Explore Ravalli, 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 Ravalli, 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 Ravalli.
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 | Ravalli |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Lake County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 47.281299 |
| Longitude | -114.164365 |
| Population | 85 |
| Density | 12.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59863 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Polson |
| School District | St. Ignatius K-12 Schools |
Ravalli occupies a quiet basin where the Jocko River carves a deliberate path through the earth, marking the transition between the high plains and the western heights. It lies 29.3 miles north-northwest of Missoula, MT (from Missoula, MT: bearing 343°T), and is situated 17.8 miles south-southwest of Ronan. The air here holds a distinct, metallic clarity, often cooling rapidly as the shadows of the Mission Mountains stretch across the valley floor toward Telephone Draw. To the north, the landscape settles into the Ravalli Potholes, where the water mirrors the shifting gray of the sky, while the distant, frozen bulk of Fissure Glacier remains a silent, white anchor on the far horizon. This is a land of immense, unyielding space, where the wind carries the scent of dry grass and cold stone, and the light at dusk turns the surrounding ridges into bruised velvet.
Ravalli persists as a product of the rail lines and the timber that once defined the regional economy, drawing its endurance from the rugged, forested slopes of the nearby Lolo National Forest. The rhythm of life here remains tied to the land and the stewardship of the Montana State Trust Lands, which surround the locality with vast, managed stretches of open range and scrub. History here is quiet, etched into the remnants of early transit routes and the enduring presence of the Salish people who have long moved through these valleys. Today, the economy leans into the quiet labor of ranching and land maintenance, maintaining a pace that favors the slow turn of seasons over the frantic pulse of the modern world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ravalli, Montana. Coordinates: 47.281299, -114.164365. 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 Ravalli includes the ZIP code (59863), telephone area code (406), county seat of Lake County (Polson), and school district assignment (St. Ignatius K-12 Schools).
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. |