Explore Judith Gap, 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 Judith Gap, 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 Judith Gap.
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 | Judith Gap |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Wheatland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 46.677178 |
| Longitude | -109.75185 |
| Population | 110 |
| Density | 127.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 59453 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Harlowton |
| School District | Judith Gap Elementary School District |
Judith Gap occupies a high-plains threshold where the East Fork Roberts Creek carves a persistent, narrow vein through the dry, open expanse of the Oka Coulee. It lies 86.0 miles northwest of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 316°T), and is situated 30.7 miles south-southwest of Lewistown. The landscape here is defined by an immense, unobstructed sky that presses down upon the prairie, emphasizing the stark geometry of the terrain and the pale, sun-bleached grasses that bend under the relentless pressure of the wind. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains provide a jagged, blue-gray margin against the horizon, though the immediate vicinity remains characterized by the quiet, earthy austerity of the plains. A mile away, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a sprawling, protected stretch of native flora, serving as a reminder of the vast, uncultivated character that prevails just beyond the reach of human infrastructure.
Judith Gap carries the weight of a history rooted in the expansion of rail and the endurance of ranching, though its contemporary silhouette is increasingly marked by the rhythmic rotation of wind turbine blades that harvest the persistent gusts of the corridor. The local economy relies on the stubborn resilience of agriculture and the maintenance of these modern energy installations, which stand in sharp contrast to the older, simpler structures of the settlement. Life in Judith Gap moves with a measured, deliberate pace, dictated by the cycles of the seasons and the needs of the livestock that graze the surrounding coulees. While Lode Reservoir lies ten miles distant as a quiet point of water in an otherwise arid region, the daily rhythm remains tethered to the land, where the quality of light at dusk turns the dry soil into a deep, bruised copper, illuminating the solitary, industrious nature of those who call this gap home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Judith Gap, Montana. Coordinates: 46.677178, -109.75185. 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 Judith Gap includes the ZIP code (59453), telephone area code (406), county seat of Wheatland County (Harlowton), and school district assignment (Judith Gap 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. |