Explore Little Bitterroot Lake, 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 Little Bitterroot Lake, 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 Little Bitterroot Lake.
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 | Little Bitterroot Lake |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Flathead County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 48.136788 |
| Longitude | -114.737538 |
| Population | 154 |
| Density | 7.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59925 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Kalispell |
| School District | Flathead High School District |
Little Bitterroot Lake sits as a mirror of deep, cold clarity, held within a basin where the air holds the sharp, resinous scent of pine needles and damp earth. It lies 20.0 miles west-southwest of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 258°T), and is situated 22.1 miles west-southwest of Evergreen. The landscape surrounding Little Bitterroot Lake displays the quiet austerity of the northern woods, where the terrain rises into ridges that seem to breathe under the shifting pressure of the afternoon sky. Herrig Creek carves a thin, silver vein through the surrounding timber, feeding the lowlands with a steady, glacial persistence that defines the hydrology of the basin. To the west, the distant jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains marks the horizon, a constant reminder of the geological upheaval that once folded this land into its current, rugged geometry.
Montana State Trust Lands encompass the periphery, preserving the stillness of the timber stands where the light filters down in thin, golden needles. The economy here remains tethered to the slow pulse of the forest and the land, moving with a rhythm distinct from the frantic pace of larger hubs. Nearby, the expansive, open meadows of Lost Prairie offer a stark contrast to the dense canopy, providing a space where the wind sweeps across grasses that have seen generations of local inhabitants come and go. Travelers who seek the seclusion of the Ashley Divide Trail find that the environment demands a deliberate, measured pace, rewarding those who observe the subtle transitions of the seasons rather than the fleeting demands of the modern clock.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Little Bitterroot Lake, Montana. Coordinates: 48.136788, -114.737538. 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 Little Bitterroot Lake includes the ZIP code (59925), telephone area code (406), county seat of Flathead County (Kalispell), and school district assignment (Flathead High 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. |