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Rapelje Montana Map

Explore Rapelje, 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 Rapelje, Montana

How to Use This Rapelje, Montana Map

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

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	Rapelje
State	Montana (MT)
County	Stillwater County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	45.97189
Longitude	-109.255168
Population	88
Density	68.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59067
Area Code	406
County Seat	Columbus
School District	Rapelje Elementary School District

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About Rapelje, Montana

Rapelje is a locality in Stillwater County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 88. The population density is 68.9 people per km². Rapelje is located at 45.9719°N, 109.2552°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59067.

Rapelje occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the golden prairie stretches toward an infinite horizon, defined primarily by the quiet passage of Mills Creek cutting through the soil. It lies 38.6 miles west-northwest of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 290°T), and is situated 31.3 miles northwest of Laurel. The landscape here is one of immense, open distances, characterized by the subtle depression of the nearby Hailstone Basin and the presence of Dallmann Lake, which mirrors the pale, expansive sky. Two miles away, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a stark, undisturbed topography that remains largely untouched by the slow encroachment of the modern world. Even from this distance, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains occasionally haunts the western skyline, a reminder of the tectonic forces that shaped this high plains country long ago.

Agriculture dictates the rhythm of existence in Rapelje, where the economy is bound to the seasonal turning of wheat and the resilience of those who tend the land. The history of this locality is written in the steel of abandoned rail lines and the weathered wood of grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the wind. Life here proceeds with a deliberate, sparse gravity, marked by the changing light that turns the grasses into a sea of amber during the late afternoon. It is a place where the silence is heavy and absolute, broken only by the thin, persistent whistle of the wind as it moves across the dry plains, indifferent to the small clusters of human industry that cling to the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 003° N
Stillwater County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 3.8 mi, 034° NE
Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.8 mi, 050° NE · 312 acres
Grass Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.9 mi, 093° E · 6,788 acres
Big Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 121° SE
Big Lake (State Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 117° SE
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 21.5 mi, 192° S
Chief Joseph (Monument) — 22.5 mi, 001° N
Museum of the Beartooths (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 180° S
Reed Point High School Football Field (Stadium) — 23.3 mi, 218° SW
Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone (Monument) — 28.5 mi, 145° SE
Vue and Brew (Cinema) — 31.2 mi, 132° SE
AMC Shiloh 14 (Cinema) — 34.4 mi, 116° SE
Gallatin National Forest (National Forest) — 35.3 mi, 229° SW · 1.9M acres
Billings Studio Theater (Theatre) — 35.8 mi, 109° E
Victorian Village Museum (Museum) — 35.9 mi, 254° W
Tippet Rise Art Center (Arts Centre) — 36.6 mi, 204° SW
Wise Wonders (Museum) — 38.2 mi, 110° E
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 38.3 mi, 110° E
Farwest Gallery (Gallery) — 38.4 mi, 110° E
Kirks' Grocery (Gallery) — 38.4 mi, 110° E
Prodigal Gallery (Gallery) — 38.5 mi, 110° E
Nova (Theatre) — 38.6 mi, 109° E
Custer National Forest (National Forest) — 38.8 mi, 224° SW · 1.2M acres
Four Dances (Viewpoint) — 40.0 mi, 110° E
Ghost Cave (Historic Ruins) — 42.8 mi, 112° E
Middle Cave (Historic Ruins) — 42.8 mi, 112° E
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 52.2 mi, 193° S · 941k acres
Yellowstone National Park (National Park) — 73.3 mi, 210° SW · 2.2M acres
North Absaroka Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 73.5 mi, 205° SW · 346k acres

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