59032.

Ayers Ranch Colony occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the North Fork McDonald Creek carves a persistent, silver thread through the arid earth. It lies 90.2 miles north-northwest of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 346°T), and is situated 22.5 miles east of Lewistown. The air here holds a profound clarity, thinning as it drifts toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains that anchor the western horizon. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the landscape stretches into a series of parched, undulating ridges that eventually pull toward the rugged depression of Rose Canyon. During the long, golden hours of late afternoon, the light settles heavily upon the grasses, turning the muted browns and ochres into a shimmering, bruised bronze that emphasizes the sheer, unpeopled scale of the terrain.

Montana State Trust Lands encompass the entirety of the surroundings, providing a quiet buffer for the agricultural rhythms that define the daily life of Ayers Ranch Colony. This locality remains tethered to the cycles of the soil, where the economy is measured in the stewardship of land and the seasonal demands of ranching. Residents maintain an intimate, working knowledge of the topography, often looking toward the East Fork Reservoir as a distant anchor for their water management and land use. Time here is marked not by clocks, but by the subtle shifts in the wind and the persistent, low-frequency hum of a landscape that has long resisted the encroaching noise of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.3 mi, 007° N
Acid Shale-Pine Forest Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.2 mi, 051° NE
Judith Mountains Scenic Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 14.7 mi, 287° W
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 17.0 mi, 190° S · 1.9M acres
War Horse National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.4 mi, 078° E · 5,706 acres
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 18.9 mi, 260° W
Cowboy Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 22.5 mi, 273° W
Lewistown Art Center (Gallery) — 22.5 mi, 273° W
Big Snowies Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 23.0 mi, 211° SW · 89k acres
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.1 mi, 270° W · 788k acres
Twin Coulee Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 24.0 mi, 209° SW · 6,840 acres
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 30.2 mi, 011° N · 507k acres
Winifred Museum (Museum) — 40.4 mi, 330° NW
Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 41.8 mi, 012° N · 147k acres
Slippery Ann Elk Viewing area (Viewpoint) — 43.1 mi, 025° NE
Musselshell Valley Historical Museum (Museum) — 46.0 mi, 155° SE
Gilmore Cabin River Stop (Attraction) — 51.9 mi, 357° N
Sod Buster Museum (Museum) — 52.2 mi, 271° W
Chief Joseph (Monument) — 54.0 mi, 195° S
Utica Museum (Museum) — 54.1 mi, 264° W
Ul Bend National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 56.5 mi, 046° NE · 19k acres
E57B - the Last Electric Locomotive (Monument) — 59.6 mi, 225° SW
Judith Basin County Museum (Museum) — 60.3 mi, 277° W

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