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Frenchtown Montana Map

Explore Frenchtown, 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 Frenchtown, Montana

How to Use This Frenchtown, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	47.028011
Longitude	-114.246192
Population	1,958
Density	112.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59834
Area Code	406
County Seat	Missoula
School District	Frenchtown K-12 Schools

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About Frenchtown, Montana

Frenchtown is a locality in Missoula County, Montana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,958. The population density is 112.2 people per km². Frenchtown is located at 47.0280°N, 114.2462°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59834.

Frenchtown occupies a broad, sun-bleached corridor where the landscape opens wide to accommodate the persistent, low-slung passage of Mill Creek. It lies 14.9 miles northwest of Missoula, MT (from Missoula, MT: bearing 312°T), and is situated 13.5 miles northwest of Orchard Homes. The water moves with a nervous, shallow energy, carving a path through the valley floor before disappearing toward the horizon where the jagged edges of the Mission Mountains define the sky in shades of bruised purple and slate. Beyond the immediate banks, the land rises into the quiet, brush-choked slopes of Futter Gulch, creating a sheltered basin that traps the heat of the afternoon sun. The air here holds a distinct, dry clarity, smelling faintly of sagebrush and cooling pine needles that drift down from the edges of Lolo National Forest.

Frenchtown carries the weight of a frontier history that persists in the quiet, methodical pace of its current labor. The local economy remains tethered to the land and the transit of goods, a legacy of the early trappers and traders who first recognized the utility of this passage. Life moves in sync with the seasons, from the dusty activity of harvest to the long, muffled silence of winter, punctuated only by the occasional traveler navigating the corridor. Residents often look toward the distant ridges or spend their weekends traversing the Houle Creek Trail, seeking the solitude found in the high timber. It is a place that demands a certain resilience, where the vastness of the plains meets the rugged, uncompromising geology of the interior, leaving the individual small against the immense, quiet scale of the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Frenchtown Pond State Park (State Park) — 0.5 mi, 224° SW
Lolo National Forest (National Forest) — 0.7 mi, 027° NE · 2.3M acres
Erskine Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 1.5 mi, 203° SW
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 352° N
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 177° S
Deep Creek Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 6.8 mi, 165° S
Council Grove Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 8.4 mi, 161° S
Aerial Fire Depot Other (National Forest) — 9.5 mi, 134° SE · 112 acres
National Museum of Forest Service History (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 134° SE
Rattlesnake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.1 mi, 088° E · 34k acres
Rattlesnake National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 12.1 mi, 088° E · 60k acres
Offering Mandala (Public Artwork) — 13.4 mi, 033° NE
Hellgate Meadows Village (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 135° SE
Fish Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 269° W
West Side Studios & Theater (Theatre) — 15.0 mi, 132° SE
Graffiti Wall (Arts Centre) — 15.2 mi, 134° SE
Garden City Monument Services (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 137° SE
E3 Convergance Gallery (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 133° SE
The Artists' Shop (Gallery) — 16.1 mi, 132° SE
Dana Gallery (Gallery) — 16.1 mi, 132° SE
Radius Gallery (Gallery) — 16.1 mi, 132° SE
Roosevelt (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 133° SE
Phylis Washington Amphitheater (Theatre) — 17.0 mi, 132° SE
Barmeyer Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 18.7 mi, 139° SE
Dixon Train Station (Abandoned and Demolished in 2013) (Historic Ruins) — 20.3 mi, 351° N
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 23.4 mi, 174° S · 1.3M acres
Mineral County Museum (Museum) — 32.3 mi, 291° W
Garden of the Rockies Museum (Museum) — 35.3 mi, 011° N
Fort Owen State Park (Museum) — 35.8 mi, 169° S
Big Medicine Hot Springs (Attraction) — 44.9 mi, 334° NW

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