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Stanford Montana Map

Explore Stanford, 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 Stanford, Montana

How to Use This Stanford, Montana Map

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

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	Stanford
State	Montana (MT)
County	Judith Basin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	47.153579
Longitude	-110.218262
Population	403
Density	362.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	59479
Area Code	406
County Seat	Stanford
School District	Stanford K-12 Schools

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About Stanford, Montana

Stanford is a locality in Judith Basin County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 403. The population density is 362.7 people per km². Stanford is located at 47.1536°N, 110.2183°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Stanford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59479.

Stanford occupies a quiet stretch of high, open prairie where the horizon seems to pull the sky down until the clouds brush the tops of the waving amber grasses. It lies 56.1 miles east-southeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 115°T), and is situated 37.7 miles west of Lewistown. The land is defined by the subtle, persistent incline of the terrain, rising away from the path of Skull Creek, which cuts a narrow, verdant vein through the dry earth only a mile from the center of activity. To the west, the jagged, snow-dusted edges of the Rocky Mountains remain a distant, hazy silhouette, while the immediate surroundings are dominated by the vast, unencumbered expanse of the Lewis & Clark National Forest. On days when the light turns thin and sharp, the air feels heavy with the scent of sagebrush and cooling dust, a reminder of the immense, silent distances that stretch between the scattered clusters of life in this part of the world.

Stanford functions as a steady anchor for the surrounding ranching country, its economy tied to the cycles of the seasons and the endurance of those who work the soil. The history of the place is written in the utilitarian architecture of its main street and the long, straight fences that partition the landscape into immense, geometric parcels of grazing land. Life here moves according to the rhythm of the harvest and the seasonal migration of livestock, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs. Residents often look toward the nearby Cayuse Basin, a natural depression that holds the shadows of the morning longer than the surrounding plains, or head toward Red Shed Lake when the heat of midsummer demands a quiet reprieve. It is a place of deliberate simplicity, where the identity of the land is shaped by the relentless wind and the sturdy, unpretentious resolve of the people who maintain their hold upon the prairie.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Judith Basin County Museum (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 259° W
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 0.2 mi, 314° NW · 1.9M acres
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.3 mi, 216° SW
Sod Buster Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 132° SE
Utica Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 155° SE
Judith River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.7 mi, 196° S
Ackley Lake State Park (State Park) — 18.6 mi, 136° SE
Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 19.6 mi, 204° SW · 81k acres
Square Butte Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 20.7 mi, 358° N · 1,953 acres
Square Butte Ona Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 20.7 mi, 358° N
Beckman Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 24.6 mi, 059° NE
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 29.1 mi, 034° NE · 507k acres
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.9 mi, 101° E · 788k acres
Lewistown Art Center (Gallery) — 37.7 mi, 099° E
Cowboy Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 37.7 mi, 099° E
Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 44.0 mi, 009° N · 147k acres
Winifred Museum (Museum) — 48.3 mi, 054° NE
Top Of The World - Chouteau County (Viewpoint) — 50.0 mi, 334° NW
Kendra Jayne Romain (Monument) — 50.0 mi, 335° NW
Mike Taylor (Monument) — 50.4 mi, 336° NW
Fort Benton City Hall (Monument) — 50.4 mi, 336° NW
High Water Mark (Attraction) — 50.4 mi, 336° NW
Rider Of The Purple Sage (Attraction) — 50.4 mi, 336° NW
John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 50.5 mi, 336° NW
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 50.5 mi, 336° NW
Helena National Forest (National Forest) — 52.2 mi, 248° W · 984k acres
Stageline Pizza and Theater (Cinema) — 52.8 mi, 218° SW
Cascade County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 55.5 mi, 296° NW
QGallery Sixteen (Gallery) — 56.1 mi, 296° NW
American Music (Theatre) — 56.3 mi, 296° NW

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