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Shelby Montana Map

Explore Shelby, 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 Shelby, Montana

How to Use This Shelby, Montana Map

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

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	Shelby
State	Montana (MT)
County	Toole County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	48.505263
Longitude	-111.856967
Population	3,169
Density	211.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	59474
Area Code	406
County Seat	Shelby
School District	Shelby Elementary School District

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About Shelby, Montana

Shelby is a locality in Toole County, Montana, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,169. The population density is 211.6 people per km². Shelby is located at 48.5053°N, 111.8570°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Shelby is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59474.

Shelby anchors a vast expanse of high plains where the sky asserts a dominance that dwarfs the works of men. It lies 74.0 miles north-northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 340°T), and is situated 23.2 miles east-southeast of Cut Bank. The landscape surrounding Shelby is defined by an austere, windswept character, characterized by the subtle depression of Mead Coulee and the quiet, reflective surface of Lake Shel-oole. To the far western horizon, the jagged, snow-dusted silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains provide a cold, distant boundary against the immense, shifting light of the plains. Here, the air carries a sharp, metallic clarity, and the earth consists of dry, resilient soil that yields slowly to the persistent, rhythmic scouring of the wind.

Shelby endures as a pivot point for the agricultural and energy industries, a place where the economy is tethered to the cycles of grain harvests and the quiet hum of subterranean resource extraction. The proximity of the Marias River offers a thin, vital ribbon of green through the otherwise muted, earthy palette of the prairie. Within the town limits, Mary Allison Blue Sky Park serves as a modest intersection for local life, providing a pause in the steady, industrial pace of the region. History here is marked by the resilience of those who settled the high, open country, leaving behind a culture that values the stoic quietude of the plains over the clamor of more crowded geographies.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mary Allison Blue Sky Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 123° SE
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.5 mi, 130° SE
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 207° SW
Marias River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 218° SW
Lake Elwell (Recreation Area) — 13.2 mi, 134° SE
Kevin Rim Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 20.3 mi, 339° N
Cut Bank Penguin (Public Artwork) — 22.7 mi, 292° W
Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 292° W
Glacier Cinemas (Cinema) — 23.4 mi, 293° NW
Farthest Point West (Monument) — 43.5 mi, 279° W
Camp Disappointment (Monument) — 44.8 mi, 285° W
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 49.4 mi, 199° S · 1.9M acres
Old Trail Museum (Museum) — 49.8 mi, 198° S
Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 50.0 mi, 231° SW · 198k acres
Teton Antique Tractor & Steam Engines (Museum) — 50.2 mi, 197° S
Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 50.3 mi, 238° SW · 1.1M acres
Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 58.4 mi, 235° SW · 2.4M acres
Rudyard Museum (Museum) — 59.7 mi, 086° E
Great Bear Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 63.6 mi, 247° SW · 287k acres
Running Eagle Falls (Viewpoint) — 68.4 mi, 270° W
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 72.5 mi, 130° SE
John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 72.5 mi, 130° SE
Rider Of The Purple Sage (Attraction) — 72.6 mi, 130° SE
High Water Mark (Attraction) — 72.6 mi, 130° SE
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 72.8 mi, 131° SE · 507k acres
Earle E Heikka Museum (Museum) — 72.8 mi, 161° S
A. Hooker's Gallery (Gallery) — 73.1 mi, 160° S
QGallery Sixteen (Gallery) — 73.8 mi, 159° S
American Music (Theatre) — 73.8 mi, 160° S
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art (Museum) — 74.0 mi, 159° S

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