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Big Arm Montana Map

Explore Big Arm, 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 Big Arm, Montana

How to Use This Big Arm, Montana Map

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

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	Big Arm
State	Montana (MT)
County	Lake County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	47.793609
Longitude	-114.27003
Population	218
Density	15.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	59910, 59860
Area Code	406
County Seat	Polson
School District	Polson Elementary School District

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About Big Arm, Montana

Big Arm is a locality in Lake County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 218. The population density is 15.5 people per km². Big Arm is located at 47.7936°N, 114.2700°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 59910, 59860.

Big Arm occupies a singular stretch of land where the earth yields to the vast, cold stillness of Flathead Lake. It lies 27.5 miles south of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 178°T), and is situated 9.5 miles northwest of Polson. The terrain here rises in modest, sun-bleached slopes, shedding the weight of the high country to settle into a quiet plateau that holds the morning light long after the shadows have claimed the lower ground. To the east, the Mission Mountains serrate the horizon like a jagged blade of blue granite, their peaks holding snow through the late heat of summer. Just a mile away, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a quiet expanse of sage and pine, while further inland, the rugged depression of Black Gulch carves its way through the soil, a dry testament to the slow, relentless work of erosion. The air carries the scent of dry grass and cold water, a thin, crystalline quality that sharpens the edges of every fence line and ridge.

Big Arm persists as a place defined by the slow turnover of the seasons and the quiet commerce of those who live between the forest and the water. The economy remains tethered to the land, moving with the rhythms of seasonal grazing and the modest demands of those passing through toward the timber stands of the Swan River State Forest or the winding course of Vinson Creek. History here is kept not in monuments, but in the maintenance of irrigation ditches and the steady, unobserved labor of local ranchers. Life follows the arc of the sun, shifting from the frantic bloom of summer to the long, gray patience of winter, when the water turns slate-colored and the roads grow quiet under the frost. It is a landscape that demands a certain internal stillness, where the silence is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, pervasive presence that defines the character of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Walstad Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 1.2 mi, 009° N
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.5 mi, 090° E
Flathead Lake/Big Arm State Park (State Park) — 1.9 mi, 287° W
Flathead Lake/Wild Horse Island State Park (State Park) — 3.2 mi, 018° N
Johnson Barn (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 024° NE
Johnson Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 025° NE
Elmo Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 4.1 mi, 314° NW
Flathead Lake Wildlife Habitat Protection Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 035° NE
Miracle of America Museum and Pioneer Village (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 137° SE
Flathead Lake Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.4 mi, 138° SE
Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 11.7 mi, 358° N · 2.4M acres
Hogheaven Work (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 307° NW
Mission Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.3 mi, 120° SE · 76k acres
Swan River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.8 mi, 064° NE · 3,866 acres
Garden of the Rockies Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 157° SE
Base Camp Bigfork (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 026° NE
Bigfork Summer Playhouse (Theatre) — 20.7 mi, 026° NE
Lolo National Forest (National Forest) — 21.7 mi, 254° W · 2.3M acres
Big Medicine Hot Springs (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 236° SW
Echo Lake Cosway entrance (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 025° NE
Family Life Christian Church Large Wooden Cross (Monument) — 27.3 mi, 352° N
Glacier Art Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 356° N
Northwest Montana History Museum (Museum) — 28.0 mi, 356° N
Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.3 mi, 096° E · 1.1M acres
Albino Buffalo (Public Artwork) — 28.4 mi, 357° N
Memorial Bench (Monument) — 28.9 mi, 356° N
Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 28.9 mi, 356° N
Wanda Hollensteiner Art Gallery (Gallery) — 30.1 mi, 355° N
McClaren Hall (Theatre) — 30.1 mi, 355° N
Glacier National Park (National Park) — 47.5 mi, 010° N · 1.0M acres

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