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Sand Coulee Montana Map

Explore Sand Coulee, 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 Sand Coulee, Montana

How to Use This Sand Coulee, Montana Map

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

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	Sand Coulee
State	Montana (MT)
County	Cascade County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	47.399404
Longitude	-111.167745
Population	179
Density	25.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59472
Area Code	406
County Seat	Great Falls
School District	Centerville Elementary School District

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About Sand Coulee, Montana

Sand Coulee is a locality in Cascade County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 179. The population density is 25.7 people per km². Sand Coulee is located at 47.3994°N, 111.1677°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59472.

Sand Coulee spreads across a rugged, arid landscape where the horizon stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains. It lies 9.3 miles southeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 138°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south of Malmstrom AFB. The terrain here is defined by the deep, jagged scars of Mining Coulee and the persistent, low-slung path of Sand Coulee Creek, which cuts through the dry earth like a slow pulse. Sunlight hits the pale, sun-bleached grasses of the plains with a stark, unforgiving clarity, bleaching the color from the sagebrush until the world feels monochromatic and vast. The air carries a thin, metallic sharpness, cooling rapidly as the sun retreats behind the western ridges and leaves the valley in a sudden, quiet shadow.

Sand Coulee grew from the coal seams that once fueled the ambitions of a growing frontier, leaving behind an economy that shifted from the industry of the earth to the quiet endurance of the high plains. Remnants of that former vitality linger in the weathered architecture and the slow, deliberate pace of daily life, a marked contrast to the wilder, vertical grandeur of Rainbow Falls or the sprawling, protected silence of Montana State Trust Lands nearby. Residents look toward the distant, shimmering expanse of Black Horse Lake as a rare break in the dry terrain, finding a steady rhythm in the seasonal cycles of the prairie. The collective memory of the place remains tied to the ground, where the weight of history is measured not in monuments, but in the enduring, stubborn resilience of a life lived under an immense and indifferent sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.5 mi, 360° N
White Bear Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 6.0 mi, 292° W
Big Bend Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 7.8 mi, 264° W
Sibel Soccer Fields (Local Recreation) — 8.0 mi, 342° N
Cascade County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 324° NW
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 324° NW
Lewis and Clark Statue (Public Artwork) — 9.1 mi, 315° NW
Giant Springs State Park (State Park) — 9.1 mi, 352° N
Rainbow Dam Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.3 mi, 350° N
The History Museum (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 317° NW
QGallery Sixteen (Gallery) — 9.5 mi, 320° NW
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 9.5 mi, 341° N · 1.9M acres
American Music (Theatre) — 9.6 mi, 318° NW
A. Hooker's Gallery (Gallery) — 10.5 mi, 315° NW
Earle E Heikka Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 311° NW
Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.7 mi, 344° N · 25k acres
First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 286° W
First Peoples Buffalo Jump SP (Monument) — 17.6 mi, 288° W
Helena National Forest (National Forest) — 34.2 mi, 189° S · 984k acres
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 36.2 mi, 039° NE · 507k acres
Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 36.2 mi, 039° NE · 147k acres
Kendra Jayne Romain (Monument) — 36.2 mi, 039° NE
Fort Benton City Hall (Monument) — 37.1 mi, 039° NE
High Water Mark (Attraction) — 37.1 mi, 039° NE
Rider Of The Purple Sage (Attraction) — 37.1 mi, 039° NE
John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 37.3 mi, 039° NE
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 37.3 mi, 039° NE
Gates Of The Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.4 mi, 217° SW · 28k acres
Judith Basin County Museum (Museum) — 47.5 mi, 111° E
Stageline Pizza and Theater (Cinema) — 60.2 mi, 168° S

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