Explore Glendale 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Glendale 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 Glendale 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 | Glendale Colony |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Glacier County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 48.844431 |
| Longitude | -112.545345 |
| Population | 97 |
| Density | 101.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59427 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Cut Bank |
| School District | Browning Elementary School District |
Glendale Colony reveals itself as a quiet expanse of high plains where the horizon stretches toward an infinite, pale blue clarity. It lies 92.5 miles east-northeast of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 60°T), and is situated 17.7 miles northwest of Cut Bank. The landscape surrounding Glendale Colony is defined by the subtle, rhythmic rise of dry prairie grasses that shift in color from wheat-gold to a muted, dusty gray as the sun tracks across the sky. To the west, the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains provide a faint, serrated edge to the far-off skyline, while the immediate terrain is marked by the rugged, intricate drainage of East Fork Big Rock Coulee. The air here remains thin and sharp, carrying the scent of parched earth and sage, especially during the long, amber-hued hours of dusk when the shadows of the coulee deepen into pools of violet light.
Agriculture serves as the lifeblood of the people here, with the local economy rooted firmly in the resilience of dryland farming and the management of vast, open grazing pastures. Water is a precious, deliberate presence in this arid geography, with the Milk River flowing seven miles away, acting as a vital artery for the regional ecosystem. Nearby, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a sprawling territory of sagebrush and wide-open sky, providing a sanctuary for wildlife that moves through the plains with ancient, unhurried intent. While Little Buffalo Lake sits eight miles distant, the true character of Glendale Colony is found in the stillness of the work day and the immense, quiet distances that separate the scattered homesteads of this high, wind-swept country.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glendale Colony, Montana. Coordinates: 48.844431, -112.545345. 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 Glendale Colony includes the ZIP code (59427), telephone area code (406), county seat of Glacier County (Cut Bank), and school district assignment (Browning 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. |