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Bainville Montana Map

Explore Bainville, 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 Bainville, Montana

How to Use This Bainville, Montana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bainville, 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 Bainville.

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	Bainville
State	Montana (MT)
County	Roosevelt County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	48.140021
Longitude	-104.22272
Population	271
Density	82.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	59212
Area Code	406
County Seat	Wolf Point
School District	Bainville K-12 Schools

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About Bainville, Montana

Bainville is a locality in Roosevelt County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 271. The population density is 82.8 people per km². Bainville is located at 48.1400°N, 104.2227°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Bainville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59212.

Bainville occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse of the high plains, where the horizon stretches into an uninterrupted line of pale blue and amber. It lies 27.9 miles west of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 269°T), and is situated 29.4 miles north of Sidney. A quiet solitude clings to the earth here, punctuated only by the subtle depression of Star Coulee seven miles to the south and the distant, singular silhouette of Snake Butte rising against the sky. Shotgun Creek flows within a single mile of the settlement, its modest current carving a thin, verdant ribbon through the dry grasses that shift with the wind’s persistent breath. Only three miles away, the stillness of Shotgun Reservoir offers a mirror to the immense, shifting clouds, providing a rare gathering point where the land’s thirst is momentarily quelled. The air in Bainville carries a sharp, clean clarity that intensifies the colors of dusk, turning the stubble of the fields into shades of deep violet and burnt copper as the light recedes.

Bainville emerged from the relentless expansion of the railroads, serving as a vital point of commerce where the grain of the surrounding prairie was funneled toward distant markets. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the resilience of dryland farming, with the Montana State Trust Lands just one mile away marking the boundary between private toil and the public stewardship of the wilder plains. Life in Bainville follows the ancient, slow cadence of the seasons, defined by the grueling demands of the soil and the quiet endurance of those who work it. There is a profound honesty in the architecture of the place, where simple structures stand against the gale, witnessing a history built upon the labor of ranchers and farmers who have long claimed this rugged territory as their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 188° S
Snowden Bridge Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 10.6 mi, 149° SE
Culbertson Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 273° W
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 19.0 mi, 132° SE
Trenton (State Conservation Area) — 19.2 mi, 130° SE
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.8 mi, 346° N · 63k acres
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 19.8 mi, 346° N · 12k acres
Lewis And Clark Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.2 mi, 124° SE
Lake Sakakawea (Recreation Area) — 21.5 mi, 121° SE
Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 23.0 mi, 148° SE · 1.0M acres
Sloulin Field International Airport (historic) (Historic Ruins) — 27.0 mi, 084° E
Gn 3059 (Attraction) — 27.8 mi, 089° E
Centre Theatre (Cinema) — 29.6 mi, 174° S
Lewis and Clark Trail Museum (Museum) — 33.7 mi, 127° SE
Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 210° SW
Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.9 mi, 041° NE · 6,424 acres
Poplar Museum (Museum) — 43.8 mi, 268° W
Fort Peck Tribal Museum (Museum) — 44.4 mi, 269° W
Six Shooters Showall (Cinema) — 49.4 mi, 118° SE
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (National Park) — 51.2 mi, 136° SE · 70k acres
Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 51.2 mi, 136° SE · 30k acres
Oxbow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 51.8 mi, 135° SE
Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC (Attraction) — 73.7 mi, 195° S
The Gallery (Gallery) — 75.1 mi, 198° S
Rock Bridge (Attraction) — 78.0 mi, 196° S
Wibaux Settler Monument (Monument) — 79.3 mi, 178° S

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