Glacier Colony Montana Map
Explore Glacier 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 Glacier Colony, Montana
How to Use This Glacier Colony, Montana Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Glacier 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 Glacier 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 | Glacier Colony |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Glacier County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 48.832768 |
| Longitude | -112.21894 |
| Population | 102 |
| Density | 82.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59427 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Cut Bank |
| School District | Cut Bank Elementary School District |
About Glacier Colony, Montana
Glacier Colony is a locality in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 102. The population density is 82.9 people per km². Glacier Colony is located at 48.8328°N, 112.2189°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59427.Glacier Colony occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the high plains stretch toward a horizon that feels infinite and unyielding. It lies 101.3 miles north-northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 336°T), and is situated 14.6 miles north-northeast of Cut Bank. The landscape around Glacier Colony defines itself through the quiet persistence of the prairie, marked by the shallow, carved depressions of Snake Coulee and the distant, jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains that pin the western sky in a haze of violet and charcoal. Within a mile, the Glacier County Waterfowl Production Area serves as a sanctuary for migratory wings, reflecting the seasonal shift of the light as it turns from the pale, brittle gold of autumn to a sharp, crystalline winter white. The air here holds a singular clarity, thinning under the weight of an immense sky that humbles the scattered clusters of dwellings and makes the passage of time feel like the slow, deliberate movement of shadows across the dry grass.
Economic life in Glacier Colony remains bound to the rhythms of the earth, as the neighboring agricultural tracts and the distant, winding path of the Red River support a quiet industry of cultivation and stewardship. The history of the area is etched into the fence lines and the weathered barns that stand against the wind, remnants of a frontier where self-reliance was not a choice but a necessity for survival. While Alkali Lake lies four miles distant, its presence is felt in the subtle shifts of local moisture and the way the vegetation gathers in deeper greens near its basin. The people of Glacier Colony maintain a deliberate pace, navigating the long distances between neighbors with a sturdy, pragmatic grace, finding beauty in the stark, unadorned truth of a landscape that demands respect and offers little in the way of artifice.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Glacier County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 287° W
- Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 199° S
- Kevin Rim Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.5 mi, 105° E
- Glacier Cinemas (Cinema) — 14.5 mi, 200° S
- Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 200° S
- Cut Bank Penguin (Public Artwork) — 14.7 mi, 198° S
- Toole County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 16.5 mi, 078° E
- Marias River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.9 mi, 166° S
- Camp Disappointment (Monument) — 29.2 mi, 247° SW
- Farthest Point West (Monument) — 30.9 mi, 239° SW
- Glacier Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 55.0 mi, 239° SW · 931k acres
- Glacier National Park (National Park) — 55.0 mi, 239° SW · 1.0M acres
- Sunset Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 55.1 mi, 261° W
- Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 55.7 mi, 207° SW · 1.9M acres
- Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 55.7 mi, 207° SW · 198k acres
- Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 55.8 mi, 208° SW · 1.1M acres
- Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 60.4 mi, 216° SW · 2.4M acres
- Great Bear Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 63.2 mi, 222° SW · 287k acres
- Old Trail Museum (Museum) — 70.1 mi, 179° S
- Weeping Wall (Attraction) — 70.2 mi, 265° W
- Teton Antique Tractor & Steam Engines (Museum) — 70.7 mi, 178° S
- Great Northern Railway Buildings (Attraction) — 70.8 mi, 267° W
- Rudyard Museum (Museum) — 78.1 mi, 103° E
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About This Glacier Colony Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glacier Colony, Montana. Coordinates: 48.832768, -112.21894. 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 Glacier Colony includes the ZIP code (59427), telephone area code (406), county seat of Glacier County (Cut Bank), and school district assignment (Cut Bank 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. |
