Explore Helena Flats, 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 Helena Flats, 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 Helena Flats.
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 | Helena Flats |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Flathead County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 48.2863 |
| Longitude | -114.2369 |
| Population | 1,206 |
| Density | 55.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59901 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Kalispell |
| School District | Flathead High School District |
Helena Flats occupies a quiet, expansive stretch of land where the earth yields to the steady, meandering passage of the Gooderich Bayou. It lies 7.2 miles north-northeast of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 29°T), and is situated 4.6 miles north-northeast of Evergreen. The terrain here is defined by broad, open fields and dense patches of timber that catch the low, slanted light of late afternoon, turning the grasses a bruised gold before the shadows lengthen. While the jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains remain a distant, hazy silhouette against the western horizon, the immediate landscape feels grounded and horizontal, dominated by the quiet weight of the soil. Residents often find their way to the Pressentine Fishing Access Site to watch the water move, observing how the sky seems to hold more space here than anywhere else, pressing down on the flat, honest expanse of the valley floor.
Agriculture and the patient, seasonal labor of the land have long shaped the character of Helena Flats, anchoring it to a heritage of self-reliance and slow, methodical growth. The local economy persists in the rhythm of the harvest and the maintenance of homesteads that have seen generations pass through their doorways. Those seeking a connection to the wilder reaches of the region might head toward the Doris Creek Trail for a hike, or spend a solitary morning near the banks of McWenneger Slough, where the water remains still enough to mirror the clouds. Daily life in Helena Flats moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, reflecting a community that values the persistence of the seasons over the frantic pulse of the modern world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Helena Flats, Montana. Coordinates: 48.2863, -114.2369. 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 Helena Flats includes the ZIP code (59901), telephone area code (406), county seat of Flathead County (Kalispell), and school district assignment (Flathead High 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. |