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Belfry Montana Map

Explore Belfry, 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 Belfry, Montana

How to Use This Belfry, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	45.141892
Longitude	-109.005422
Population	193
Density	44.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59008
Area Code	406
County Seat	Red Lodge
School District	Belfry K-12 Schools

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About Belfry, Montana

Belfry is a locality in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 193. The population density is 44.8 people per km². Belfry is located at 45.1419°N, 109.0054°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59008.

Belfry occupies a stretch of high, arid prairie where the horizon pulls away in every direction, leaving the land exposed to the vast, shifting colors of the Montana sky. It lies 50.6 miles south-southwest of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 209°T), and is situated 12.1 miles east-southeast of Red Lodge. Bear Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the sagebrush, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of willow and cottonwood that offers the only shade against the unrelenting brightness of a summer afternoon. To the west, the jagged, snow-dusted peaks of the Beartooth Mountains maintain a silent, permanent watch over the lowlands, while the nearby Montana State Trust Lands provide a quiet expanse of open range. The air here holds a crisp, thin clarity that makes the distant ridges seem close enough to touch, especially as the late sun turns the dry grasses into a sea of muted gold.

Belfry grew from the hard necessity of agriculture and the persistence of those who worked the soil in the shadow of the basin known as Long Draw. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the ranching cycle, defined by the seasonal movement of livestock and the meticulous care of irrigated hay fields that draw their life from the nearby water. A few miles away, the stillness of Monroe Reservoir catches the reflection of the clouds, providing a rare gathering point in an otherwise solitary landscape. Life in Belfry proceeds with the deliberate pace of a place where the distance between neighbors is measured in miles rather than feet, and the history of the region is etched into the fence lines and the weathered wood of old barns that hold their own against the persistent prairie wind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 270° W
Bridger Bend Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 2.5 mi, 199° S
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 8.3 mi, 199° S
Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 8.7 mi, 025° NE
Meeteetse Spires Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 10.4 mi, 260° W
Custer National Forest (National Forest) — 11.4 mi, 261° W · 1.2M acres
Line Creek Plateau Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 11.4 mi, 261° W
Roman Theatre (Cinema) — 12.1 mi, 284° W
Beartooth Gallery Fine Art (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 284° W
Red Lodge Clay Center (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 284° W
Kinzley (Gallery) — 12.2 mi, 285° W
Carbon County Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 286° W
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mt (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.5 mi, 023° NE · 522 acres
Shoshone National Forest (National Forest) — 16.2 mi, 231° SW · 2.4M acres
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.2 mi, 262° W · 941k acres
Rock Creek Vista (Viewpoint) — 20.7 mi, 251° W
Chief Plenty Coups Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 048° NE
Heart Mountain Relocation Center Memorial (Monument) — 32.7 mi, 175° S
Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone (Monument) — 34.2 mi, 007° N
North Absaroka Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 35.4 mi, 211° SW · 346k acres
Tippet Rise Art Center (Arts Centre) — 36.2 mi, 312° NW
Ewing-Snell Ranch (Attraction) — 36.4 mi, 096° E
Museum of the Beartooths (Museum) — 36.5 mi, 341° N
Two Eagles Interpretive Trail (Historic Ruins) — 36.8 mi, 097° E
Caroline Lockhart Ranch (Attraction) — 37.3 mi, 090° E
Hillsboro (Attraction) — 37.8 mi, 094° E
Vue and Brew (Cinema) — 38.2 mi, 017° N
Horner Site (Historic Ruins) — 40.5 mi, 179° S
Buffalo Bill – The Scout (Public Artwork) — 42.7 mi, 185° S
Yellowstone National Park (National Park) — 49.0 mi, 261° W · 2.2M acres

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