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Saddle Butte Montana Map

Explore Saddle Butte, 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 Saddle Butte, Montana

How to Use This Saddle Butte, Montana Map

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

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.

CitySaddle Butte
StateMontana (MT)
CountyHill County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude48.522776
Longitude-109.645476
Population151
Density23.2 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code59501
Area Code406
County SeatHavre
School DistrictHavre Elementary School District

About Saddle Butte, Montana

Saddle Butte is a locality in Hill County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 151. The population density is 23.2 people per km². Saddle Butte is located at 48.5228°N, 109.6455°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59501.

Saddle Butte rises from the high plains as a singular, weathered prominence, marking the transition where the flat earth begins to shudder into deeper, more complex terrain. It lies 104.1 miles northeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 47°T), and is situated 2.6 miles southeast of Havre. Bullhook Creek carves a narrow, persistent path near the base of the rise, its waters reflecting the pale, expansive sky that dominates the horizon for miles in every direction. Three miles distant, the still surface of Sands Lake holds the reflection of passing clouds, while the distant, jagged spine of the Rocky Mountains remains a faint, blue promise on the far western edge of vision. In the quiet hours of evening, the light turns a bruised gold, catching the dry grasses of the prairie and softening the sharp edges of the landscape until the earth and sky seem to dissolve into a single, vast stillness.

Saddle Butte carries the weight of a history rooted in the hard, unyielding labor of those who first broke this sod to establish a foothold in the basin. The regional economy remains tethered to the pulse of the land, defined by the seasonal rhythms of ranching and the enduring necessity of agricultural trade. Residents often congregate at Heritage Park, a local space that serves as a communal anchor amidst the immense, open spaces of the high plains. Far to the south, the deep shadow of Staten Coulee offers a reminder of the geologic forces that shaped this region long before the arrival of modern fences or roads. Life in Saddle Butte moves with the measured, deliberate pace of a place that understands the necessity of patience, where the wind and the seasons dictate the terms of progress far more than the clocks of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Heritage Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 303° NW
  • Elks Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 308° NW
  • Slowpitch Complex (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 276° W
  • American Legion Park (Local Recreation) — 1.7 mi, 326° NW
  • Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.2 mi, 267° W
  • Cottonwood Cinemas (Cinema) — 2.5 mi, 324° NW
  • H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum (Museum) — 2.5 mi, 328° NW
  • Havre Beneath the Streets (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 325° NW
  • James J. Hill "The Empire Builder" (Public Artwork) — 2.6 mi, 326° NW
  • H Earl Clack Memorial Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 310° NW
  • Hill County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 4.8 mi, 282° W
  • Rookery Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 310° NW
  • Local Government (Local Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 072° E
  • Bearpaw Lake Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 13.4 mi, 181° S
  • Lake Thibadeau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.2 mi, 007° N · 48 acres
  • The Battle of Bear Paws (Monument) — 19.2 mi, 075° E
  • Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 38.5 mi, 216° SW · 507k acres
  • Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 38.5 mi, 216° SW · 147k acres
  • Pictorial Museum (Museum) — 40.4 mi, 094° E
  • Rudyard Museum (Museum) — 41.7 mi, 274° W
  • Decision Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 56.9 mi, 224° SW
  • Marias River Historical Marker (Attraction) — 57.3 mi, 225° SW
  • Gilmore Cabin River Stop (Attraction) — 57.8 mi, 149° SE
  • Sue Cline (Monument) — 66.4 mi, 225° SW
  • John Selon (Monument) — 66.4 mi, 225° SW
  • Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 67.5 mi, 224° SW
  • John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 67.6 mi, 224° SW

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About This Saddle Butte Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Saddle Butte, Montana. Coordinates: 48.522776, -109.645476. 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 Saddle Butte includes the ZIP code (59501), telephone area code (406), county seat of Hill County (Havre), and school district assignment (Havre Elementary School District).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.