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Hobson Montana Map

Explore Hobson, 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 Hobson, Montana

How to Use This Hobson, Montana Map

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

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	Hobson
State	Montana (MT)
County	Judith Basin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	47.000522
Longitude	-109.874915
Population	179
Density	323.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	59452
Area Code	406
County Seat	Stanford
School District	Hobson K-12 Schools

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About Hobson, Montana

Hobson is a locality in Judith Basin County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 179. The population density is 323.0 people per km². Hobson is located at 47.0005°N, 109.8749°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Hobson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59452.

Hobson occupies a high, quiet sweep of the Montana plains where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the earth. It lies 75.3 miles east-southeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 117°T), and is situated 21.5 miles west-southwest of Lewistown. The air here holds a thin, crystalline clarity, sharpening the edges of the golden grasses that bend under the persistent weight of the wind. A mile to the west, the Judith River carves a serpentine path through the soil, its presence marked by the deepening of green along the banks, while four miles away, the surface of Ackley Lake serves as a silver mirror for the passing clouds. Beyond the immediate reach of the prairie, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Rocky Mountains haunts the western skyline, a reminder of the vast, rugged theater that frames this landscape. To the north, the terrain dips into the quiet hollows of Hauck Coulee, where the shadows grow long and violet as the sun retreats.

Hobson exists as a tethered point in a landscape defined by the cycles of wheat and cattle, its history rooted in the grit of those who first turned this stubborn, fertile sod. Local life revolves around the steady, seasonal pulse of agriculture, supported by the nearby reaches of Montana State Trust Lands, which offer a buffer of open expanse against the encroaching silence of the plains. The architecture of the grain elevators remains the primary vertical ambition of the skyline, standing as sentinels over the tracks and the modest, enduring storefronts that define the center of commerce. Here, the rhythm of the day is dictated not by the clock, but by the slow, deliberate work of the rancher and the farmer, who navigate the immense distances between neighbors with a quiet, practiced patience. It is a place where the stillness is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, humming presence that persists long after the last truck has rumbled down the road.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 129° SE
Ackley Lake State Park (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 221° SW
Sod Buster Museum (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 294° NW
Utica Museum (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 258° W
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 16.9 mi, 191° S · 1.9M acres
Big Snowies Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 18.0 mi, 137° SE · 89k acres
Judith River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.8 mi, 255° W
Judith Basin County Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 303° NW
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.3 mi, 080° E · 788k acres
Lewistown Art Center (Gallery) — 21.6 mi, 078° E
Cowboy Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 21.6 mi, 078° E
Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 23.5 mi, 242° SW · 81k acres
Beckman Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.6 mi, 012° N
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 24.7 mi, 089° E
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 34.8 mi, 000° N · 507k acres
E57B - the Last Electric Locomotive (Monument) — 39.0 mi, 177° S
Winifred Museum (Museum) — 45.1 mi, 031° NE
Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 47.6 mi, 003° N · 147k acres
Chief Joseph (Monument) — 57.0 mi, 148° SE
Stageline Pizza and Theater (Cinema) — 57.7 mi, 238° SW
Gallatin National Forest (National Forest) — 60.3 mi, 197° S · 1.9M acres
Kendra Jayne Romain (Monument) — 67.2 mi, 326° NW
Top Of The World - Chouteau County (Viewpoint) — 67.3 mi, 325° NW
High Water Mark (Attraction) — 67.5 mi, 327° NW
Rider Of The Purple Sage (Attraction) — 67.5 mi, 327° NW
John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 67.6 mi, 327° NW
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 67.6 mi, 327° NW
Musselshell Valley Historical Museum (Museum) — 73.8 mi, 121° SE
QGallery Sixteen (Gallery) — 75.3 mi, 298° NW
American Music (Theatre) — 75.5 mi, 298° NW

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