Explore Sage Creek 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sage Creek 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 Sage Creek 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 | Sage Creek Colony |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Liberty County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 48.929451 |
| Longitude | -110.974409 |
| Population | 81 |
| Density | 132.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59522 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Chester |
| School District | Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary School District |
Sage Creek Colony occupies a stretch of high, open prairie where the wind carries the scent of dry earth and dormant grass across the plains. It lies 99.9 miles north of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 9°T), and is situated 49.8 miles northeast of Shelby. Sage Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the landscape, its banks marking the quiet threshold of this secluded settlement. A mile to the east, the shallow depression of Chicken Coulee breaks the horizon, while the expanse of the Montana State Trust Lands sits only two miles away, offering a vast, unpopulated stretch of territory. On the clearest days, the distant, jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains haunts the western sky, a reminder of the immense distance between the flat, sun-bleached expanse of the colony and the high peaks beyond. At dusk, the light here thins into a pale, bruised violet, casting long shadows that emphasize the stark, horizontal lines of the terrain.
Agriculture defines the pulse of Sage Creek Colony, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the labor of its inhabitants. The economy remains rooted in the soil, relying on the persistence of grain and the careful management of livestock to survive in a climate that offers little shade and long winters. Nearby, the blue surface of Turner Reservoir provides a still contrast to the moving currents of the creek, acting as a vital anchor for the surrounding agricultural life. History here is written in the endurance of the families who settled this high country, building a life of communal industry that prizes self-sufficiency over the frantic pace of the modern world. Life in Sage Creek Colony proceeds with a deliberate, quiet focus, shaped by the immense, empty skies and the heavy silence that settles over the prairie when the wind finally drops.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sage Creek Colony, Montana. Coordinates: 48.929451, -110.974409. 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 Sage Creek Colony includes the ZIP code (59522), telephone area code (406), county seat of Liberty County (Chester), and school district assignment (Chester-Joplin-Inverness 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 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. |