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Horizon Colony Montana Map

Explore Horizon 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 Horizon Colony, Montana

How to Use This Horizon Colony, Montana Map

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

Latitude	48.717242
Longitude	-112.226451
Population	13
Density	13.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59427
Area Code	406
County Seat	Cut Bank
School District	Cut Bank Elementary School District

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About Horizon Colony, Montana

Horizon Colony is a locality in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 13. The population density is 13.3 people per km². Horizon Colony is located at 48.7172°N, 112.2265°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59427.

Horizon Colony exists as a quiet assertion of human intent against the vast, unrelenting expanse of the Montana high plains. It lies 94.3 miles north-northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 333°T), and is situated 7.4 miles northeast of Cut Bank. Beyond the immediate perimeter of the settlement, the earth stretches in subtle, wind-swept undulations toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains, which haunt the western skyline like a blue-tinted dream. The immediate terrain is defined by the deep, shadowed creases of Snake Coulee, where the earth drops away to reveal layers of ancient, sun-baked shale. Only two miles to the east, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a sprawling sanctuary of open prairie grasses that turn from a brittle, pale gold in the late summer to a deep, dormant brown under the weight of winter, holding the silence of a landscape that has never known the frantic pace of the modern world.

Horizon Colony preserves a deliberate, agrarian rhythm, rooted in the hard-won lessons of homesteaders who first broke this stubborn soil. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of wheat and cattle, a slow-turning engine that respects the scarcity of moisture and the brevity of the growing season. While the waters of Cut Bank Creek flow seven miles to the north, providing a vital, narrow ribbon of life through the arid basin, the residents often look toward Hay Lake, five miles distant, as a singular, reflective eye in the dry landscape. Life here is measured by the quality of the light at dusk, which turns the wheat fields into a sea of burning copper, and by the immense, dark sky that humbles every structure within the grid. It is a place where the wind is a constant, vocal neighbor, shaping the character of those who remain to watch the seasons shift across the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 024° NE
Bud Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 221° SW
Cut Bank Penguin (Public Artwork) — 7.3 mi, 214° SW
Glacier Cinemas (Cinema) — 7.4 mi, 220° SW
Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 218° SW
Glacier County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 8.3 mi, 356° N
Kevin Rim Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 8.7 mi, 062° NE
Marias River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.4 mi, 159° S
Camp Disappointment (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 262° W
Farthest Point West (Monument) — 27.3 mi, 253° W
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 48.6 mi, 211° SW · 1.9M acres
Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 48.6 mi, 211° SW · 198k acres
Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 48.7 mi, 212° SW · 1.1M acres
Glacier National Park (National Park) — 51.0 mi, 246° SW · 1.0M acres
Glacier Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 51.0 mi, 246° SW · 931k acres
Running Eagle Falls (Viewpoint) — 53.6 mi, 254° W
Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 53.9 mi, 220° SW · 2.4M acres
Great Bear Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 57.3 mi, 227° SW · 287k acres
Old Trail Museum (Museum) — 62.1 mi, 178° S
Teton Antique Tractor & Steam Engines (Museum) — 62.7 mi, 178° S
Weeping Wall (Attraction) — 69.7 mi, 272° W
Great Northern Railway Buildings (Attraction) — 70.5 mi, 274° W
Rudyard Museum (Museum) — 77.1 mi, 097° E

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