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Hillside Colony Montana Map

Explore Hillside 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 Hillside Colony, Montana

How to Use This Hillside Colony, Montana Map

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

Latitude	48.979162
Longitude	-112.068381
Population	245
Density	262.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59482
Area Code	406
County Seat	Shelby
School District	Sunburst K-12 Schools

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About Hillside Colony, Montana

Hillside Colony is a locality in Toole County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 245. The population density is 262.1 people per km². Hillside Colony is located at 48.9792°N, 112.0684°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59482.

Hillside Colony occupies a quiet expanse of high plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a pale, unrelenting sky. It lies 108.1 miles north-northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 341°T), and is situated 34.1 miles north-northwest of Shelby. The earth here is composed of stubborn grasses and clay, carved into subtle, wind-swept depressions that catch the golden light of late afternoon like a shallow bowl. Two miles to the east, the steady, rhythmic pulse of Red Creek cuts through the silt, providing the only reliable drink for the local wildlife, while the expansive Montana State Trust Lands just a mile away offer a vast, unmanicured buffer of sagebrush and prairie. Though the distant, jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains haunts the western edge of the world, Hillside Colony remains defined by the immediate, intimate geometry of the plains, where the silence is heavy enough to feel against the skin.

Agriculture sustains the pulse of Hillside Colony, as the economy remains tethered to the slow cycles of grazing and the patience required to coax life from a dry, demanding soil. The history of the place is etched into the fence lines and the weathered wood of granaries that have stood against the wind for generations, serving as silent witnesses to a life defined by distance and self-reliance. Residents often look toward the basin of Wolf Coulee for a reprieve from the wind, or travel five miles to the edges of Twin Lakes when the summer heat turns the air into a shimmering veil. Life in Hillside Colony follows the sun, moving with a deliberate, measured pace that leaves little room for the frantic noise of the wider world, favoring instead the steady accumulation of chores, quiet observation, and the long, deep shadows that define the end of every day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 100° E
Kevin Rim Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.1 mi, 152° SE
Toole County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.5 mi, 111° E
Glacier County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 12.1 mi, 220° SW
Sweetgrass Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 22.0 mi, 093° E
Glacier Cinemas (Cinema) — 26.6 mi, 207° SW
Cut Bank Penguin (Public Artwork) — 26.7 mi, 205° SW
Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 206° SW
Marias River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 33.4 mi, 182° S
Camp Disappointment (Monument) — 40.0 mi, 237° SW
Farthest Point West (Monument) — 42.3 mi, 232° SW
Sunset Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 64.1 mi, 253° W
Glacier Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 66.3 mi, 234° SW · 931k acres
Glacier National Park (National Park) — 66.3 mi, 234° SW · 1.0M acres
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 67.9 mi, 208° SW · 1.9M acres
Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 67.9 mi, 209° SW · 1.1M acres
Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 72.6 mi, 216° SW · 2.4M acres
Rudyard Museum (Museum) — 74.7 mi, 112° E
Great Bear Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 75.3 mi, 221° SW · 287k acres
Weeping Wall (Attraction) — 78.4 mi, 259° W
Great Northern Railway Buildings (Attraction) — 78.7 mi, 260° W

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