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Busby Montana Map

Explore Busby, 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 Busby, Montana

How to Use This Busby, Montana Map

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

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	Busby
State	Montana (MT)
County	Big Horn County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	45.525636
Longitude	-106.977522
Population	719
Density	19.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59016
Area Code	406
County Seat	Hardin
School District	Lame Deer High School District

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About Busby, Montana

Busby is a locality in Big Horn County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 719. The population density is 19.4 people per km². Busby is located at 45.5256°N, 106.9775°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59016.

Busby occupies a sweep of high, sage-dusted prairie where the horizon seems to stretch until the curvature of the earth finally claims the sky. It lies 76.5 miles east-southeast of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 102°T), and is situated 34.5 miles east-southeast of Hardin. Busby Creek carves a shallow, wandering path through the dry grasses, its presence marked by the persistent, thin line of willows that lean toward the water’s edge. The air here holds a sharp, clean clarity that makes distant landmarks appear deceptively close, though the massive, jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains remain a distant, hazy suggestion far to the west. To the north, the landscape begins to wrinkle into the deeper shadows of Wood Gulch, while the quiet stillness of Rednose Reservoir offers a singular point of stillness in an otherwise expansive and restless terrain.

Life in Busby moves in accordance with the slow, deliberate rhythms of the land, shaped by a history deeply rooted in the Crow Reservation and the enduring traditions of the people who have long called this territory home. The local economy persists through the seasonal pulse of ranching and the careful stewardship of the surrounding plains, where cattle graze across the vast, open range. Beyond the immediate borders, the Montana State Trust Lands provide a sprawling expanse of wilder acreage that remains largely untouched by the reach of modern industry. The quality of light during the late afternoon, when the sun dips low and gilds the golden prairie grass in shades of amber and copper, reveals a stark, unadorned beauty that defines the character of Busby.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Indian Chief Two Moons Historical Monument (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 069° E
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 12.2 mi, 000° N
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (National Monument) — 19.2 mi, 270° W · 780 acres
Rosebud Battlefield State Park (State Park) — 19.3 mi, 182° S
Weir Point (Viewpoint) — 20.1 mi, 272° W
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier & Peace Memorial (Monument) — 21.3 mi, 270° W
7th Cavalry Horse Cemetery (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 278° W
Wolf Mountains Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 25.2 mi, 131° SE
Custer National Forest (National Forest) — 26.9 mi, 116° SE · 1.2M acres
Tongue River Reservoir State Park (State Park) — 28.9 mi, 162° S
Poker Jim Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 30.8 mi, 112° E
Arapooish Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 32.5 mi, 299° NW
Big Horn County Historical Museum (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 297° NW
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 44.9 mi, 254° W · 45k acres
Bighorn National Forest (National Forest) — 47.7 mi, 180° S · 1.1M acres
Thorne Ridge Stadium (Stadium) — 49.0 mi, 179° S
Rosebud County Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 53.3 mi, 016° N
Bull Elk Park Natural Area (National Conservation Area) — 54.1 mi, 216° SW · 1,049 acres
Yellowstone River (Wild & Scenic River) — 57.4 mi, 305° NW · 1,744 acres
Bozeman Trail Museum (Museum) — 58.5 mi, 181° S
The Brinton Museum (Museum) — 60.9 mi, 181° S
Cloud Peak Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 66.0 mi, 196° S · 192k acres
Caroline Lockhart Ranch (Attraction) — 66.9 mi, 247° SW
Wagon Box Fight (Registered Battlefield) — 67.2 mi, 177° S
Hillsboro (Attraction) — 67.7 mi, 245° SW
Two Eagles Interpretive Trail (Historic Ruins) — 69.6 mi, 244° SW
Ewing-Snell Ranch (Attraction) — 69.6 mi, 244° SW
Pictograph Cave (Historic Ruins) — 71.7 mi, 282° W
Mason-Lovell Ranch (Attraction) — 75.0 mi, 231° SW
Toucan (Gallery) — 75.1 mi, 285° W

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