Explore Baker, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Baker, 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 Baker.
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 | Baker |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Fallon County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 46.36695 |
| Longitude | -104.284663 |
| Population | 1,802 |
| Density | 615.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 59313 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Baker |
| School District | Baker K-12 Schools |
Baker anchors a vast, austere expanse of high plains where the horizon stretches thin and pale beneath an unrelenting dome of sky. It lies 79.3 miles west-southwest of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 244°T), and is situated 54.9 miles south-southeast of Glendive. Sandstone Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth nearby, its presence marked by the silvered brush and stubborn grasses that cling to the banks. To the west, the silhouettes of Windy Ridge rise against the clouds, a jagged reminder of the earth’s tectonic restlessness that remains distant and untouchable. Lake Baker gathers the runoff of the seasons, its surface often mirroring the shifting hues of a prairie dusk that turns the soil from a dusty umber to a deep, bruised violet. Beyond the immediate reach of the streets, the Montana State Trust Lands offer an open, unmanicured solitude, where the wind carries the scent of dry sage and the dry, persistent heat of the high country.
Baker emerged from the intersection of rail and earth, finding its purpose in the energy that pulses beneath the surface of the plains. The economy here remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture and the extraction of natural resources, a legacy that has defined the daily labor of its inhabitants for generations. Life in Baker follows the slow, deliberate cadence of the seasons, where the primary concerns are the moisture of the soil and the success of the harvest. During the quiet hours of the morning, the air feels thin and sharp, carrying the faint metallic tang of industry that blends into the earthy reality of the surrounding fields. It is a place where the scale of the landscape commands a certain humility, forcing those who dwell here to measure their time not by the clock, but by the slow, steady arc of the sun moving across the wide, exposed reach of the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Baker, Montana. Coordinates: 46.36695, -104.284663. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Baker includes the ZIP code (59313), telephone area code (406), county seat of Fallon County (Baker), and school district assignment (Baker K-12 Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |