Explore Seeley Lake, 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 Seeley Lake, 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 Seeley Lake.
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 | Seeley Lake |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Missoula County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 47.170519 |
| Longitude | -113.458553 |
| Population | 1,682 |
| Density | 53.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59868 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Missoula |
| School District | Missoula High School District |
Seeley Lake serves as a quiet threshold where the steady, cold pulse of Seeley Creek carves a path through the valley floor, drawing the landscape into a rhythm defined by deep water and coniferous shadow. It lies 32.0 miles northeast of Missoula, MT (from Missoula, MT: bearing 48°T), and is situated 34.4 miles northeast of Orchard Homes. The air here holds a crisp, high-altitude clarity that sharpens the silhouette of the Mission Mountains, which loom on the western horizon like a jagged, immutable fence against the sky. Within the basin, the terrain remains dominated by the expansive, quiet presence of Seeley Lake, its surface often mirroring the heavy, dark green density of the surrounding timber. Travelers seeking the reach of the high country find the Pyramid Pass Trail nearby, a route that winds toward more rugged elevations, while the cooling influence of Morrell Falls remains a constant, distant murmur within the local geography.
Economic life in Seeley Lake has long been tethered to the timber industry and the seasonal ebb of those drawn to the deep woods of the Clearwater State Forest. The local character remains marked by a certain self-reliance, with the daily pace dictated by the slow shifts of the seasons rather than the urgency of the outside world. Residents move through Clearwater Park with an easy familiarity, cognizant of a heritage built on the labor of the forest and the careful stewardship of the land. In the quiet hours, when the light thins and the temperature drops, the proximity of Gray Wolf Glacier feels less like a distant coordinate and more like a pervasive, cooling breath that settles over the valley, grounding the people of Seeley Lake in a landscape that demands both respect and a patient, observant eye.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Seeley Lake, Montana. Coordinates: 47.170519, -113.458553. 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 Seeley Lake includes the ZIP code (59868), telephone area code (406), county seat of Missoula County (Missoula), and school district assignment (Missoula High 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. |