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Sula Montana Map

Explore Sula, 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 Sula, Montana

How to Use This Sula, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	45.846186
Longitude	-113.957482
Population	41
Density	4.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59871
Area Code	406
County Seat	Hamilton
School District	Darby K-12 Schools

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About Sula, Montana

Sula is a locality in Ravalli County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 41. The population density is 4.8 people per km². Sula is located at 45.8462°N, 113.9575°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59871.

Sula emerges as a quiet confluence of high-elevation meadows and timbered slopes, defined primarily by the cold, clear pulse of the East Fork Bitterroot River that carves through the valley floor. It lies 70.5 miles west of Butte, MT (from Butte, MT: bearing 261°T), and is situated 29.6 miles south-southeast of Hamilton. The air here holds a sharp, thin clarity, often carrying the scent of pine needles and damp earth from the surrounding Sula State Forest, which blankets the immediate landscape in a dense, green embrace. To the west, the jagged, snow-dusted silhouettes of the Bitterroot Range dominate the horizon, standing as silent sentinels over the expansive openness of Ross Hole. Sunlight at dusk catches the tall, dry grasses of the basin, turning the entire valley into a muted palette of copper and bruised violet before the shadows stretch long and deep toward Schoolmarm Lake.

Sula maintains a rhythm dictated by the changing seasons and the rugged demands of a landscape that has historically supported small-scale ranching and timber harvesting. Life here moves with a deliberate, sparse cadence, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers, where the local economy remains tethered to the land and the quiet stewardship of the Sula State Forest. Travelers occasionally pass through on their way to the Big Hole National Recreation Trail, though the permanence of the place is found in its isolation and the endurance of its inhabitants. Beyond the reach of modern artifice, the landscape offers a profound stillness, punctuated only by the distant, rhythmic rush of Overwhich Falls echoing through the timber during the spring melt.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bitterroot National Forest (National Forest) — 0.8 mi, 104° E · 1.6M acres
Sula State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 202° S
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 202° S
Beaverhead National Forest (National Forest) — 6.0 mi, 151° SE · 2.1M acres
Big Hole Battlefield National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 6.2 mi, 172° S · 21 acres
Rams Horn Medicine Tree (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 306° NW
Medicine Point Lookout (Viewpoint) — 7.8 mi, 250° W
Lost Trail Ski Area Incorporated Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 8.7 mi, 181° S
Anaconda Pintler Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.7 mi, 093° E · 159k acres
C. Ben White Memorial Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 10.1 mi, 301° NW
Sapphire Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 13.1 mi, 033° NE · 95k acres
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.9 mi, 276° W · 1.3M acres
Bluejoint Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 22.1 mi, 229° SW · 63k acres
Lewis and Clark Monument (Monument) — 26.1 mi, 184° S
Art City (Gallery) — 29.3 mi, 341° N
Hamilton Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 29.5 mi, 343° N
Salmon, Idaho Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 30.0 mi, 185° S · 41k acres
Concretehenge (Public Artwork) — 31.5 mi, 342° N
Don Mackey Memorial (Monument) — 32.3 mi, 335° NW
Philipsburg Public Library (Museum) — 46.2 mi, 043° NE
The River Cinemas (Cinema) — 46.4 mi, 176° S
Fort Owen State Park (Museum) — 47.0 mi, 352° N
Mae Werning's Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 47.0 mi, 046° NE
Sacajawea Interpretive Center (Museum) — 47.2 mi, 175° S
Anaconda Smelter Stack (Attraction) — 53.3 mi, 070° E
Earl Parrot's Cabin (Attraction) — 56.3 mi, 219° SW
155 Fishing/swimming Hole (Attraction) — 61.6 mi, 317° NW
Hangmans Gulch (Attraction) — 66.2 mi, 135° SE
World Museum of Mining (Museum) — 67.9 mi, 080° E
Studio Greytak (Gallery) — 68.3 mi, 358° N

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