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Chester Montana Map

Explore Chester, 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 Chester, Montana

How to Use This Chester, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	48.510544
Longitude	-110.967471
Population	847
Density	671.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	59522
Area Code	406
County Seat	Chester
School District	Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary School District

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About Chester, Montana

Chester is a locality in Liberty County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 847. The population density is 671.5 people per km². Chester is located at 48.5105°N, 110.9675°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Chester is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59522.

Chester emerges from the vast, golden expanse of the high plains, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun whole. It lies 71.5 miles north-northeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 12°T), and is situated 58.8 miles west of Havre. Cottonwood Creek cuts a narrow, winding path through the dry earth, its presence a thin ribbon of green that defies the arid intensity of the surrounding prairie. To the west, the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains haunt the skyline, reminders of a geological grandeur that remains perpetually out of reach. Only a mile away, the shallow depression of Badger Coulee marks the land, while the Great Northern Reservoir sits nearby, holding the stillness of the sky in its quiet, contained water. The light here has a peculiar, sharpening quality, stripping away pretense and leaving the stark, honest architecture of the plains to define the view.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of Chester, where the cycle of planting and harvest governs the local economy and sets the tempo for every passing season. Grain elevators rise like monoliths above the flat landscape, standing as silent sentinels over the vast wheat fields that have long anchored the labor of the region. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a sprawling territory of open space that speaks to the historical independence of those who settled this rugged corner of the world. Life in Chester is defined by the immense distance between neighbors and the quiet persistence required to thrive in a climate that demands resilience. Even as the modern world encroaches, the rhythm of the day remains tethered to the soil and the unyielding, expansive heavens that press down upon the rooflines.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 3.2 mi, 013° N
Lake Elwell (Recreation Area) — 14.6 mi, 208° SW
Rudyard Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 079° E
Sweetgrass Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 23.2 mi, 345° N
Toole County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 27.1 mi, 328° NW
Lost River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 38.7 mi, 030° NE
Fresno Reservoir Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 39.5 mi, 068° E
Marias River (Wild & Scenic River) — 45.2 mi, 152° SE · 358 acres
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 45.8 mi, 155° SE · 507k acres
Decision Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 45.9 mi, 152° SE
Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 47.1 mi, 158° S · 147k acres
John Selon (Monument) — 48.9 mi, 163° S
Sue Cline (Monument) — 48.9 mi, 163° S
Ron Jovanovich (Monument) — 48.9 mi, 163° S
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 49.7 mi, 164° S
John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 49.7 mi, 164° S
Rider Of The Purple Sage (Attraction) — 49.8 mi, 164° S
High Water Mark (Attraction) — 49.9 mi, 164° S
Fort Benton MS/HS Art Club 2025 (Public Artwork) — 49.9 mi, 164° S
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 52.9 mi, 135° SE
H Earl Clack Memorial Museum (Museum) — 57.9 mi, 086° E
Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.0 mi, 196° S · 25k acres
Havre Beneath the Streets (Museum) — 59.0 mi, 087° E
Cottonwood Cinemas (Cinema) — 59.1 mi, 087° E
H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum (Museum) — 59.2 mi, 087° E
Glacier Cinemas (Cinema) — 62.9 mi, 278° W
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 68.7 mi, 190° S · 1.9M acres
Cascade County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 70.9 mi, 192° S
QGallery Sixteen (Gallery) — 71.1 mi, 192° S
A. Hooker's Gallery (Gallery) — 71.2 mi, 194° S

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