Biddle Montana Map

About Biddle, Montana

Biddle is a locality in Powder River County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 28. The population density is 0.6 people per km². Biddle is located at 45.1051°N, 105.3115°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59314.

Biddle occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pulled across the earth like a wire. It lies 56.4 miles north of Gillette, WY (from Gillette, WY: bearing 8°T), and is situated 81.8 miles east-northeast of Sheridan. Badger Creek cuts a shallow, persistent groove through the soil, its banks lined with the brittle, grey skeletons of cottonwoods that shiver when the wind rises from the plains. To the west, the Prairie Dog Hills rise in jagged, earthen tiers, their slopes catching the long, amber light of late afternoon in a way that turns the stone to rusted iron. Two miles away, the rugged topography of Wilson Gulch deepens the shadows, providing a stark, silent contrast to the open reach of the surrounding grasslands. The air here holds the dry, metallic scent of sage and ancient dust, a clarity that makes the distant, hazy outline of the land feel fragile and intensely present.

Biddle functions as a quiet node of endurance for those whose lives are tethered to the slow, seasonal turn of ranching and the stewardship of the range. The proximity of Montana State Trust Lands serves as a reminder of the public legacy ingrained in this territory, where the economy remains bound to the cycles of cattle and the resilience of the local soil. The nearby Sanburn Reservoir offers a singular, still mirror for the sky, holding the silence of the region in its calm, contained depths. Life in Biddle follows the rhythm of the seasons, dictated by the harsh requirements of the high plains and the immense space that separates one fence line from the next. There is a profound, unadorned gravity to the landscape, a sense that the people here exist in a patient dialogue with the elements, finding purpose in the persistent, unchanging work of the land.

About This Biddle Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Biddle, Montana. Coordinates: 45.105066, -105.31155. 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 Biddle includes the ZIP code (59314), telephone area code (406), county seat of Powder River County (Broadus), and school district assignment (Biddle Elementary School District).

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.