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St. Ignatius Montana Map

Explore St. Ignatius, 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 St. Ignatius, Montana

How to Use This St. Ignatius, Montana Map

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

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	St. Ignatius
State	Montana (MT)
County	Lake County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	47.319931
Longitude	-114.093998
Population	768
Density	556.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	59865
Area Code	406
County Seat	Polson
School District	St. Ignatius K-12 Schools

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About St. Ignatius, Montana

St. Ignatius is a locality in Lake County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 768. The population density is 556.3 people per km². St. Ignatius is located at 47.3199°N, 114.0940°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. St. Ignatius is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59865.

St. Ignatius rises from the floor of the valley where the clear, persistent currents of Mission Creek carve a path through the golden grasses. It lies 31.3 miles north of Missoula, MT (from Missoula, MT: bearing 351°T), and is situated 14.4 miles south of Ronan. The landscape is defined by the jagged, imposing wall of the Mission Mountains, which loom to the east like a silent, stone sentinel guarding the horizon. To the west, the terrain stretches toward the distant, rugged silhouettes of further ranges, while the cooling air at dusk carries the scent of pine and dry earth. The nearby Turkeywoman Gulch and the presence of the McDonald Glacier, visible in the high, shadowed crevices of the peaks, lend a sense of ancient, unyielding scale to the view. Travelers often pause to watch the light change over the fields, noting how the shadows deepen into a sharp, clear violet as the sun retreats behind the western rim.

St. Ignatius serves as a quiet witness to the enduring legacy of the Salish people, whose connection to this land remains the bedrock of its character. The local economy draws its strength from the rhythms of ranching and agriculture, with vast tracts of Montana State Trust Lands nearby providing a backdrop for a life defined by the seasons and the soil. History lingers in the architecture and the deliberate pace of the streets, where the labor of the day is measured by the changing shadows on the barn walls rather than the frantic ticking of a clock. Residents might spend a summer afternoon near the waters of Mission Reservoir or venture toward the dramatic drop of Mission Falls, yet the social pulse of St. Ignatius remains anchored in the simple, steady work of maintaining a livelihood in a place where the sky feels vast enough to contain every ambition.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Statue of the Sacred Heart (Public Artwork) — 0.6 mi, 231° SW
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.5 mi, 180° S
Ninepipe Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 339° N
Lake County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mt (Resource Management Area) — 6.1 mi, 334° NW
Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 9.0 mi, 093° E · 2.4M acres
Mission Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 9.0 mi, 093° E · 76k acres
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 178° S
Dixon Train Station (Abandoned and Demolished in 2013) (Historic Ruins) — 10.5 mi, 269° W
Lolo National Forest (National Forest) — 12.7 mi, 190° S · 2.3M acres
Garden of the Rockies Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 358° N
Rattlesnake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.0 mi, 150° SE · 34k acres
Rattlesnake National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 17.0 mi, 150° SE · 60k acres
Marshall Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.5 mi, 108° E
Flathead Lake Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 24.3 mi, 359° N
Miracle of America Museum and Pioneer Village (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 358° N
National Museum of Forest Service History (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 181° S
Hellgate Meadows Village (Monument) — 29.9 mi, 176° S
Rattlesnake Graveyard Memorial (Monument) — 30.1 mi, 169° S
West Side Studios & Theater (Theatre) — 30.4 mi, 172° S
Graffiti Wall (Arts Centre) — 31.0 mi, 173° S
E3 Convergance Gallery (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 172° S
Dana Gallery (Gallery) — 31.3 mi, 171° S
The Artists' Shop (Gallery) — 31.4 mi, 171° S
Radius Gallery (Gallery) — 31.4 mi, 171° S
Roosevelt (Monument) — 31.6 mi, 172° S
Phylis Washington Amphitheater (Theatre) — 32.1 mi, 170° S
Big Medicine Hot Springs (Attraction) — 33.5 mi, 307° NW
Blackfoot River (Wild & Scenic River) — 33.7 mi, 145° SE · 6,057 acres
Johnson Barn (Historic Ruins) — 36.7 mi, 350° N
Glacier National Park (National Park) — 67.9 mi, 021° N · 1.0M acres

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