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Big Sky Colony Montana Map

Explore Big Sky Colony, 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 Sky Colony, Montana

How to Use This Big Sky Colony, Montana Map

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

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 Sky Colony
State	Montana (MT)
County	Glacier County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	48.839229
Longitude	-112.76846
Population	66
Density	2.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59427
Area Code	406
County Seat	Cut Bank
School District	Browning Elementary School District

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About Big Sky Colony, Montana

Big Sky Colony is a locality in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 66. The population density is 2.5 people per km². Big Sky Colony is located at 48.8392°N, 112.7685°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59427.

Big Sky Colony asserts its presence upon the vast, wind-swept plains where the horizon stretches toward an infinite, pale blue arc. It lies 83.2 miles east-northeast of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 57°T), and is situated 21.8 miles north-northeast of North Browning. The landscape surrounding Big Sky Colony is defined by a rigorous, open geometry of earth and sky, marked by the modest depression of Kennedy Coulee seven miles away and the quiet, reflective surface of Buffalo Lake just two miles from the settlement. Here, the air possesses a brittle clarity that sharpens the edges of every fence post and grain silo, while the light at dusk bleeds a bruised, violet hue across the grass, turning the immense prairie into a living, darkening canvas. Far to the west, the jagged, snow-dusted silhouette of the Rocky Mountains remains a distant, silent guardian against the gathering clouds.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of the local economy, with the enduring rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pace of life in Big Sky Colony. Established by those who sought a communal existence in the solitude of the high plains, the colony maintains a distinct, industrious character rooted in self-sufficiency and the shared labor of the fields. The Milk River meanders five miles away, a vital, winding artery that threads through the parched soil, supporting the resilience of the surrounding farms. Life here is measured not by the velocity of modern demands, but by the subtle shifts in the weather and the steady, collective effort to cultivate a life in a landscape that offers little shelter from the elements.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Camp Disappointment (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 188° S
Farthest Point West (Monument) — 16.6 mi, 185° S
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 19.6 mi, 105° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 22.2 mi, 211° SW
Glacier Cinemas (Cinema) — 24.4 mi, 125° SE
Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 24.7 mi, 125° SE
Cut Bank Penguin (Public Artwork) — 25.2 mi, 125° SE
Sunset Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 30.8 mi, 252° W
Kevin Rim Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 32.4 mi, 094° E
Glacier Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 34.2 mi, 224° SW · 931k acres
Glacier National Park (National Park) — 34.3 mi, 224° SW · 1.0M acres
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 38.7 mi, 200° S · 1.9M acres
Marias River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 38.8 mi, 127° SE
Weeping Wall (Attraction) — 45.4 mi, 262° W
Great Northern Railway Buildings (Attraction) — 45.9 mi, 264° W
Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 47.1 mi, 188° S · 1.1M acres
Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 49.8 mi, 180° S · 198k acres
Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 50.1 mi, 192° S · 2.4M acres
Great Bear Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 50.5 mi, 200° S · 287k acres
Flathead, Montana Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 55.9 mi, 197° S · 50k acres
North American Wildlife Museum (Museum) — 64.8 mi, 244° SW
Amazing Fun Center (Theme Park) — 64.9 mi, 244° SW
Glacier Highline (Attraction) — 65.1 mi, 244° SW
Glacier Fine Art (Gallery) — 66.5 mi, 242° SW
Museum Of Wildlife (Museum) — 67.0 mi, 243° SW
Old Trail Museum (Museum) — 75.4 mi, 159° S
Echo Lake Cosway Entrance (Attraction) — 75.6 mi, 230° SW
Teton Antique Tractor & Steam Engines (Museum) — 76.1 mi, 159° S
Stumptown Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 77.4 mi, 248° W
O'Shaughnessy Center (Theatre) — 77.5 mi, 248° W

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