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Fort Peck Montana Map

Explore Fort Peck, 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 Peck, Montana

How to Use This Fort Peck, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	48.008889
Longitude	-106.448611
Population	239
Density	103.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	59248, 59223
Area Code	406
County Seat	Glasgow
School District	Nashua K-12 Schools

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About Fort Peck, Montana

Fort Peck is a locality in Valley County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 239. The population density is 103.3 people per km². Fort Peck is located at 48.0089°N, 106.4486°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Fort Peck is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 59248, 59223.

Fort Peck emerges from the vast, open prairie as a deliberate interruption of the horizon, defined by the immense engineering of the dam that shapes the surrounding geography. It lies 131.0 miles west of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 267°T), and is situated 15.6 miles southeast of Glasgow. The landscape is dominated by the sprawling expanse of Fort Peck Lake, which stretches toward the distance, its shoreline often catching the pale, thin light of the high plains. To the south, the Missouri River winds through the terrain, cutting a deep, quiet path through the earth that remains largely unchanged by the human structures nearby. Seven miles to the northwest, the Milk River Hills provide a faint, jagged silhouette against the sky, while the Milk River Coulee creates a deep, carved depression five miles away. Within the protected boundaries of Fort Peck Recreation Area, the wind moves across the grass with a persistent, dry hum, emphasizing the sheer scale of the land and the depth of the Montana sky.

Fort Peck retains a distinct character shaped by the monumental public works project that brought it into existence during the 1930s. The local economy and daily life remain tethered to the management of the dam and the maintenance of the reservoir, a legacy that dictates the pace of the neighborhood. While the grand scale of the architecture reflects an era of industrial ambition, the current atmosphere is defined by a quiet, steady rhythm of maintenance and stewardship. Residents and visitors navigate a space where the history of labor is written into the concrete of the spillway and the organized layout of the housing. Even as the modern world moves at a different speed, Fort Peck holds onto a sense of isolation that feels intentional, where the silence of the plains is interrupted only by the seasonal movement of water and the distant, low sound of the wind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fort Peck Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — locality lies within
Leo B Coleman Wildlife Pasture (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 0.6 mi, 310° NW
Fort Peck Lake (Recreation Area) — 1.0 mi, 183° S
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.5 mi, 009° N · 788k acres
Old Fort Peck Historical Marker (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 249° W
Powerhouse Museum (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 080° E
Fort Peck Dredge Cut Pond Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 2.8 mi, 002° N
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 322° NW
Duck Creek Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 3.8 mi, 246° SW
Sand Arroyo Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 13.4 mi, 130° SE
Mountain Plover Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 15.1 mi, 271° W
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge_Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 18.5 mi, 205° SW · 158k acres
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 22.0 mi, 196° S · 19k acres
Hell Creek State Park (State Park) — 33.5 mi, 217° SW
Wolf Point Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 37.8 mi, 081° E
Garfield County Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 52.2 mi, 204° SW
McCone County Museum (Museum) — 57.4 mi, 136° SE
Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.9 mi, 298° NW · 31k acres
Fort Peck Tribal Museum (Museum) — 58.9 mi, 082° E
Poplar Museum (Museum) — 59.4 mi, 083° E
Early Day Outlaws (Monument) — 74.2 mi, 290° W

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