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Bull Lake Montana Map

Explore Bull Lake, 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 Bull Lake, Montana

How to Use This Bull Lake, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	48.229506
Longitude	-115.852598
Population	180
Density	38.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59935
Area Code	406
County Seat	Libby
School District	Troy Elementary School District

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About Bull Lake, Montana

Bull Lake is a locality in Lincoln County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 38.4 people per km². Bull Lake is located at 48.2295°N, 115.8526°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59935.

Bull Lake mirrors the vast, unclouded Montana sky in its stillness, a deep basin defined by the surrounding timber and the quiet persistence of the wilderness. It lies 70.5 miles west of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 273°T), and is situated 16.4 miles southwest of Libby. Payne Creek winds through the landscape, its current feeding the basin and drawing a slender, silver thread through the dense growth of the Kootenai National Forest. To the east, the distant silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains provide a jagged, permanent horizon, while the proximity of Weasel Gulch adds a sense of verticality to the terrain. High above the valley floor, the frozen, white expanse of Blackwell Glacier holds its position against the light, a cold sentinel watching over the lowlands. The air here carries a crisp, pine-scented clarity, and as the sun shifts, the water at Bull Lake shifts from a pale, translucent gray to an impenetrable, ink-colored depth.

Historical echoes of the region linger in the quietude, where the legacy of early logging and land management continues to shape the local economy and the stewardship of the surrounding woods. Life at Bull Lake moves in accordance with the seasonal migrations of wildlife and the slow, deliberate work of those who maintain the timberlands and public spaces. Visitors often seek out the Crowell Trail, which offers a path through the dense, evergreen canopy, allowing for a perspective on the land that remains largely untouched by the frenetic pace of modern industry. The community exists in a delicate balance with the Kootenai National Forest, where the silence is rarely broken by anything louder than the rustle of needles or the sudden, sharp call of a bird. In the late afternoon, when the shadows stretch long across the basin, the stillness becomes a tangible presence, grounding the spirit in the enduring, rugged reality of the northern woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kootenai National Forest (National Forest) — locality lies within · 1.8M acres
Bull River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 199° S
Kaniksu National Forest (National Forest) — 1.7 mi, 204° SW · 1.6M acres
Cabinet Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 2.3 mi, 081° E · 94k acres
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 014° N
Lower Ross Creek Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 2.9 mi, 245° SW
Ross Creek Cedars Scenic Area (Nature Reserve) — 3.4 mi, 243° SW
Spar Lake Recreation Area Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.3 mi, 301° NW
Scotchman No. 2 Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 9.0 mi, 270° W
Lightning Creek Streamside Zone Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 272° W · 173 acres
Troy Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 354° N
Pend Oreille Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.2 mi, 241° SW
Mount Pend Oreille Fire Lookout (Historic Ruins) — 19.7 mi, 311° NW
Skyline National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 20.6 mi, 021° N · 140 acres
Libby Dam (Viewpoint) — 27.8 mi, 063° NE
Kootenai River (Wild & Scenic River) — 28.3 mi, 341° N · 4,279 acres
Statue of Liberty (Public Artwork) — 31.7 mi, 276° W
Barlow Stadium (Stadium) — 32.6 mi, 275° W
Rex Theater (Cinema) — 38.6 mi, 327° NW
Boundary County Museum (Museum) — 38.6 mi, 327° NW
Richochet Rapids (Attraction) — 44.8 mi, 241° SW
Avalanche Mountain (Attraction) — 44.8 mi, 241° SW
Velocity Peak (Attraction) — 44.9 mi, 241° SW
Rumble Falls (Attraction) — 45.0 mi, 241° SW
Theatre of Illusion Magic Show (Theatre) — 45.2 mi, 241° SW
Henley Airstrip (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 45.4 mi, 241° SW
Sunshine Miners Memorial (Monument) — 49.3 mi, 191° S
David Thompson Monument (Monument) — 50.4 mi, 151° SE
Miner's Statue (Monument) — 52.1 mi, 184° S
Oasis Bordello Museum (Museum) — 52.4 mi, 184° S

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