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Kilby Butte Colony Montana Map

Explore Kilby Butte 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 Kilby Butte Colony, Montana

How to Use This Kilby Butte Colony, Montana Map

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

Latitude	46.476203
Longitude	-108.360375
Population	20
Density	1.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59072
Area Code	406
County Seat	Roundup
School District	Roundup Elementary School District

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About Kilby Butte Colony, Montana

Kilby Butte Colony is a locality in Musselshell County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 20. The population density is 1.5 people per km². Kilby Butte Colony is located at 46.4762°N, 108.3604°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59072.

Kilby Butte Colony occupies a stark, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches into an infinite, pale blue void. It lies 53.2 miles north of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 8°T), and is situated 11.5 miles northeast of Roundup. The landscape is defined by the severe, horizontal lines of the high plains, broken only by the subtle depression of Drum Gulch and the intermittent, brush-choked path of North Willow Creek. Within the boundaries of Montana State Trust Lands, the earth remains quiet, save for the dry rustle of prairie grasses swaying under a relentless, thin atmosphere. Light here does not merely illuminate; it strips the land of pretense, casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the sheer, unadorned geometry of the terrain. The air, devoid of moisture, carries a faint metallic tang, cooling rapidly as the sun retreats behind the distant, jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains, which loom like a faint, serrated memory far to the west.

Kilby Butte Colony functions as a deliberate, self-contained endeavor, rooted in a tradition of communal labor and agricultural austerity that has long defined this arid corner of the plains. Life for the residents of Kilby Butte Colony is governed by the cyclical demands of the soil and the seasonal rhythm of wheat and livestock, a steady pace that ignores the frantic acceleration of the outside world. While Lake Mason sits far enough away to remain a distant, shimmering curiosity, the local economy relies heavily on the diligent stewardship of the surrounding acreage, where the resilience of the crops mirrors the tenacity of those who tend them. History here is not written in grand monuments, but in the quiet endurance of fence lines and the weathered wood of outbuildings that have stood against the scouring winds for generations. It is a place where the silence is heavy with the weight of communal purpose, and the daily work serves as the only necessary testament to a life lived in accordance with the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 178° S
Musselshell Valley Historical Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 257° W
Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.8 mi, 282° W · 22k acres
War Horse National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.4 mi, 349° N · 5,706 acres
Yellowstone Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 32.4 mi, 162° S
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 35.7 mi, 300° NW · 1.9M acres
Yellowstone River (Wild & Scenic River) — 36.0 mi, 156° SE · 1,744 acres
Pompeys Pillar National Monument (National Monument) — 37.2 mi, 153° SE · 58 acres
Twin Coulee Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 40.9 mi, 291° W · 6,840 acres
Big Snowies Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 42.9 mi, 292° W · 89k acres
Chief Joseph (Monument) — 44.1 mi, 254° W
Big Horn Design and Art Gallery (Gallery) — 45.2 mi, 187° S
Place Where the White Horse Went Down Historical Marker (Monument) — 46.9 mi, 187° S
Toucan (Gallery) — 47.6 mi, 187° S
Billings Studio Theater (Theatre) — 47.8 mi, 191° S
Nova (Theatre) — 48.3 mi, 188° S
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 48.3 mi, 188° S
Del Alma Gallery & Studio (Gallery) — 48.4 mi, 188° S
Babcock Theater (Cinema) — 48.4 mi, 188° S
Art House Cinema & Pub (Cinema) — 48.5 mi, 188° S
Wise Wonders (Museum) — 48.6 mi, 189° S
Four Dances (Viewpoint) — 48.8 mi, 186° S
Middle Cave (Historic Ruins) — 51.1 mi, 184° S
Ghost Cave (Historic Ruins) — 51.1 mi, 184° S
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 53.8 mi, 102° E
Big Horn County Historical Museum (Museum) — 62.9 mi, 144° SE
Cowboy Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 64.8 mi, 309° NW
Ul Bend National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 71.3 mi, 018° N · 19k acres
Museum of the Beartooths (Museum) — 71.8 mi, 217° SW
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 72.6 mi, 343° N · 507k acres

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