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Box Elder Montana Map

Explore Box Elder, 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 Box Elder, Montana

How to Use This Box Elder, Montana Map

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

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	Box Elder
State	Montana (MT)
County	Hill County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	48.317208
Longitude	-110.013263
Population	85
Density	41.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59521
Area Code	406
County Seat	Havre
School District	Box Elder Elementary School District

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About Box Elder, Montana

Box Elder is a locality in Hill County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 85. The population density is 41.8 people per km². Box Elder is located at 48.3172°N, 110.0133°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59521.

Box Elder occupies a stretch of high, open prairie where the horizon seems to pull the sky down until it brushes the dry grass. It lies 82.1 miles northeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 46°T), and is situated 22.1 miles southwest of Havre. Boxelder Creek carves a shallow, wandering path through the earth here, its banks providing a thin ribbon of color against the vast, pale expanse of the plains. Beyond the immediate terrain, the distant, serrated edge of the Rocky Mountains haunts the western skyline, visible only when the atmosphere clarifies after a storm. To the north, the terrain folds into the quiet depressions of Barneys Coulee, while the nearby Montana State Trust Lands offer a sprawling, silent expanse of sage and wind-swept soil that defines the regional character. The light at dusk is particularly heavy, turning the dust of the plains into a fine, suspended gold that lingers long after the sun has dipped below the rim of the world.

History in Box Elder remains tied to the slow, deliberate work of the land and the resilient cycles of ranching that have sustained families for generations. The economy persists through the quiet industry of agriculture, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life more effectively than any clock. Water is a precious, measured resource, with Grass Reservoir serving as a focal point for the surrounding acreage and the persistent, quiet needs of the local livestock. There is a profound stillness in the way the local architecture keeps its head down against the wind, a functional modesty that reflects a culture of endurance. Life here is measured by the immense distances between neighbors and the shared, unspoken understanding that the environment demands a specific, rugged kind of attention to survive and thrive.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.7 mi, 090° E
Bailey Reservoir Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 11.6 mi, 338° N
Beaver Creek County Park (Local Park) — 13.7 mi, 059° NE
Bearpaw Lake Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 16.1 mi, 088° E
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 17.9 mi, 199° S · 507k acres
Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.9 mi, 199° S · 147k acres
Fresno Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 19.3 mi, 006° N
Rookery Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.0 mi, 022° N
Big Sky Images & Collectables (Public Artwork) — 21.6 mi, 039° NE
H Earl Clack Memorial Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 041° NE
Cottonwood Cinemas (Cinema) — 22.4 mi, 043° NE
Havre Beneath the Streets (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 043° NE
H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 043° NE
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 24.8 mi, 194° S
Rudyard Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 305° NW
Marias River (Wild & Scenic River) — 34.4 mi, 219° SW · 358 acres
Decision Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 35.0 mi, 220° SW
The Battle of Bear Paws (Monument) — 40.3 mi, 061° NE
Sue Cline (Monument) — 44.5 mi, 222° SW
John Selon (Monument) — 44.5 mi, 222° SW
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 45.6 mi, 221° SW
John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 45.7 mi, 221° SW
Rider Of The Purple Sage (Attraction) — 45.9 mi, 221° SW
High Water Mark (Attraction) — 45.9 mi, 221° SW
Pictorial Museum (Museum) — 58.4 mi, 078° E
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 60.4 mi, 198° S · 1.9M acres
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 69.3 mi, 127° SE · 788k acres

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