Enter your search query in the box below.

Square Butte Montana Map

Explore Square Butte, 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 Square Butte, Montana

How to Use This Square Butte, Montana Map

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

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	Square Butte
State	Montana (MT)
County	Chouteau County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	47.514974
Longitude	-110.198258
Population	27
Density	37.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59446
Area Code	406
County Seat	Fort Benton
School District	Geraldine K-12

🌦 Goto Square Butte Weather Page: Square Butte, Montana — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Square Butte, Montana

Square Butte is a locality in Chouteau County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 27. The population density is 37.9 people per km². Square Butte is located at 47.5150°N, 110.1983°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59446.

Square Butte defines the horizon with its namesake geological sentinel, a stark volcanic plug rising abruptly from the high plains like a monolith left by ancient tides of earth. It lies 51.5 miles east of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 88°T), and is situated 47.7 miles northwest of Lewistown. Cowboy Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the surrounding grasses, its presence marked by the deepening of green along the banks where the soil holds the winter’s snow a little longer. The landscape stretches outward in immense, muted tones of sage and pale gold, an expanse where the wind acts as the primary architect of the terrain. The Montana State Trust Lands encompass the immediate surroundings, preserving a quiet, unadorned wilderness that feels indifferent to the passage of human time. To the west, the Rocky Mountains remain a distant, jagged bruise of violet against the sky, visible only when the atmosphere clears after a storm.

Square Butte exists as a thin thread of settlement woven into the agricultural cycle of the high plains, where the economy is measured in the weight of grain and the health of the herd. The history of the area is inscribed in the rusted wire of fence lines and the weathered wood of granaries that stand as monuments to the persistence of those who broke the sod. Life here moves in sync with the seasonal tilt of the sun, and the light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised clarity that makes the earth appear to glow from within. While Panton Coulee Reservoir remains a quiet destination for those seeking the stillness of water, the true character of the locality is found in the isolation of the open range and the rhythmic, steady labor of the ranching life. The silence of the plains is not an absence of sound, but a depth of space that forces the mind to slow until it matches the pulse of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.2 mi, 090° E
Square Butte Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 2.9 mi, 195° S · 1,953 acres
Square Butte Ona Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.0 mi, 195° S
Chouteau County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.3 mi, 294° NW
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 10.4 mi, 259° W · 1.9M acres
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 19.3 mi, 017° N · 507k acres
Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 19.3 mi, 017° N · 147k acres
Beckman Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.2 mi, 113° SE
Judith Basin County Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 183° S
Carved Bear (Public Artwork) — 30.1 mi, 312° NW
Kendra Jayne Romain (Monument) — 30.1 mi, 312° NW
Mike Taylor (Monument) — 30.1 mi, 314° NW
High Water Mark (Attraction) — 30.2 mi, 314° NW
Fort Benton City Hall (Monument) — 30.2 mi, 314° NW
Rider Of The Purple Sage (Attraction) — 30.2 mi, 314° NW
John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 30.2 mi, 314° NW
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 30.2 mi, 314° NW
Top Of The World - Chouteau County (Viewpoint) — 30.5 mi, 310° NW
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 30.7 mi, 003° N
Dog Creek South Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 30.9 mi, 063° NE · 5,140 acres
Sod Buster Museum (Museum) — 32.4 mi, 168° S
Utica Museum (Museum) — 38.1 mi, 172° S
Winifred Museum (Museum) — 38.4 mi, 085° E
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.6 mi, 132° SE · 788k acres
Lewistown Art Center (Gallery) — 47.7 mi, 130° SE
Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.1 mi, 279° W · 25k acres
Cascade County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 50.6 mi, 270° W
QGallery Sixteen (Gallery) — 51.3 mi, 270° W
American Music (Theatre) — 51.6 mi, 269° W
A. Hooker's Gallery (Gallery) — 52.6 mi, 270° W

Latest News: Square Butte

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News