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Basin Montana Map

Explore Basin, 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 Basin, Montana

How to Use This Basin, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	46.283454
Longitude	-112.287097
Population	199
Density	6.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59631
Area Code	406
County Seat	Boulder
School District	Basin Elementary School District

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About Basin, Montana

Basin is a locality in Jefferson County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 199. The population density is 6.0 people per km². Basin is located at 46.2835°N, 112.2871°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59631.

Basin anchors itself firmly against the rugged verticality of Basin Canyon, where the elevation dictates a life lived in the shadow of steep, timbered slopes. It lies 22.6 miles northeast of Butte, MT (from Butte, MT: bearing 35°T), and is situated 24.7 miles south-southwest of Helena. Basin Creek carves a persistent path through the center of the terrain, its cold, clear waters humming against the stones as they tumble toward lower ground. The air here carries a crisp, thin quality, cooling rapidly as the sun slips behind the distant, jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the landscape transitions into the vast, dense expanse of Deerlodge National Forest, an immense wilderness that hums with the quietude of pine and spruce. Though Frog Pond sits a few miles away, the character of this place remains defined by the relentless, downward pull of the canyon and the heavy, fragrant scent of earth that lingers after a summer rain.

History in Basin remains etched into the weathered structures that lean slightly against the hillside, remnants of a time when the extract of precious metals drove the pulse of the local economy. Mining once brought a frantic energy to these slopes, but today the pace has slowed to a steady, deliberate rhythm that favors self-reliance and the quiet persistence of the mountain seasons. The economy has shifted from the deep shafts of the past to a modern existence that respects the isolation of the high country, where residents maintain a rugged independence from the busier corridors of the state. Visitors occasionally drift through, drawn by the stillness of the canyon or the access to the surrounding forest, yet Basin retains a singular, unbothered identity. It is a place where the work of the day is measured by the changing light on the ridges and the steady, enduring flow of the creek, far removed from the clamor of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Deerlodge National Forest (National Forest) — locality lies within · 1.2M acres
Mormon Gulch Campground Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 3.8 mi, 247° SW
Helena National Forest (National Forest) — 5.6 mi, 055° NE · 984k acres
Thunderbolt Mountain Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 7.2 mi, 294° NW
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 8.0 mi, 092° E
Haystack Mountain National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 8.8 mi, 199° S · 19 acres
Bernice Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 8.9 mi, 257° W
Elkhorn Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 10.9 mi, 094° E
Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 12.3 mi, 082° E · 3,567 acres
Muskrat Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.3 mi, 082° E · 985 acres
Spotted Dog Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 333° NW
Our Lady of the Rockies (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 201° S
Speculator Mine Disaster Memorial (Viewpoint) — 21.0 mi, 213° SW
Science Mine (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 213° SW
Covellite Theater (Theatre) — 22.2 mi, 213° SW
Milwaukee Road Little Joe (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 289° W
Milwaukee Road E9 (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 289° W
Yesterdays Playthings Doll and Toy Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 290° W
Towe Ford Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 290° W
Frontier Montana Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 290° W
Powell County History Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 290° W
Capt. John Mullan (Public Artwork) — 22.7 mi, 291° W
Lime Kiln Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 23.0 mi, 030° NE
Warren House (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 292° W
Bunkhouse Row (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 292° W
Mountain West Voices (Arts Centre) — 23.9 mi, 029° NE
Four Georgians Mine (Historic Ruins) — 23.9 mi, 029° NE
USS Helena (Monument) — 23.9 mi, 029° NE
First Gold Strike in Helena (Monument) — 23.9 mi, 029° NE
Black Sage Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 24.8 mi, 126° SE · 5,963 acres

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