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Heart Butte Montana Map

Explore Heart Butte, 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 Heart Butte, Montana

How to Use This Heart Butte, Montana Map

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

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	Heart Butte
State	Montana (MT)
County	Pondera County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	48.283301
Longitude	-112.836731
Population	621
Density	52.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59448
Area Code	406
County Seat	Conrad
School District	Heart Butte K-12 Schools

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About Heart Butte, Montana

Heart Butte is a locality in Pondera County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 621. The population density is 52.5 people per km². Heart Butte is located at 48.2833°N, 112.8367°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59448.

Heart Butte emerges from the expanse of the high plains as a persistent landmark defined by the South Fork Whitetail Creek, which carves a modest, vital path through the parched earth. It lies 68.2 miles east of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 84°T), and is situated 21.4 miles south-southeast of North Browning. The landscape here is characterized by wide, open horizons where the grass shimmers in shades of amber and pale sage, shifting under the weight of an immense, cloud-streaked sky. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains provide a jagged, blue-gray boundary to the world, while the immediate terrain rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells. Four miles away, the quiet waters of Twin Lakes and the rugged depression of Tail Feather Coulee offer a reprieve from the relentless wind, grounding the region in a stark, elemental stillness that seems to suspend time itself.

Heart Butte remains a place where the pulse of life is tied to the traditional rhythms of the Blackfeet Reservation, honoring a heritage that predates the modern boundaries of the region. The economy is largely defined by the land, with ranching and local agriculture dictating the seasonal migration of labor and the slow, deliberate pace of daily affairs. Only five miles away, the borders of the Lewis & Clark National Forest signal a transition into more forested, protected territory, yet the character of Heart Butte stays rooted in the open range. The community maintains a quiet resilience, existing in the spaces between the vast, unpopulated distances, where the evening light turns the soil a deep, bruised violet and the silence becomes a tangible part of the environment.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 4.9 mi, 233° SW · 1.9M acres
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 6.3 mi, 167° S
Pondera County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.9 mi, 163° S
Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 9.0 mi, 196° S · 1.1M acres
Walling Reef Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 11.4 mi, 176° S
Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 168° S · 198k acres
Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 13.2 mi, 211° SW · 2.4M acres
Great Bear Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.6 mi, 235° SW · 287k acres
Blackleaf Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.8 mi, 160° S
Flathead, Montana Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 20.4 mi, 214° SW · 50k acres
Glacier National Park (National Park) — 20.7 mi, 296° NW · 1.0M acres
Glacier Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 20.8 mi, 296° NW · 931k acres
Farthest Point West (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 005° N
Teddy Bear Fence (Public Artwork) — 23.0 mi, 116° SE
John Frank Stevens (Monument) — 23.8 mi, 276° W
Camp Disappointment (Monument) — 26.4 mi, 003° N
Running Eagle Falls (Viewpoint) — 27.9 mi, 302° NW
Glacier Cinemas (Cinema) — 33.6 mi, 043° NE
Old Trail Museum (Museum) — 43.9 mi, 137° SE
Teton Antique Tractor & Steam Engines (Museum) — 44.7 mi, 137° SE
Weeping Wall (Attraction) — 52.7 mi, 307° NW
Great Northern Railway Buildings (Attraction) — 54.5 mi, 309° NW
Echo Lake Cosway Entrance (Attraction) — 55.8 mi, 260° W
North American Wildlife Museum (Museum) — 55.9 mi, 280° W
Amazing Fun Center (Theme Park) — 56.3 mi, 280° W
Glacier Fine Art (Gallery) — 56.3 mi, 278° W
Glacier Highline (Attraction) — 56.4 mi, 280° W
Museum Of Wildlife (Museum) — 56.8 mi, 278° W
Bigfork Summer Playhouse (Theatre) — 59.0 mi, 255° W
Glacier Art Museum (Museum) — 68.1 mi, 265° W

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