Medicine Lake Montana Map
Explore Medicine 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.
Interactive Map of Medicine Lake, Montana
How to Use This Medicine Lake, Montana Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Medicine 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 Medicine 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 | Medicine Lake |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Sheridan County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 48.501414 |
| Longitude | -104.504677 |
| Population | 244 |
| Density | 238.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 59247 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Plentywood |
| School District | Medicine Lake K-12 Schools |
About Medicine Lake, Montana
Medicine Lake is a locality in Sheridan County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 244. The population density is 238.5 people per km². Medicine Lake is located at 48.5014°N, 104.5047°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Medicine Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59247.Medicine Lake occupies a vast, silent expanse of the northern plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut under a sky that seems to press down with the weight of absolute clarity. It lies 47.5 miles west-northwest of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 301°T), and is situated 56.6 miles north-northwest of Sidney. Diversion Ditch Number One cuts a deliberate, man-made furrow through the earth, guiding snowmelt and rain across the prairie floor toward the namesake body of water that glimmers like a fallen sliver of gray slate. To the south, the gentle rise of Umbrights Hill breaks the monotony of the flatlands, while the nearby depressions of Coal Mine Coulee hold the shadows of the morning long after the sun has climbed high. The air here carries the dry, sharp scent of cured grasses and turned soil, a crispness that suggests the immense distances between the scattered homesteads and the quiet, enduring resolve of the landscape.
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge defines the character of the surrounding territory, serving as a vital sanctuary where the rhythm of the seasons is marked by the arrival and departure of migratory wings. Life in Medicine Lake remains tethered to the cycles of the agricultural calendar, where the prosperity of the land dictates the pulse of the local economy and the quiet persistence of those who work the fields. The history of this place is written in the furrows of the earth and the stoic architecture of the grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the wind. In the cool light of dusk, when the light turns a bruised, metallic violet, the stillness of the prairie deepens, revealing a profound sense of solitude that has defined this region since the first settlers broke the heavy sod to plant their lives in the stubborn, yielding loam.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.3 mi, 216° SW · 63k acres
- Sheridan County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mt (Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 155° SE
- Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 1.3 mi, 166° S · 12k acres
- Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 025° NE
- Roosevelt County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 11.6 mi, 193° S
- Brush Lake State Park (State Park) — 18.6 mi, 070° E
- Sheridan County Agriculture Museum and Civic Center (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 355° N
- Culbertson Museum (Museum) — 24.4 mi, 179° S
- Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.4 mi, 086° E · 6,424 acres
- Fort Peck Tribal Museum (Museum) — 40.7 mi, 230° SW
- Poplar Museum (Museum) — 40.7 mi, 229° SW
- Trenton (State Conservation Area) — 42.7 mi, 135° SE
- Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 42.7 mi, 135° SE
- Sloulin Field International Airport (historic) (Historic Ruins) — 45.6 mi, 119° SE
- Daniels County Museum (Museum) — 46.8 mi, 296° NW
- Gn 3059 (Attraction) — 47.6 mi, 121° SE
- Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 51.0 mi, 150° SE · 1.0M acres
- Monument 538B (Attraction) — 53.6 mi, 310° NW
- Centre Theatre (Cinema) — 56.7 mi, 164° S
- Six Shooters Showall (Cinema) — 74.2 mi, 130° SE
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park (National Park) — 78.6 mi, 142° SE · 70k acres
- Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 78.6 mi, 142° SE · 30k acres
- Oxbow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 79.2 mi, 141° SE
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About This Medicine Lake Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Medicine Lake, Montana. Coordinates: 48.501414, -104.504677. 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 Medicine Lake includes the ZIP code (59247), telephone area code (406), county seat of Sheridan County (Plentywood), and school district assignment (Medicine Lake K-12 Schools).
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. |
