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Ryegate Montana Map

Explore Ryegate, 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 Ryegate, Montana

How to Use This Ryegate, Montana Map

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

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	Ryegate
State	Montana (MT)
County	Golden Valley County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	46.297179
Longitude	-109.258786
Population	223
Density	114.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	59074
Area Code	406
County Seat	Ryegate
School District	Ryegate K-12 Schools

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About Ryegate, Montana

Ryegate is a locality in Golden Valley County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 223. The population density is 114.2 people per km². Ryegate is located at 46.2972°N, 109.2588°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Ryegate is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59074.

Ryegate emerges from the high, open plains where the Musselshell River traces a quiet, winding path through the dry earth. It lies 50.8 miles northwest of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 315°T), and is situated 49.3 miles north-northwest of Laurel. The horizon here is vast and stripped of pretense, offering a landscape of pale grasses that shift in color from brittle straw to deep, burnt gold under the relentless Montana sun. While the distant Rocky Mountains remain a faint, jagged promise far to the west, the immediate terrain is defined by the subtle, arid depressions of Stockade Gulch and the nearby expanse of Montana State Trust Lands. At dusk, the light loses its harshness, casting long, bruised shadows across the basin that make the land feel both immense and strangely intimate, as if the silence itself has weight.

Ryegate bears the quiet marks of a life tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the seasonal demands of agriculture. The economy remains anchored to the endurance of ranching and farming, cycles that have defined the inhabitants since the early days of settlement. Residents look toward Deadmans Basin Reservoir as a rare point of stillness in a region otherwise dominated by the constant, low-frequency movement of the wind across the plains. There is a distinct, unadorned character to the daily commerce and the way the buildings lean slightly against the elements, reflecting a history of pragmatism and resilience. In the absence of city noise, the sound of the Musselshell River cutting through the silence serves as the primary pulse of the locality, grounding the people in a landscape that asks for patience and rewards those who know how to watch the weather change.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chief Joseph (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 090° E
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 003° N
Deadman's Basin Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 8.1 mi, 284° W
Stillwater County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 19.0 mi, 173° S
Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.3 mi, 169° S · 312 acres
Grass Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.5 mi, 165° S · 6,788 acres
Twin Coulee Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 25.6 mi, 001° N · 6,840 acres
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 26.4 mi, 360° N · 1.9M acres
Big Snowies Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 26.4 mi, 360° N · 89k acres
Big Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 27.9 mi, 161° S
E57B - the Last Electric Locomotive (Monument) — 29.1 mi, 290° W
Big Lake (State Conservation Area) — 29.8 mi, 159° S
Musselshell Valley Historical Museum (Museum) — 35.6 mi, 073° E
Reed Point High School Football Field (Stadium) — 43.2 mi, 199° S
Gallatin National Forest (National Forest) — 43.8 mi, 228° SW · 1.9M acres
Museum of the Beartooths (Museum) — 45.3 mi, 180° S
Cottonwood Cinema (Cinema) — 46.2 mi, 226° SW
Victorian Village Museum (Museum) — 47.3 mi, 227° SW
Billings Studio Theater (Theatre) — 48.3 mi, 135° SE
Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone (Monument) — 48.7 mi, 160° S
AMC Shiloh 14 (Cinema) — 48.8 mi, 140° SE
Big Horn Design and Art Gallery (Gallery) — 49.8 mi, 130° SE
Wise Wonders (Museum) — 50.6 mi, 135° SE
Farwest Gallery (Gallery) — 50.8 mi, 134° SE
Prodigal Gallery (Gallery) — 50.8 mi, 134° SE
Nova (Theatre) — 50.8 mi, 134° SE
Four Dances (Viewpoint) — 52.1 mi, 134° SE
Cowboy Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 53.7 mi, 352° N
Ghost Cave (Historic Ruins) — 55.3 mi, 134° SE
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 72.6 mi, 193° S · 941k acres

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