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Sun Prairie Montana Map

Explore Sun Prairie, 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 Sun Prairie, Montana

How to Use This Sun Prairie, Montana Map

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

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	Sun Prairie
State	Montana (MT)
County	Phillips County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	47.534591
Longitude	-111.488366
Population	1,615
Density	117.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	59538, 59404
Area Code	406
County Seat	Malta
School District	Great Falls Elementary School District

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About Sun Prairie, Montana

Sun Prairie is a locality in Phillips County, Montana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,615. The population density is 117.7 people per km². Sun Prairie is located at 47.5346°N, 111.4884°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 59538, 59404.

Sun Prairie occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse of the high plains where the horizon stretches into a thin, unrelenting line of pale blue. It lies 146.9 miles north-northeast of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 14°T), and is situated 56.7 miles west-southwest of Glasgow. The land here is defined by the subtle, rhythmic swell of earth and the sparse, resilient grasses that turn to a brittle gold under the weight of the summer heat. To the west, the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Rocky Mountains serve as a jagged reminder of the world’s verticality, though they remain far enough to leave the sky above Sun Prairie feeling impossibly wide and unburdened. A few miles away, the quiet passage of First Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the dust, while the nearby Montana State Trust Lands offer a sprawling, open buffer of sagebrush and silence.

Sun Prairie persists as a quiet node of industry and labor, anchored by the cycles of agriculture that dictate the pace of every season. The economy relies heavily on the endurance of local ranches and the steady, mechanical hum of farming, where the arrival of the harvest serves as the primary measurement of the calendar. Men and women here move with a deliberate, tempered caution, shaped by the harsh winters and the isolation of living so far from the dense clusters of the modern world. Life centers on the modest infrastructure of the plains, where the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator stands against the dusk, and the nearby First Creek Reservoir provides a rare, still reflection of the clouds in an otherwise arid landscape. Much of the local character is drawn from Tank Coulee, a deep, shadowed feature that marks the terrain with a distinct, rugged geometry, grounding the collective memory of those who have worked this soil for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 176° S
First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park (State Park) — 2.5 mi, 227° SW
First Peoples Buffalo Jump SP (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 204° SW
Wadsworth Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 106° E
Largent's Bend Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 6.5 mi, 270° W
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 270° W
Earle E Heikka Museum (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 106° E
Cascade County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.8 mi, 353° N
Ulm Bridge Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 7.2 mi, 184° S
A. Hooker's Gallery (Gallery) — 7.8 mi, 104° E
Kid Russell and Monte Statue (Public Artwork) — 8.2 mi, 103° E
American Music (Theatre) — 8.9 mi, 104° E
The History Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 106° E
QGallery Sixteen (Gallery) — 9.2 mi, 103° E
Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.6 mi, 023° NE · 25k acres
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 102° E
Cascade County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 102° E
Steamboat Island Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.5 mi, 093° E
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 11.6 mi, 092° E · 1.9M acres
Teton Antique Tractor & Steam Engines (Museum) — 37.2 mi, 301° NW
Kendra Jayne Romain (Monument) — 42.1 mi, 063° NE
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 42.1 mi, 063° NE · 507k acres
Fort Benton City Hall (Monument) — 42.9 mi, 063° NE
High Water Mark (Attraction) — 42.9 mi, 063° NE
Rider Of The Purple Sage (Attraction) — 42.9 mi, 063° NE
John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 43.1 mi, 063° NE
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 43.1 mi, 062° NE
Gates Of The Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 44.6 mi, 193° S · 28k acres
Helena National Forest (National Forest) — 45.1 mi, 184° S · 984k acres
Helena Avenue Theater (Theatre) — 69.3 mi, 201° S

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