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Silesia Montana Map

Explore Silesia, 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 Silesia, Montana

How to Use This Silesia, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	45.556615
Longitude	-108.841534
Population	103
Density	21.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59041
Area Code	406
County Seat	Red Lodge
School District	Joliet Elementary School District

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About Silesia, Montana

Silesia is a locality in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 103. The population density is 21.3 people per km². Silesia is located at 45.5566°N, 108.8415°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59041.

Silesia occupies a stretch of high, open country where the horizon pulls away in every direction, revealing a landscape defined by the austere clarity of the plains. It lies 22.7 miles southwest of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 227°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-southwest of Laurel. The land here is marked by the quiet persistence of Farewell Creek, which cuts a narrow, winding path through the sagebrush and dry grass just a short distance away. To the west, the jagged, snow-dusted outlines of the Beartooth Mountains hover like a hazy promise against the sky, while the local terrain remains defined by the subtle, dry creases of Peck Gulch. The quality of light in Silesia is thin and sharp, particularly in the late afternoon when the sun turns the buffalo grass to a pale, brittle gold and makes the shadows of the fence posts stretch long and thin across the dirt.

Silesia retains the quiet, utilitarian character of a place built around the rhythms of dryland farming and the slow movement of livestock. The economy remains tethered to the soil and the open range, an inheritance from the homesteaders who recognized the endurance required to work this particular corner of the high plains. Residents often look toward the nearby Montana State Trust Lands for the pulse of the local wilderness, finding there a space largely untouched by the frenetic pace of modern life. Even when the heat of summer settles heavy over the fields, the air remains crisp, carrying the scent of dry earth and distant sage, a constant reminder of the immense, unpopulated distances that isolate Silesia from the rest of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 290° W
Homestead Isle Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 3.5 mi, 339° N
Buffalo Mirage Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 3.8 mi, 000° N
Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 325° NW
Vue and Brew (Cinema) — 8.6 mi, 023° NE
Chief Plenty Coups State Park (State Park) — 16.3 mi, 121° SE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mt (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.4 mi, 191° S · 522 acres
AMC Shiloh 14 (Cinema) — 17.4 mi, 039° NE
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 20.5 mi, 190° S
Museum of the Beartooths (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 287° W
Billings Studio Theater (Theatre) — 21.7 mi, 040° NE
Wise Wonders (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 046° NE
Kirks' Grocery (Gallery) — 22.3 mi, 046° NE
Farwest Gallery (Gallery) — 22.4 mi, 046° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.6 mi, 046° NE
Prodigal Gallery (Gallery) — 22.6 mi, 046° NE
Nova (Theatre) — 22.8 mi, 046° NE
Four Dances (Viewpoint) — 23.3 mi, 050° NE
Ghost Cave (Historic Ruins) — 23.4 mi, 057° NE
Middle Cave (Historic Ruins) — 23.5 mi, 058° NE
Place Where the White Horse Went Down Historical Marker (Monument) — 24.3 mi, 046° NE
Custer National Forest (National Forest) — 26.2 mi, 158° S · 1.2M acres
Grass Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.8 mi, 335° NW · 6,788 acres
Carbon County Museum (Museum) — 32.1 mi, 218° SW
Tippet Rise Art Center (Arts Centre) — 35.3 mi, 263° W
Reed Point High School Football Field (Stadium) — 35.7 mi, 287° W
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 38.9 mi, 136° SE · 45k acres
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 39.4 mi, 226° SW · 941k acres
Shoshone National Forest (National Forest) — 43.5 mi, 209° SW · 2.4M acres
Yellowstone National Park (National Park) — 66.5 mi, 238° SW · 2.2M acres

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