Explore Niarada, 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 Niarada, 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 Niarada.
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 | Niarada |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Sanders County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 47.830918 |
| Longitude | -114.557807 |
| Population | 28 |
| Density | 0.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59845 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Thompson Falls |
| School District | Flathead High School District |
Niarada emerges from the high, open expanse of Montana as a quiet intersection where the land stretches toward a flat, pale horizon. It lies 29.6 miles south-southwest of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 207°T), and is situated 32.2 miles south-southwest of Evergreen. Sullivan Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the terrain, its water acting as a silver thread that binds the arid brush to the earth. To the east, the ground swells into subtle, dry rises, while the distant silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains provide a jagged, blue-tinted frame to the western sky. Only a mile away, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a expanse of wild, uncultivated acreage, their grasses bleaching to a soft straw color under the relentless intensity of the high-altitude sun. The air here holds a sharp, clean clarity that makes the distance feel both immense and intimate, sharpening the edges of every fence line and weathered building.
Niarada maintains a rhythm dictated by the demands of a landscape that does not yield easily to human endeavor. The local economy remains tethered to the slow cycles of ranching and land stewardship, with the nearby Sullivan Gulch serving as a reminder of the rugged topography that has defined life here since the earliest settlers arrived. While the Thompson River State Forest stands as a distant, darker green presence on the horizon, the daily life of Niarada is centered on the practicalities of the soil and the seasonal migrations of livestock. Travelers passing through might find the stillness of the region a stark contrast to the urgency of modern centers, yet there is a deliberate weight to the silence. Even the light at dusk, which turns the surrounding plains a deep, bruised violet, suggests a place that has long ago reconciled its history with the vast, indifferent beauty of the high plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Niarada, Montana. Coordinates: 47.830918, -114.557807. 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 Niarada includes the ZIP code (59845), telephone area code (406), county seat of Sanders County (Thompson Falls), 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. |