Explore Brandon, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Brandon, 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 Brandon.
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 | Brandon |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Madison County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 45.468259 |
| Longitude | -112.139713 |
| Population | 46 |
| Density | 40.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59749 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Virginia City |
| School District | Sheridan Elementary School District |
Brandon sits upon a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic cutting of Mill Creek, which carves a shallow, verdant artery through the otherwise expansive high plains. It lies 41.6 miles south-southeast of Butte, MT (from Butte, MT: bearing 153°T), and is situated 29.8 miles northeast of Dillon. Antelope Gulch lies but a mile to the west, its shadowed depressions offering a reprieve from the relentless clarity of the Montana sky. The horizon remains dominated by the immense, flat reach of the prairie, though the distant, jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains occasionally asserts itself against the sunset in shades of bruised purple and slate. Two miles away, the surface of Durham Reservoir holds a mirror to the clouds, providing a cool, static stillness that contrasts with the constant, low-frequency hum of the wind sweeping across the grasses.
Brandon maintains a quiet, deliberate economy rooted in the resilience of dryland agriculture and the long-standing tradition of ranching that first drew settlers to these rugged reaches. The nearby Montana State Trust Lands offer a sprawling expanse of open territory, serving as a reminder of the vast, public inheritance that shapes the local character and dictates the seasonal pace of life. Residents often navigate the local landscape by way of the Cow Creek Trail, a path that links the scattered clusters of homesteads and outbuildings to the broader, untamed geography of the region. Here, the passage of time is measured not in grand gestures but in the slow, seasonal shifts of the forage and the careful stewardship of the land, preserving a way of existence that values endurance over haste.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brandon, Montana. Coordinates: 45.468259, -112.139713. 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 Brandon includes the ZIP code (59749), telephone area code (406), county seat of Madison County (Virginia City), and school district assignment (Sheridan Elementary School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |