Dayton Montana Map
Explore Dayton, 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 Dayton, Montana
How to Use This Dayton, Montana Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Dayton, 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 Dayton.
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 | Dayton |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Lake County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 47.865777 |
| Longitude | -114.279012 |
| Population | 104 |
| Density | 73.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59914 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Polson |
| School District | Upper West Shore Elementary School District |
About Dayton, Montana
Dayton is a locality in Lake County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 104. The population density is 73.1 people per km². Dayton is located at 47.8658°N, 114.2790°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59914.Dayton reveals itself through the steady, insistent murmur of Spring Creek as it navigates the western edge of the valley floor. It lies 22.9 miles south of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 176°T), and is situated 16.7 miles southwest of Bigfork. The landscape surrounding Dayton opens into a broad, light-filled expanse where the water of Flathead Lake reflects the shifting temper of the Montana sky. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the terrain rises toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains, which anchor the western horizon in a jagged line of slate and indigo. Further afield, the terrain transitions into the quiet, managed wildness of the Montana State Trust Lands, where the earth holds the scent of pine needles and damp soil, and the light at dusk settles over the fields like a thin, cooling veil.
Dayton remains a place defined by the quiet labor of those who work the land, drawing sustenance from the ranching heritage that first took root in these fertile, high-altitude meadows. Life here moves in accordance with the seasons, following the rhythms of harvest and the slow retreat of winter as it yields to the greening of the Basin Meadows. While the shadow of the Swan River State Forest looms nineteen miles away, the economy of Dayton stays tethered to the soil and the stewardship of the surrounding acreage. The community maintains a deliberate pace, finding its character in the immense, uncrowded distance between neighbors and the persistent, clear-eyed focus required to thrive in such an expansive, open geography.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.8 mi, 048° NE
- Flathead Lake/Wild Horse Island State Park (State Park) — 2.3 mi, 141° SE
- Johnson Barn (Historic Ruins) — 2.5 mi, 130° SE
- Johnson Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 2.6 mi, 129° SE
- Elmo Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 3.3 mi, 229° SW
- Flathead Lake/Big Arm State Park (State Park) — 3.7 mi, 201° S
- Walstad Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 3.8 mi, 170° S
- Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 6.7 mi, 000° N · 2.4M acres
- Hogheaven Work (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 283° W
- Miracle of America Museum and Pioneer Village (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 149° SE
- Flathead Lake Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 15.6 mi, 149° SE
- Base Camp Bigfork (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 035° NE
- Bigfork Summer Playhouse (Theatre) — 16.6 mi, 035° NE
- Mission Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.5 mi, 132° SE · 76k acres
- Echo Lake Cosway entrance (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 032° NE
- Family Life Christian Church Large Wooden Cross (Monument) — 22.3 mi, 352° N
- Glacier Art Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 356° N
- Northwest Montana History Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 356° N
- Lolo National Forest (National Forest) — 23.2 mi, 242° SW · 2.3M acres
- Albino Buffalo (Public Artwork) — 23.4 mi, 358° N
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About This Dayton Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dayton, Montana. Coordinates: 47.865777, -114.279012. 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 Dayton includes the ZIP code (59914), telephone area code (406), county seat of Lake County (Polson), and school district assignment (Upper West Shore 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. |
