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Belt Montana Map

Explore Belt, 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 Belt, Montana

How to Use This Belt, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	47.386077
Longitude	-110.925513
Population	510
Density	582.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	59412
Area Code	406
County Seat	Great Falls
School District	Belt Elementary School District

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About Belt, Montana

Belt is a locality in Cascade County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 510. The population density is 582.6 people per km². Belt is located at 47.3861°N, 110.9255°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Belt is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59412.

Belt emerges from the undulating plains where the earth yields to the deep, weathered scars of Lewis Coulee. It lies 19.2 miles east-southeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 114°T), and is situated 14.6 miles southeast of Malmstrom AFB. Belt Creek carves a persistent path through the limestone strata, its waters reflecting the vast, pale clarity of a sky that seems to press closer to the ground here than anywhere else. To the west, the distant, serrated silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains anchor the horizon, while the immediate landscape remains defined by the rugged textures of high prairie and the quietude of dry, sun-bleached grasses. Beyond the town limits, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a sprawling expanse of terrain that remains largely undisturbed, save for the occasional shadow of a hawk or the subtle shifts in the wind that carry the scent of sage and cooling stone.

Coal extraction once served as the lifeblood of Belt, drawing laborers into the earth to feed the fires of a growing nation, leaving behind a legacy of endurance that still lingers in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the main thoroughfare. Though the heavy industry of the past has softened into the quiet commerce of a modern ranching center, the rhythm of life remains tethered to the seasons and the cycle of the land. Residents move with a deliberate pace, mindful of the immense distances that separate them from the busier corners of the world, finding a certain grace in the independence required by such isolation. For those seeking a moment of respite, the waters of Pirate Lake wait twelve miles away, offering a still, quiet mirror to the clouds that drift endlessly across the open reach of the high plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 4.2 mi, 008° N
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 9.9 mi, 071° E · 1.9M acres
Sluice Boxes State Park (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 182° S
Giant Springs State Park (State Park) — 14.9 mi, 335° NW
Rainbow Dam Overlook (Viewpoint) — 16.4 mi, 308° NW
Cascade County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 297° NW
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 297° NW
QGallery Sixteen (Gallery) — 19.2 mi, 295° NW
Lewis and Clark Statue (Public Artwork) — 19.3 mi, 293° NW
The History Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 294° NW
American Music (Theatre) — 19.5 mi, 295° NW
A. Hooker's Gallery (Gallery) — 20.5 mi, 294° NW
Paine Gulch Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 21.3 mi, 166° S
Earle E Heikka Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 293° NW
Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.4 mi, 316° NW · 25k acres
Deep Creek Figure 8 Loop National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 23.0 mi, 199° S · 125 acres
First Peoples Buffalo Jump SP (Monument) — 28.7 mi, 283° W
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 31.2 mi, 022° N · 507k acres
Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 31.2 mi, 022° N · 147k acres
Kendra Jayne Romain (Monument) — 31.3 mi, 021° N
Fort Benton City Hall (Monument) — 32.1 mi, 022° N
High Water Mark (Attraction) — 32.1 mi, 022° N
Rider Of The Purple Sage (Attraction) — 32.2 mi, 022° N
John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 32.3 mi, 022° N
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 32.4 mi, 022° N
Judith Basin County Museum (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 116° SE
Helena National Forest (National Forest) — 37.0 mi, 206° SW · 984k acres
Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 37.4 mi, 158° S · 81k acres
Gates Of The Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 49.4 mi, 228° SW · 28k acres
Stageline Pizza and Theater (Cinema) — 57.9 mi, 179° S

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