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Santa Rita Montana Map

Explore Santa Rita, 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 Santa Rita, Montana

How to Use This Santa Rita, Montana Map

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

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	Santa Rita
State	Montana (MT)
County	Glacier County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	48.700541
Longitude	-112.320052
Population	107
Density	11.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59427
Area Code	406
County Seat	Cut Bank
School District	Cut Bank Elementary School District

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About Santa Rita, Montana

Santa Rita is a locality in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 107. The population density is 11.9 people per km². Santa Rita is located at 48.7005°N, 112.3201°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59427.

Santa Rita occupies a stark, expansive stretch of high prairie where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by anything but the shift of passing clouds. It lies 95.3 miles north-northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 331°T), and is situated 4.7 miles north of Cut Bank. The earth here is defined by the arid, weathered contours of Head Light Coulee, which cuts through the soil three miles away to shape the drainage of the plains. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains provide a jagged, blue-gray anchor to the sky, though they remain far enough to feel like a memory. The air here holds a sharp, clean clarity, often carrying the scent of dry bunchgrass and the cooling breath of the evening as it settles over the Montana State Trust Lands just two miles from the center of Santa Rita.

Agriculture and the quiet, persistent pulse of energy extraction define the work of those who remain in Santa Rita, a place where the economy is tethered to the subterranean wealth and the endurance of the rangeland. Water is a precious, deliberate presence, found in the steady flow of Cut Bank Creek three miles distant or in the quiet stillness of Allison Lake four miles to the north. Life moves in accordance with the seasons, guided by the immense, heavy silence of the plains rather than the frantic pace of larger hubs. Men and women here understand the weight of the wind and the way the light turns a bruised, singular gold at dusk, illuminating the vast, empty spaces that define the character of the northern high country.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 180° S
Bud Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 188° S
Glacier Cinemas (Cinema) — 4.5 mi, 186° S
Southwest/Gary Smith Memorial Park (Local Park) — 4.6 mi, 191° S
Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 184° S
Cut Bank Penguin (Public Artwork) — 4.9 mi, 178° S
Glacier County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 10.0 mi, 020° N
Kevin Rim Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 13.0 mi, 066° NE
Marias River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.4 mi, 144° SE
Camp Disappointment (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 264° W
Farthest Point West (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 252° W
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 45.5 mi, 207° SW · 1.9M acres
Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 45.5 mi, 208° SW · 1.1M acres
Glacier National Park (National Park) — 46.6 mi, 245° SW · 1.0M acres
Glacier Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 46.6 mi, 245° SW · 931k acres
Running Eagle Falls (Viewpoint) — 49.1 mi, 254° W
Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 50.4 mi, 218° SW · 2.4M acres
Great Bear Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 53.4 mi, 224° SW · 287k acres
Old Trail Museum (Museum) — 61.2 mi, 174° S
Teton Antique Tractor & Steam Engines (Museum) — 61.9 mi, 174° S
Weeping Wall (Attraction) — 65.5 mi, 273° W
Great Northern Railway Buildings (Attraction) — 66.3 mi, 275° W

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