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Rader Creek Montana Map

Explore Rader Creek, 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 Rader Creek, Montana

How to Use This Rader Creek, Montana Map

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

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	Rader Creek
State	Montana (MT)
County	Jefferson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	45.843678
Longitude	-112.327229
Population	341
Density	6.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59759
Area Code	406
County Seat	Boulder
School District	Whitehall Elementary School District

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About Rader Creek, Montana

Rader Creek is a locality in Jefferson County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 341. The population density is 6.5 people per km². Rader Creek is located at 45.8437°N, 112.3272°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59759.

Rader Creek occupies a quiet expanse of high-altitude terrain where the earth rises in stiff, sun-bleached grasses and stubborn stands of lodgepole pine. It lies 14.9 miles southeast of Butte, MT (from Butte, MT: bearing 138°T), and is situated 53.6 miles south-southwest of Helena. The landscape is defined by the proximity of the Deerlodge National Forest, which presses against the western edge of the property with a dense, coniferous weight that dictates the local climate. To the north, the sharp, jagged silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains hold the horizon in a permanent, hazy blue grip, while the ground itself tilts toward the nearby drainage of Little Pipestone Creek. The air here carries a sharp, metallic clarity, especially at dusk when the long shadows of the hills turn the golden prairie into a deep, bruised violet, leaving the silence of the basin absolute and heavy.

History in Rader Creek remains tied to the slow, deliberate pulse of the land, shaped by the early prospectors who once carved their expectations into the slopes of the nearby Toll Canyon. While the economy has drifted away from the frantic search for mineral wealth, the legacy of the rugged, extraction-based past survives in the weathered fence lines and the sparse, functional architecture of the homesteads. Local life moves in synchronization with the seasons, often oriented toward the nearby Homestake Lake for recreation, though the primary focus remains the maintenance of the vast, open range. The culture is one of endurance, where the immense distance between neighbors fosters a quiet self-reliance, and the daily rhythm is measured not by the clock, but by the shifting quality of light across the timber and the seasonal migration of the elk through the pines.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Deerlodge National Forest (National Forest) — 2.1 mi, 000° N · 1.2M acres
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 027° NE
Thompson Park (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 281° W
Ringing Rocks Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.8 mi, 031° NE
Basin Creek Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 9.6 mi, 255° W
Dry Mountain Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 10.0 mi, 033° NE
Jefferson Valley Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 082° E
Star Theater (Cinema) — 11.1 mi, 081° E
Our Lady of the Rockies Viewport (Viewpoint) — 12.2 mi, 332° NW
Humbug Spires Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 13.2 mi, 252° W · 11k acres
Humbug Spires Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 14.2 mi, 250° W
Science Mine (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 320° NW
Covellite Theater (Theatre) — 15.6 mi, 319° NW
Bob Green (Public Artwork) — 16.1 mi, 316° NW
World Museum of Mining (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 315° NW
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 18.8 mi, 262° W
Beaverhead National Forest (National Forest) — 18.8 mi, 160° S · 2.1M acres
Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park (State Park) — 19.6 mi, 090° E
Big Hole River (Wild & Scenic River) — 21.2 mi, 237° SW · 3,938 acres
Buffalo Jump (Historic Ruins) — 29.7 mi, 202° S
Robbers Roost Historical Marker (Monument) — 32.4 mi, 164° S
Anaconda Smelter Stack (Attraction) — 33.6 mi, 303° NW
Headwaters Heritage Museum (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 084° E
Headwaters Railroad & Trident Heritage Center (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 084° E
2 Story Outhouse (Monument) — 40.9 mi, 155° SE
Madison Buffalo Jump State Monument (Attraction) — 41.5 mi, 095° E
Stephano’s (Gallery) — 42.2 mi, 154° SE
Opera House (Theatre) — 42.2 mi, 154° SE
Milwaukee Road Little Joe (Attraction) — 42.6 mi, 333° NW
Milwaukee Road E9 (Attraction) — 42.6 mi, 333° NW

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