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Golden Valley Colony Montana Map

Explore Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley Colony, Montana

How to Use This Golden Valley Colony, Montana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley 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	Golden Valley Colony
State	Montana (MT)
County	Golden Valley County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	46.257456
Longitude	-109.274342
Population	4
Density	7.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59074
Area Code	406
County Seat	Ryegate
School District	Ryegate K-12 Schools

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About Golden Valley Colony, Montana

Golden Valley Colony is a locality in Golden Valley County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 4. The population density is 7.4 people per km². Golden Valley Colony is located at 46.2575°N, 109.2743°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59074.

Golden Valley Colony occupies a wide, high-plains expanse where the horizon stretches thin and pale under a sky that seems to hold more weight than the earth below. It lies 49.5 miles northwest of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 312°T), and is situated 47.3 miles north-northwest of Laurel. The land here is defined by the steady, unyielding patience of the prairie, broken only by the sharp, occasional incision of Stockade Gulch five miles to the west. A mile away, the cool, shallow currents of Fish Creek cut through the dry grasses, offering a singular, ribbon-like reprieve of green in an otherwise tawny landscape. Though the jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains remain a distant, hazy memory on the western edge of the world, the immediate terrain belongs to the quiet endurance of scrub and wind, and the light at dusk turns the dusty soil into a bruised, copper glow that lingers long after the sun has dipped below the rim of the plains.

History here is written in the labor of the soil and the collective resilience of those who cultivate the surrounding acreage. Golden Valley Colony operates within a tradition of communal agriculture, where the rhythm of the day is governed by the seasonal demands of planting, harvest, and the maintenance of livestock. This economic life is tethered to the land, with the nearby Montana State Trust Lands providing a vast, open backdrop for the stewardship that defines the local character. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the waters of Deadmans Basin Reservoir sit nine miles away, acting as a silent, inland anchor for the regional hydrology. Life in Golden Valley Colony moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the noise of the wider world, favoring instead the steady mechanical hum of farm equipment and the profound, heavy silence that settles over the fields when the wind finally dies down.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.6 mi, 186° S
Chief Joseph (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 024° NE
Deadman's Basin Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 8.6 mi, 304° NW
Stillwater County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 16.4 mi, 169° S
Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.8 mi, 164° S · 312 acres
Grass Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.1 mi, 161° S · 6,788 acres
Big Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.6 mi, 157° SE
Big Lake (State Conservation Area) — 27.6 mi, 156° SE
Twin Coulee Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 28.4 mi, 003° N · 6,840 acres
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 29.0 mi, 356° N · 1.9M acres
Big Snowies Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 29.0 mi, 356° N · 89k acres
E57B - the Last Electric Locomotive (Monument) — 29.4 mi, 295° NW
Musselshell Valley Historical Museum (Museum) — 37.2 mi, 069° E
Reed Point High School Football Field (Stadium) — 40.4 mi, 199° S
Gallatin National Forest (National Forest) — 41.5 mi, 230° SW · 1.9M acres
Museum of the Beartooths (Museum) — 42.6 mi, 179° S
Cottonwood Cinema (Cinema) — 43.8 mi, 228° SW
Victorian Village Museum (Museum) — 44.9 mi, 228° SW
Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone (Monument) — 46.4 mi, 158° S
Billings Studio Theater (Theatre) — 46.9 mi, 132° SE
Vue and Brew (Cinema) — 47.2 mi, 149° SE
Big Horn Design and Art Gallery (Gallery) — 48.6 mi, 127° SE
Wise Wonders (Museum) — 49.3 mi, 132° SE
Farwest Gallery (Gallery) — 49.4 mi, 131° SE
Prodigal Gallery (Gallery) — 49.5 mi, 131° SE
Nova (Theatre) — 49.5 mi, 131° SE
Four Dances (Viewpoint) — 50.9 mi, 131° SE
Ghost Cave (Historic Ruins) — 54.0 mi, 131° SE
Middle Cave (Historic Ruins) — 54.1 mi, 131° SE
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 69.8 mi, 193° S · 941k acres

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