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Fort Benton Montana Map

Explore Fort Benton, 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 Fort Benton, Montana

How to Use This Fort Benton, Montana Map

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

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	Fort Benton
State	Montana (MT)
County	Chouteau County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	47.829003
Longitude	-110.655787
Population	1,449
Density	244.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	59442
Area Code	406
County Seat	Fort Benton
School District	Fort Benton Elementary School District

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About Fort Benton, Montana

Fort Benton is a locality in Chouteau County, Montana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,449. The population density is 244.0 people per km². Fort Benton is located at 47.8290°N, 110.6558°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Fort Benton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59442.

Fort Benton anchors itself to the high plains of the American West, where the Missouri River carves a deliberate path through the earth. It lies 36.8 miles northeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 53°T), and is situated 32.3 miles northeast of Malmstrom AFB. The landscape around Fort Benton is defined by the sharp transition between the open, wind-swept prairie and the rugged, vertical drop of The Canyon, which frames the river’s slow, persistent movement. Sunlight here feels heavy and unfiltered, casting long, ochre shadows across the sagebrush and limestone as the day wanes. While the distant, jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains remain a faint, ethereal blue on the western horizon, the immediate terrain is one of dry, resilient grasses and the quiet, persistent erosion of the riverbanks within the Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River.

History clings to the levees of Fort Benton, where the echoes of the fur trade and the steam-powered era remain etched into the weathered brick of the old levee district. As the primary head of navigation for the Missouri River in its prime, Fort Benton once served as the gateway for goods moving toward the northern frontier, shifting the local economy from a hub of river commerce to the steady, seasonal cycles of dryland agriculture and ranching. Life follows the pace of the harvest and the changing intensity of the light, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger centers. Though Eightmile Springs provides a quiet, singular point of moisture in the arid expanse, the character of the place is forged by the immense, quiet distances between neighbors and the enduring memory of those who first mapped the bend in the water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 0.3 mi, 159° S · 147k acres
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 0.3 mi, 159° S · 507k acres
Ron Jovanovich (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 024° NE
John Selon (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 023° NE
Sue Cline (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 024° NE
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 0.7 mi, 213° SW
John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 213° SW
Rider Of The Purple Sage (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 213° SW
High Water Mark (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 213° SW
Fort Benton MS/HS Art Club 2025 (Public Artwork) — 1.0 mi, 216° SW
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 321° NW
Top Of The World - Chouteau County (Viewpoint) — 2.8 mi, 224° SW
Marias River (Wild & Scenic River) — 9.7 mi, 045° NE · 358 acres
Loma Bridge Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 9.7 mi, 044° NE
Carter Ferry Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 12.2 mi, 247° SW
Chouteau County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 15.5 mi, 190° S
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 22.6 mi, 174° S · 1.9M acres
Giant Springs State Park (State Park) — 24.0 mi, 230° SW
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 24.7 mi, 069° E
Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.7 mi, 248° W · 25k acres
Square Butte Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 30.9 mi, 144° SE · 1,953 acres
Cascade County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 233° SW
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 233° SW
QGallery Sixteen (Gallery) — 37.3 mi, 233° SW
American Music (Theatre) — 37.7 mi, 233° SW
The History Museum (Museum) — 37.8 mi, 233° SW
A. Hooker's Gallery (Gallery) — 38.3 mi, 235° SW
Earle E Heikka Museum (Museum) — 39.2 mi, 236° SW
Judith Basin County Museum (Museum) — 50.9 mi, 156° SE
Cottonwood Cinemas (Cinema) — 67.3 mi, 042° NE

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