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Muddy Montana Map

Explore Muddy, 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 Muddy, Montana

How to Use This Muddy, Montana Map

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

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	Muddy
State	Montana (MT)
County	Big Horn County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	45.579773
Longitude	-106.775353
Population	646
Density	8.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59043
Area Code	406
County Seat	Hardin
School District	Lame Deer High School District

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About Muddy, Montana

Muddy is a locality in Big Horn County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 646. The population density is 8.7 people per km². Muddy is located at 45.5798°N, 106.7754°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59043.

Muddy emerges from the high, open plains where the landscape stretches toward a horizon defined by the subtle, weather-beaten slopes of Painted Hill. It lies 84.7 miles east of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 97°T), and is situated 19.3 miles south-southwest of Colstrip. Rosebud Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth here, its waters cutting a ribbon of muted green against the expanse of dry grasses that dominate the local vista. To the west, the land pulls away into the deeper, shadowed folds of Yellow Fox Gulch, a basin that catches the long, amber light of late afternoon. The air in Muddy carries a dry, crisp clarity, holding a scent of sagebrush and exposed soil that seems to sharpen every silhouette against the immense sky.

Life in Muddy remains tied to the cycles of the land, with ranching and local agriculture providing the steady pulse of the regional economy. The history of the area is written in the resilient character of those who work the perimeter of Montana State Trust Lands, where the preservation of the prairie supports the grazing rhythms that have persisted for generations. Muddy functions as a quiet intersection of these vast, working spaces, far removed from the clamor of larger centers. On any given day, the pace is governed by the shifting weather and the demands of the range, maintaining a stillness that allows the quiet, elemental beauty of the plains to remain the primary feature of daily existence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 8.5 mi, 009° N
Indian Chief Two Moons Historical Monument (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 249° W
Custer National Forest (National Forest) — 21.3 mi, 138° SE · 1.2M acres
Wolf Mountains Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 22.2 mi, 155° SE
Poker Jim Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 24.2 mi, 129° SE
Rosebud Battlefield State Park (State Park) — 25.3 mi, 205° SW
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (National Monument) — 29.2 mi, 263° W · 780 acres
Weir Point (Viewpoint) — 30.0 mi, 264° W
Tongue River Reservoir State Park (State Park) — 30.4 mi, 179° S
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier & Peace Memorial (Monument) — 31.3 mi, 263° W
7th Cavalry Horse Cemetery (Monument) — 31.5 mi, 269° W
Arapooish Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 40.0 mi, 288° W
Big Horn County Historical Museum (Museum) — 40.9 mi, 286° W
Rosebud County Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 47.8 mi, 006° N
Bighorn National Forest (National Forest) — 52.3 mi, 191° S · 1.1M acres
Thorne Ridge Stadium (Stadium) — 53.5 mi, 190° S
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 55.4 mi, 253° W · 45k acres
Bozeman Trail Museum (Museum) — 63.1 mi, 190° S
Bull Elk Park Natural Area (National Conservation Area) — 63.1 mi, 221° SW · 1,049 acres
Yellowstone River (Wild & Scenic River) — 63.9 mi, 297° NW · 1,744 acres
The Brinton Museum (Museum) — 65.6 mi, 190° S
Powder River Historical Museum & Macs Museum (Museum) — 66.8 mi, 098° E
Wagon Box Fight (Registered Battlefield) — 71.0 mi, 185° S
Auditorium (Theatre) — 72.7 mi, 038° NE
Native American and Horse (Public Artwork) — 72.7 mi, 038° NE
Cloud Peak Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 73.8 mi, 192° S · 192k acres
Caroline Lockhart Ranch (Attraction) — 77.4 mi, 247° SW
Hillsboro (Attraction) — 78.1 mi, 245° SW

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