Flat Willow Colony Montana Map
Explore Flat Willow Colony, 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 Flat Willow Colony, Montana
How to Use This Flat Willow Colony, Montana Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Flat Willow Colony, 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 Flat Willow Colony.
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 | Flat Willow Colony |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Musselshell County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 46.7252 |
| Longitude | -108.4882 |
| Population | 15 |
| Density | 45.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59072 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Roundup |
| School District | Roundup Elementary School District |
About Flat Willow Colony, Montana
Flat Willow Colony is a locality in Musselshell County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 15. The population density is 45.2 people per km². Flat Willow Colony is located at 46.7252°N, 108.4882°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59072.Flat Willow Colony emerges from the vast, amber-hued expanse of the high plains as a persistent assertion of human presence against an immense and indifferent horizon. It lies 65.1 miles north of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 1°T), and is situated 19.5 miles north of Roundup. The land here is defined by a rigorous geometry of wind-swept grasses and low, sun-bleached ridges that yield slowly to the expansive sky. Only a few miles away, the modest channel of Little Wall Creek carves a thin, verdant ribbon through the parched earth, providing a vital, serpentine artery for the local flora. Beyond the immediate foreground, the distant silhouette of the Rocky Mountains haunts the western edge of the world like a fading memory of granite and ice, while the nearby Montana State Trust Lands offer a quiet, sprawling refuge where the silence of the prairie remains undisturbed by the modern world.
Flat Willow Colony carries the quiet weight of a history built upon the stubborn resilience of agrarian survival, where the rhythm of life is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the demands of the soil. The economy remains anchored to the land, revolving around the seasonal cycles of ranching and the careful stewardship of livestock that graze the rugged terrain extending toward Devils Basin. Residents here maintain a pragmatic relationship with their environment, finding a stark, austere beauty in the way the light sharpens at dusk, casting long, violet shadows across the plains. While the Yellow Water Reservoir lies far enough to remain a quiet destination, it serves as a reminder of the scarcity of water that has always defined the character of Flat Willow Colony, shaping a culture of frugality and a deep, unspoken respect for the unpredictable temperament of the Montana plains.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 101° E
- War Horse National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.7 mi, 360° N · 5,706 acres
- Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.4 mi, 211° SW · 22k acres
- Musselshell Valley Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 188° S
- Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 24.7 mi, 272° W · 1.9M acres
- Minerva Creek Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 24.7 mi, 272° W
- Acid Shale-Pine Forest Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 26.3 mi, 351° N
- Twin Coulee Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 32.0 mi, 267° W · 6,840 acres
- Big Snowies Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 33.7 mi, 270° W · 89k acres
- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 44.9 mi, 296° NW
- Chief Joseph (Monument) — 46.7 mi, 231° SW
- Lewistown Art Center (Gallery) — 50.1 mi, 298° NW
- Cowboy Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 50.2 mi, 298° NW
- Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 54.4 mi, 344° N · 507k acres
- Ul Bend National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 57.8 mi, 028° NE · 19k acres
- Slippery Ann Elk Viewing area (Viewpoint) — 61.8 mi, 357° N
- Big Horn Design and Art Gallery (Gallery) — 62.1 mi, 179° S
- Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 63.2 mi, 352° N · 147k acres
- Place Where the White Horse Went Down Historical Marker (Monument) — 63.7 mi, 180° S
- Billings Studio Theater (Theatre) — 64.1 mi, 183° S
- Toucan (Gallery) — 64.4 mi, 180° S
- Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 65.0 mi, 181° S
- Nova (Theatre) — 65.0 mi, 180° S
- Babcock Theater (Cinema) — 65.1 mi, 181° S
- Art House Cinema & Pub (Cinema) — 65.2 mi, 181° S
- Wise Wonders (Museum) — 65.3 mi, 181° S
- Middle Cave (Historic Ruins) — 68.2 mi, 178° S
- Ghost Cave (Historic Ruins) — 68.2 mi, 178° S
- Winifred Museum (Museum) — 71.2 mi, 324° NW
- Sod Buster Museum (Museum) — 77.5 mi, 288° W
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About This Flat Willow Colony Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Flat Willow Colony, Montana. Coordinates: 46.7252, -108.4882. 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 Flat Willow Colony includes the ZIP code (59072), telephone area code (406), county seat of Musselshell County (Roundup), and school district assignment (Roundup 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. |
