Explore Riverbend, 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 Riverbend, 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 Riverbend.
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 | Riverbend |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Mineral County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 47.15187 |
| Longitude | -114.833185 |
| Population | 455 |
| Density | 44.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59872 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Superior |
| School District | Superior K-12 Schools |
Riverbend holds the steady, cold pulse of the Clark Fork as it carves a path through the quiet severity of the high plains. It lies 44.0 miles west-northwest of Missoula, MT (from Missoula, MT: bearing 296°T), and is situated 42.0 miles west-northwest of Orchard Homes. The ground beneath the streets of Riverbend is a tangle of sediment and ancient debris, settling into the low depression of Camp Four Gulch where the air remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and coming frost. To the west, the Bitterroot Range haunts the horizon like a jagged, ink-brushed spine, while the immediate landscape is defined by the expanse of Montana State Trust Lands that hem the settlement in on all sides. When the sun retreats, the light flattens against the sagebrush and dry grass, turning the valley floor into a monochromatic study of gray and ochre that stretches until it meets the dark, encroaching timber of the Lolo National Forest.
Industry here is measured by the seasonal rhythm of the soil and the slow, deliberate movement of the water. History in Riverbend is written in the silence of old fence lines and the remnants of paths like the Trout Creek Stock Driveway, where the weight of past migrations still lingers in the packed dirt. Life moves with a gravity dictated by the distance to Trail Lake and the isolation of the surrounding terrain, fostering a culture that prizes endurance over speed. The economy remains tethered to the land, a persistent effort to coax a living from the rugged slopes and the grazing rights of the open range. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, one can feel the immense scale of the geography pressing against the storefronts, a reminder that Riverbend is merely a temporary pause in a vast, indifferent expanse of high-altitude wilderness.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Riverbend, Montana. Coordinates: 47.15187, -114.833185. 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 Riverbend includes the ZIP code (59872), telephone area code (406), county seat of Mineral County (Superior), and school district assignment (Superior 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. |