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Highwood Montana Map

Explore Highwood, 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 Highwood, Montana

How to Use This Highwood, Montana Map

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

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	Highwood
State	Montana (MT)
County	Chouteau County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	47.599181
Longitude	-110.769605
Population	165
Density	12.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59450
Area Code	406
County Seat	Fort Benton
School District	Highwood K-12

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About Highwood, Montana

Highwood is a locality in Chouteau County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 165. The population density is 12.3 people per km². Highwood is located at 47.5992°N, 110.7696°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59450.

Highwood occupies a quiet expanse within the basin known as Big Sag, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of pale, expansive sky. It lies 24.5 miles east-northeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 76°T), and is situated 19.1 miles east-northeast of Malmstrom AFB. The landscape is defined by the subtle, persistent erosion of the prairie, creating a topography that holds the morning light in long, amber streaks across the grasses. Nearby, the waters of Highwood Creek carve a modest, persistent path through the earth, offering a ribbon of riparian green that contrasts with the tawny, sun-bleached plains. While the distant, jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains remain a faint, frosted silhouette against the western sky, the immediate surroundings are dominated by the open, austere character of the basin, occasionally punctuated by the quiet, seasonal rhythms of the Chouteau County Waterfowl Production Area.

Highwood remains a place where the economy is tethered to the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons and the cultivation of the soil. The legacy of those who first settled these plains persists in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of the farmsteads and the wind-worn fences that delineate the fields. Life here is measured not by the clock, but by the progress of the harvest and the changing temperament of the wind that sweeps across the basin. Local residents maintain a connection to the land that is both practical and profound, often seeking respite at the quiet edges of Big Sag Lake. In the evenings, when the temperature drops and the shadows lengthen across the dirt roads, Highwood settles into a stillness that feels as ancient as the plains themselves, undisturbed by the hurried pace of the world beyond the ridge.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chouteau County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 085° E
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 120° SE
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 10.1 mi, 162° S · 1.9M acres
Carter Ferry Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 12.3 mi, 331° NW
Giant Springs State Park (State Park) — 13.0 mi, 272° W
Top Of The World - Chouteau County (Viewpoint) — 14.2 mi, 013° N
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 14.9 mi, 017° N · 507k acres
Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 14.9 mi, 017° N · 147k acres
Kendra Jayne Romain (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 016° N
Carved Bear (Public Artwork) — 15.0 mi, 016° N
Fort Benton City Hall (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 017° N
Mike Taylor (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 018° N
High Water Mark (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 018° N
Rider Of The Purple Sage (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 017° N
John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 018° N
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 018° N
Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.9 mi, 274° W · 25k acres
Cascade County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 255° W
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 255° W
Square Butte Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 25.2 mi, 111° E · 1,953 acres
QGallery Sixteen (Gallery) — 25.4 mi, 255° W
Marias River (Wild & Scenic River) — 25.7 mi, 028° NE · 358 acres
American Music (Theatre) — 25.8 mi, 255° W
The History Museum (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 255° W
A. Hooker's Gallery (Gallery) — 26.7 mi, 257° W
Sluice Boxes State Park (State Park) — 27.8 mi, 196° S
Earle E Heikka Museum (Museum) — 27.8 mi, 257° W
Judith Basin County Museum (Museum) — 40.1 mi, 140° SE
Helena National Forest (National Forest) — 53.4 mi, 206° SW · 984k acres
Stageline Pizza and Theater (Cinema) — 72.9 mi, 185° S

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