Explore Luther, 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 Luther, 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 Luther.
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 | Luther |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Carbon County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 45.284567 |
| Longitude | -109.424122 |
| Population | 30 |
| Density | 20.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59068 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Red Lodge |
| School District | Luther Elementary School District |
Luther occupies a high, quiet stretch of land where the West Red Lodge Creek cuts a persistent, silver path through the sagebrush and heavy grasses. It lies 56.4 miles southwest of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 233°T), and is situated 11.0 miles northwest of Red Lodge. The air here carries a sharp, thin clarity that defines the transition from the lower plains toward the looming presence of the Beartooth Mountains on the western horizon. To the north, the terrain rises into the protected expanse of Montana State Trust Lands, while the deeper shadows of the Custer National Forest - Beartooth Division offer a darker, evergreen contrast to the open basin. As the sun dips behind the high peaks, the light stretches thin and amber across the landscape, turning the dry gullies and the stony banks of the creek into a study of muted ochre and deep violet.
Luther grew from the hard necessity of ranching and the slow, deliberate pace of life dictated by the seasons of the high country. The local economy remains anchored to the soil and the grazing of livestock, a practice that has persisted since the earliest settlers recognized the value of these sheltered pastures. Beyond the immediate reach of the barns and fences, the topography holds secrets like the deep incision of Schroeder Gulch or the distant, frozen persistence of the Beartooth Glacier. Visitors drawn to the rugged solitude often find their way toward the East Parks Ski Trail or the cooling spray of Calamity Falls, finding in these landmarks a rhythm that ignores the haste of the modern world. Even the stillness of Wild Bill Lake reflects a history that values silence over speed, leaving the residents to measure their days by the migration of herds and the changing color of the hillsides.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Luther, Montana. Coordinates: 45.284567, -109.424122. 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 Luther includes the ZIP code (59068), telephone area code (406), county seat of Carbon County (Red Lodge), and school district assignment (Luther 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. |