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North Browning Montana Map

Explore North 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 North Browning, Montana

How to Use This North Browning, Montana Map

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

CityNorth Browning
StateMontana (MT)
CountyGlacier County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude48.571191
Longitude-113.031436
Population2,653
Density354.3 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code59417
Area Code406
County SeatCut Bank
School DistrictBrowning Elementary School District

About North Browning, Montana

North Browning is a locality in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,653. The population density is 354.3 people per km². North Browning is located at 48.5712°N, 113.0314°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59417.

North Browning sits upon the high, open expanse of the plains where the wind dictates the daily temperament of the grass. It lies 65.2 miles east-northeast of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 66°T), and is situated 31.5 miles west of Cut Bank. Flatiron Creek carves a shallow, persistent path through the earth nearby, its presence marked by a slight depression in the soil where the hardy vegetation clings to the moisture. To the west, the distant summits of the Rocky Mountains remain a jagged, blue-gray silhouette against the vast Montana sky, serving as a constant, silent sentinel over the horizon. The landscape surrounding North Browning is defined by the subtle, rhythmic rise and fall of the prairie, a terrain that demands patience from those who traverse its immense, treeless stretches. Just a mile away, the quiet boundaries of Unknown Park offer a modest reprieve from the open exposure, while the waters of Aubery Lake sit three miles out, reflecting the shifting, expansive light that characterizes these high-altitude afternoons.

History in North Browning is measured by the endurance of the land and the resilience of those who have sustained themselves here through generations of ranching and seasonal labor. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the cycles of the climate, with the nearby Starr School Flat providing a necessary, lower-lying reference point for the regional geography. Daily life here is quiet, underscored by the immense distance between clusters of human activity and the steady, unyielding pressure of the atmosphere. The legacy of the Blackfeet people remains a foundational thread in the character of the region, visible in the way the local culture respects the harsh, beautiful requirements of the climate. In North Browning, the passage of time is not marked by the frenetic pace of modernity, but by the slow, deliberate changes in the color of the plains as the seasons turn and the light stretches long across the flat, open ground.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 136° SE
  • Boundary Street Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 156° SE
  • Farthest Point West (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 080° E
  • Camp Disappointment (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 058° NE
  • Glacier Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 14.2 mi, 225° SW · 931k acres
  • Glacier National Park (National Park) — 14.3 mi, 224° SW · 1.0M acres
  • Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 15.4 mi, 200° S · 1.9M acres
  • Running Eagle Falls (Viewpoint) — 15.5 mi, 251° W
  • John Frank Stevens (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 220° SW
  • Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 24.3 mi, 203° SW · 2.4M acres
  • Great Bear Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.2 mi, 194° S · 287k acres
  • Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.5 mi, 171° S · 1.1M acres
  • Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 29.3 mi, 167° S
  • Glacier Cinemas (Cinema) — 32.3 mi, 082° E
  • Cut Bank Penguin (Public Artwork) — 32.9 mi, 083° E
  • Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 33.3 mi, 160° S · 198k acres
  • Flathead, Montana Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 34.9 mi, 189° S · 50k acres
  • Weeping Wall (Attraction) — 35.1 mi, 290° W
  • Great Northern Railway Buildings (Attraction) — 36.5 mi, 292° W
  • North American Wildlife Museum (Museum) — 47.2 mi, 257° W
  • Amazing Fun Center (Theme Park) — 47.5 mi, 258° W
  • Glacier Highline (Attraction) — 47.6 mi, 258° W
  • Glacier Fine Art (Gallery) — 48.5 mi, 255° W
  • Museum Of Wildlife (Museum) — 49.0 mi, 255° W
  • Echo Lake Cosway Entrance (Attraction) — 54.9 mi, 237° SW
  • Swan River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.5 mi, 220° SW · 3,866 acres
  • Bigfork Summer Playhouse (Theatre) — 59.4 mi, 234° SW
  • Stumptown Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 60.7 mi, 260° W
  • Going to the Sun (Gallery) — 60.8 mi, 260° W
  • Mudman Gallery (Gallery) — 60.8 mi, 260° W

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About This North Browning Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of North Browning, Montana. Coordinates: 48.571191, -113.031436. 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 North Browning includes the ZIP code (59417), telephone area code (406), county seat of Glacier County (Cut Bank), and school district assignment (Browning 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.