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Little Browning Montana Map

Explore Little Browning, 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 Little Browning, Montana

How to Use This Little Browning, Montana Map

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

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.

CityLittle Browning
StateMontana (MT)
CountyGlacier County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude48.6252
Longitude-112.35
Population218
Density115.9 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code59427
Area Code406
County SeatCut Bank
School DistrictCut Bank Elementary School District

About Little Browning, Montana

Little Browning is a locality in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 218. The population density is 115.9 people per km². Little Browning is located at 48.6252°N, 112.3500°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59427.

Little Browning occupies a sprawling expanse of high, golden prairie where the wind carries the scent of dry sage and distant, cooling earth. It lies 91.6 miles north-northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 328°T), and is situated 1.2 miles west-southwest of Cut Bank. The Cut Bank Creek carves a persistent, silver-threaded path through the terrain, its waters cutting deep through the soil just a short distance from the primary tracks. To the west, the jagged, snow-dusted silhouette of the Rocky Mountains haunts the horizon, a constant reminder of the immense scale of the landscape. Nearby, the uneven depression of Old Maids Coulee offers a break in the flat, grass-covered plains, while the quiet grounds of Southwest/Gary Smith Memorial Park provide a singular point of respite from the relentless, open sky. Even the light here possesses a distinct quality, sharpening the shadows of the fence posts as the sun begins its slow descent toward the far edge of the world.

History in Little Browning is measured in the persistence of those who worked the soil and the slow, deliberate pace of agricultural cycles. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the demands of ranching, with the wide, open spaces dictating a life of self-reliance and quiet endurance. Residents often look toward Allison Lake when the heat of the afternoon demands a moment of stillness, finding a rare, reflective glassiness in the water that contrasts with the constant motion of the prairie grasses. There is a profound sense of solitude in the way the days unfold, marked by the arrival of freight and the subtle shifts in the color of the plains. Little Browning endures not through grand gestures, but through the steady, unremarkable maintenance of a life lived in harmony with the vast, unyielding geography of the high plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Southwest/Gary Smith Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 032° NE
  • Glacier Cinemas (Cinema) — 1.1 mi, 052° NE
  • Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 063° NE
  • City Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 066° NE
  • Cut Bank Penguin (Public Artwork) — 1.5 mi, 078° E
  • Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.0 mi, 011° N
  • Marias River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 127° SE
  • Kevin Rim Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 16.9 mi, 052° NE
  • Farthest Point West (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 265° W
  • Camp Disappointment (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 278° W
  • Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 40.3 mi, 208° SW · 1.9M acres
  • Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 40.3 mi, 208° SW · 198k acres
  • Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 40.3 mi, 210° SW · 1.1M acres
  • Glacier National Park (National Park) — 43.4 mi, 251° W · 1.0M acres
  • Glacier Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 43.4 mi, 251° W · 931k acres
  • Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 45.4 mi, 220° SW · 2.4M acres
  • Running Eagle Falls (Viewpoint) — 46.6 mi, 260° W
  • Great Bear Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 48.8 mi, 228° SW · 287k acres
  • Old Trail Museum (Museum) — 56.2 mi, 172° S
  • Teton Antique Tractor & Steam Engines (Museum) — 56.9 mi, 172° S
  • Weeping Wall (Attraction) — 64.6 mi, 278° W
  • Great Northern Railway Buildings (Attraction) — 65.6 mi, 279° W
  • North American Wildlife Museum (Museum) — 78.5 mi, 260° W
  • Amazing Fun Center (Theme Park) — 78.8 mi, 260° W
  • Glacier Highline (Attraction) — 78.9 mi, 260° W
  • Glacier Fine Art (Gallery) — 79.7 mi, 259° W

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About This Little Browning Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Little Browning, Montana. Coordinates: 48.6252, -112.35. 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 Browning includes the ZIP code (59427), telephone area code (406), county seat of Glacier County (Cut Bank), and school district assignment (Cut Bank 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.