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Rimrock Colony Montana Map

Explore Rimrock Colony, 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 Rimrock Colony, Montana

How to Use This Rimrock Colony, Montana Map

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

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	Rimrock Colony
State	Montana (MT)
County	Toole County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	48.8954
Longitude	-112.0952
Population	105
Density	129.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59482
Area Code	406
County Seat	Shelby
School District	Sunburst K-12 Schools

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About Rimrock Colony, Montana

Rimrock Colony is a locality in Toole County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 105. The population density is 129.1 people per km². Rimrock Colony is located at 48.8954°N, 112.0952°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59482.

Rimrock Colony occupies a stretch of high, expansive prairie where the horizon pulls the eye toward a vastness that feels entirely unmediated by human scale. It lies 103.1 miles north-northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 340°T), and is situated 29.1 miles north-northwest of Shelby. The earth here is defined by a rigorous, wind-scoured austerity, marked by the nearby Montana State Trust Lands which offer a quiet expanse of native grasses and sagebrush. Only a mile away, the Benton Trail Lakes sit as still mirrors under the wide, pale dome of the sky, reflecting the shifting clouds that move across the plains with a slow, deliberate grace. While the jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains remain a distant, hazy indigo smudge on the far western edge of sight, the immediate topography is shaped by the subtle erosion of the land, leading toward the deeper depressions of Wolf Coulee seven miles out. The air carries a crisp, thin clarity that sharpens the edges of every fence line and silo, making the silence of the afternoon feel heavy and deliberate.

Rimrock Colony maintains a quiet, self-contained existence rooted in the labor of the soil and the cycles of the agricultural season. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of farming and husbandry, with the nearby Red River providing a steady, if distant, anchor for the regional hydrology. Life in Rimrock Colony is defined by a communal reliance on the land, where the passage of time is measured not by external industry, but by the turning of the crops and the changing light that turns the stubble fields to shades of amber and straw. Residents operate with a steady, pragmatic focus, upholding a tradition of collective work that has persisted through the changing demands of the modern era. There is a profound stillness in the way the local day concludes, as the sunset bleeds across the prairie, momentarily softening the hard, productive geometry of the fields before the long, dark quiet of the Montana night takes hold.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 270° W
Kevin Rim Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.0 mi, 109° E
Glacier County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 7.4 mi, 242° SW
Toole County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.6 mi, 094° E
Glacier Cinemas (Cinema) — 20.9 mi, 211° SW
Cut Bank Penguin (Public Artwork) — 20.9 mi, 209° SW
Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 210° SW
Sweetgrass Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 23.6 mi, 079° E
Marias River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 27.6 mi, 180° S
Camp Disappointment (Monument) — 36.1 mi, 244° SW
Farthest Point West (Monument) — 38.0 mi, 238° SW
Sunset Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 61.4 mi, 258° W
Glacier Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 62.0 mi, 238° SW · 931k acres
Glacier National Park (National Park) — 62.0 mi, 238° SW · 1.0M acres
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 62.2 mi, 210° SW · 1.9M acres
Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 62.3 mi, 211° SW · 1.1M acres
Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 67.3 mi, 218° SW · 2.4M acres
Great Bear Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 70.2 mi, 223° SW · 287k acres
Rudyard Museum (Museum) — 73.9 mi, 108° E
Old Trail Museum (Museum) — 74.5 mi, 183° S
Teton Antique Tractor & Steam Engines (Museum) — 75.1 mi, 183° S
Weeping Wall (Attraction) — 76.3 mi, 263° W
Great Northern Railway Buildings (Attraction) — 76.8 mi, 264° W

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