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Cut Bank Montana Map

Explore Cut Bank, 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 Cut Bank, Montana

How to Use This Cut Bank, Montana Map

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

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.

CityCut Bank
StateMontana (MT)
CountyGlacier County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude48.63304
Longitude-112.326162
Population3,056
Density1019.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code59427
Area Code406
County SeatCut Bank
School DistrictCut Bank Elementary School District

About Cut Bank, Montana

Cut Bank is a locality in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,056. The population density is 1019.8 people per km². Cut Bank is located at 48.6330°N, 112.3262°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Cut Bank is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59427.

Cut Bank sprawls across a high, wind-scoured plateau where the horizon pulls away in every direction, leaving the earth exposed beneath a vast and unrelenting dome of sky. It lies 91.5 miles north-northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 329°T), and is situated 23.2 miles west-northwest of Shelby. The terrain is defined by the sharp, sudden incision of Old Maids Coulee, a dry scar in the prairie that speaks of long-forgotten erosions, while the modest flow of Cut Bank Creek carves a path through the earth just a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate sweep of grass and scrub, the distant, jagged teeth of the Rocky Mountains provide a hazy, violet-tinted border to the west, barely visible through the shimmering heat or the crystalline clarity of a winter freeze. Within the town limits, City Park offers a brief respite of green, a quiet anchor for residents who watch the light shift from a harsh, bleaching gold at midday to a bruised, violet twilight that seems to swallow the plains whole.

Cut Bank grew from the hard-won necessity of the railroad and the stubborn persistence of those who turned to oil and agriculture to survive on the plains. The pulse of the local economy remains tied to the cycles of the harvest and the extraction of energy from the deep, dark layers of the earth, a rhythm that dictates the pace of life for those who remain. History here is written in the steel of the grain elevators that stand like sentinels against the wind, their silhouettes sharp and utilitarian against the gathering dusk. While the nearest water at Allison Lake lies a few miles out, the true lifeblood of the region is found in the resilience of its people and the stoic architecture of a place built to withstand the relentless movement of air across the plains. Everyday existence in Cut Bank is marked by a deliberate, measured gravity, where the immense silence of the surrounding landscape demands a certain respect from those who call the high prairie home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 261° W
  • City Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 137° SE
  • Glacier Cinemas (Cinema) — 0.3 mi, 312° NW
  • Cut Bank Penguin (Public Artwork) — 0.5 mi, 118° SE
  • Southwest/Gary Smith Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 278° W
  • Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 000° N
  • Marias River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 132° SE
  • Kevin Rim Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 15.7 mi, 051° NE
  • Farthest Point West (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 264° W
  • Camp Disappointment (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 276° W
  • Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 41.3 mi, 209° SW · 1.9M acres
  • Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 41.3 mi, 209° SW · 198k acres
  • Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 41.3 mi, 211° SW · 1.1M acres
  • Glacier National Park (National Park) — 44.6 mi, 250° W · 1.0M acres
  • Glacier Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 44.6 mi, 251° W · 931k acres
  • Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 46.6 mi, 221° SW · 2.4M acres
  • Running Eagle Falls (Viewpoint) — 47.8 mi, 259° W
  • Great Bear Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 50.0 mi, 228° SW · 287k acres
  • Old Trail Museum (Museum) — 56.6 mi, 174° S
  • Teton Antique Tractor & Steam Engines (Museum) — 57.3 mi, 173° S
  • Weeping Wall (Attraction) — 65.6 mi, 277° W
  • Great Northern Railway Buildings (Attraction) — 66.6 mi, 279° W
  • North American Wildlife Museum (Museum) — 79.7 mi, 260° W
  • Amazing Fun Center (Theme Park) — 79.9 mi, 260° W

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About This Cut Bank Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cut Bank, Montana. Coordinates: 48.63304, -112.326162. 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 Cut Bank includes the ZIP code (59427), telephone area code (406), county seat of Glacier County (Cut Bank), and school district assignment (Cut Bank 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.