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Boyd Montana Map

Explore Boyd, 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 Boyd, Montana

How to Use This Boyd, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	45.457723
Longitude	-109.066541
Population	19
Density	26.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59013
Area Code	406
County Seat	Red Lodge
School District	Joliet Elementary School District

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About Boyd, Montana

Boyd is a locality in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 19. The population density is 26.7 people per km². Boyd is located at 45.4577°N, 109.0665°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59013.

Boyd sits upon a high, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pulling the eye toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Beartooth Mountains. It lies 35.4 miles southwest of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 231°T), and is situated 15.3 miles southeast of Columbus. The landscape surrounding Boyd is characterized by dry, hardy grasses that shiver in the constant wind, shifting from pale straw to deep amber as the day wanes. Only a mile away, Cow Creek carves a shallow, deliberate path through the earth, its banks providing a narrow green reprieve for the cattle that graze the Montana State Trust Lands. In the quiet hours before dusk, the light here turns thin and sharp, casting long, bruised shadows that emphasize the vast, unyielding scale of the plains.

History in Boyd is written in the rusted iron of old fences and the weathered timber of structures that have long since surrendered their original purpose to the elements. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the demands of ranching, with the occasional traveler passing through toward the deeper water of Cooney Reservoir or the rugged descent into Wolf Canyon. Life moves with a deliberate, sparse energy, defined by the necessities of maintaining property and navigating the immense, open spaces that separate Boyd from the frantic pace of the world beyond. There is a profound stillness here, punctuated only by the low murmur of wind through wire and the occasional, solitary movement of a hawk circling the high, pale air.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.5 mi, 180° S
Cooney State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 261° W
Water Birch Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 11.1 mi, 213° SW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mt (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.1 mi, 140° SE · 522 acres
Homestead Isle Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 13.3 mi, 042° NE
Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 031° NE
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 15.1 mi, 154° SE
Museum of the Beartooths (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 325° NW
Vue and Brew (Cinema) — 20.5 mi, 044° NE
Carbon County Museum (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 205° SW
Depot Gallery (Gallery) — 20.5 mi, 206° SW
Kinzley (Gallery) — 20.6 mi, 205° SW
Beartooth Gallery Fine Art (Gallery) — 20.7 mi, 205° SW
Roman Theatre (Cinema) — 20.8 mi, 205° SW
Custer National Forest (National Forest) — 21.9 mi, 205° SW · 1.2M acres
Tippet Rise Art Center (Arts Centre) — 24.2 mi, 275° W
Chief Plenty Coups Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 095° E
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 26.1 mi, 225° SW · 941k acres
East Rosebud Creek, Montana Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 28.3 mi, 240° SW · 3,836 acres
Reed Point High School Football Field (Stadium) — 28.9 mi, 306° NW
Grass Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.9 mi, 358° N · 6,788 acres
Shoshone National Forest (National Forest) — 32.8 mi, 198° S · 2.4M acres
Rock Creek Vista (Viewpoint) — 33.0 mi, 210° SW
Billings Studio Theater (Theatre) — 34.2 mi, 046° NE
Wise Wonders (Museum) — 35.0 mi, 050° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 35.3 mi, 050° NE
Nova (Theatre) — 35.5 mi, 050° NE
Ghost Cave (Historic Ruins) — 36.3 mi, 057° NE
Middle Cave (Historic Ruins) — 36.3 mi, 058° NE
Yellowstone National Park (National Park) — 53.6 mi, 238° SW · 2.2M acres

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