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Gilman Montana Map

Explore Gilman, 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 Gilman, Montana

How to Use This Gilman, Montana Map

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

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.

CityGilman
StateMontana (MT)
CountyLewis and Clark County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude47.509114
Longitude-112.3653
Population48
Density28.3 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code59410
Area Code406
County SeatHelena
School DistrictAugusta Elementary School District

About Gilman, Montana

Gilman is a locality in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 48. The population density is 28.3 people per km². Gilman is located at 47.5091°N, 112.3653°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59410.

Gilman endures as a quiet collection of structures upon the high, open plains where the wind shapes the golden grasses into restless, shifting patterns. It lies 49.7 miles west of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 271°T), and is situated 56.2 miles north-northwest of Helena Valley Northwest. Elk Creek carves a thin, vital vein through the terrain, its banks providing a sliver of shade in an expanse defined by the immense, pale reach of the sky. To the west, the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains anchor the horizon, while the nearby Kirkaldie Flats stretch out in flat, muted hues that catch the low, honeyed light of late afternoon. A mile from the center, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a quiet expanse of protected earth, and four miles distant, the waters of Willow Creek Reservoir hold the reflection of the clouds, steady and still against the encroaching prairie.

Gilman traces its pulse to the rhythm of the harvest, an economy built upon the heavy, rhythmic labor of grain and the stubborn resilience of those who tend the soil. The architecture here favors utility over ornament, with weathered wooden grain elevators serving as the primary sentinels of the landscape, marking the progress of the seasons with their stark, upright geometry. History in Gilman is not recorded in grand monuments, but in the slow accumulation of winters and the collective memory of families who have measured time by the cycles of the field. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the land itself, where the silence is rarely broken by anything louder than the rustle of dry stalks or the occasional, distant rumble of a passing train, leaving the residents to find their meaning in the stark, uncluttered clarity of the Montana plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 180° S
  • Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 1.8 mi, 232° SW · 1.9M acres
  • Willow Creek Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 3.9 mi, 312° NW
  • Willow Creek Reservoir Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 4.1 mi, 324° NW
  • The Nature Conservancy Private Conservation Fee Ownership (Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 338° N
  • Sun River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 276° W
  • Pishkun Reservoir Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 12.0 mi, 340° N
  • Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 219° SW · 198k acres
  • Beaver Meadows Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.9 mi, 208° SW · 593 acres
  • Scapegoat Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.7 mi, 211° SW · 260k acres
  • Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 20.0 mi, 311° NW · 1.1M acres
  • Teton Antique Tractor & Steam Engines (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 023° NE
  • Old Trail Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 021° N
  • Lolo National Forest (National Forest) — 23.0 mi, 227° SW · 2.3M acres
  • Blackfeet and Buffalo Historical Marker (Monument) — 24.6 mi, 009° N
  • First Peoples Buffalo Jump SP (Monument) — 39.3 mi, 093° E
  • Upper Blackfoot Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 42.1 mi, 204° SW
  • Teddy Bear Fence (Public Artwork) — 43.2 mi, 358° N
  • Earle E Heikka Museum (Museum) — 47.3 mi, 090° E
  • Mann Gulch Firefighter Memorial (Monument) — 48.3 mi, 153° SE
  • A. Hooker's Gallery (Gallery) — 48.5 mi, 090° E
  • The Brand Bar Museum (Museum) — 49.3 mi, 227° SW
  • American Music (Theatre) — 49.5 mi, 090° E
  • QGallery Sixteen (Gallery) — 49.9 mi, 090° E
  • Steamboat Island Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 52.4 mi, 088° E
  • Helena Avenue Theater (Theatre) — 65.0 mi, 165° S
  • Cinemark Helena & XD (Cinema) — 65.0 mi, 166° S
  • Omerta Arts (Gallery) — 65.0 mi, 166° S
  • Four Georgians Mine (Historic Ruins) — 65.6 mi, 167° S
  • Mountain West Voices (Arts Centre) — 65.6 mi, 167° S

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About This Gilman Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gilman, Montana. Coordinates: 47.509114, -112.3653. 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 Gilman includes the ZIP code (59410), telephone area code (406), county seat of Lewis and Clark County (Helena), and school district assignment (Augusta 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.