Explore Hilldale 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 Hilldale 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 Hilldale 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 | Hilldale Colony |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Hill County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 48.800004 |
| Longitude | -109.7802 |
| Population | 130 |
| Density | 142.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59501 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Havre |
| School District | Havre Elementary School District |
Hilldale Colony asserts its presence upon the expansive, high-plains landscape as a quiet grid of endurance against the vastness of the Montana sky. It lies 113.9 miles northeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 37°T), and is situated 17.8 miles north-northwest of Havre. The terrain surrounding Hilldale Colony is defined by the subtle, persistent incline of the earth and the expansive stretches of Montana State Trust Lands that brush against the perimeter of the settlement. To the west, the horizon remains dominated by the distant, jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains, which catch the final, violet light of sunset long after the immediate prairie has surrendered to shadow. Three miles away, the shallow depression of Willow Coulee carves a gentle relief into the soil, while the intermittent moisture of the region draws travelers toward the distant, shimmering surface of Dry Lake or the low-slung banks of Lodge Creek. The air here holds a crisp, thin clarity that sharpens the edges of every fence line and silo, turning the common act of watching the weather into a daily, meditative discipline.
Historical persistence defines the rhythm of Hilldale Colony, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the earth and the seasonal demands of agrarian life. Families here have long organized their labor around the cultivation of the surrounding acreage, turning the stubborn, mineral-rich soil into a source of sustenance that defines the local character. The quietude of the region is rarely broken by the noise of industry, favoring instead the steady hum of machinery and the seasonal migration of livestock across the open range. Life in Hilldale Colony reflects a deliberate, unadorned pace, where the social fabric is reinforced by the shared vigilance required to manage the land. Even as the modern world encroaches, the inhabitants maintain a stoic attachment to their heritage, finding a particular, austere beauty in the way the morning frost clings to the native grasses before the sun rises to reclaim the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hilldale Colony, Montana. Coordinates: 48.800004, -109.7802. 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 Hilldale Colony includes the ZIP code (59501), telephone area code (406), county seat of Hill County (Havre), and school district assignment (Havre 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. |