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Surprise Creek Colony Montana Map

Explore Surprise Creek Colony, 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 Surprise Creek Colony, Montana

How to Use This Surprise Creek Colony, Montana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Surprise Creek Colony, 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 Surprise Creek Colony.

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

Latitude	47.170245
Longitude	-110.340209
Population	8
Density	20.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59479
Area Code	406
County Seat	Stanford
School District	Geyser K-12 Schools

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About Surprise Creek Colony, Montana

Surprise Creek Colony is a locality in Judith Basin County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 8. The population density is 20.2 people per km². Surprise Creek Colony is located at 47.1702°N, 110.3402°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59479.

Surprise Creek Colony commands a singular presence upon the expansive, wind-scoured plains of Montana. It lies 50.4 miles east-southeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 117°T), and is situated 43.5 miles west of Lewistown. Surprise Creek cuts a narrow, winding path through the heavy silt near the settlement, its waters moving with a persistent, quiet urgency that defines the local topography. To the west, the distant, serrated silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains pierce the horizon, appearing as faint bruises against the vast, pale sky. The immediate landscape surrounding Surprise Creek Colony is defined by the deep, shadowed creases of Fox Coulee, where the earth drops away into dry, sage-dusted depressions that hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun its descent.

Agriculture forms the bedrock of life here, with the surrounding Montana State Trust Lands providing the necessary expanse for a traditional, austere economy rooted in the soil. The rhythm of the days at Surprise Creek Colony is dictated by the seasonal requirements of wheat and cattle, a cycle that has persisted with little deviation for generations. While Red Shed Lake rests seventeen miles away as a distant, glassy respite, the local character remains tethered to the terrestrial expanse of the prairie, where the light at dusk turns the tall, dry grasses into a shimmering field of copper. It is a place of immense, quiet distances, where the air holds a sharp, clean clarity and the social architecture is built upon the unspoken understanding of neighbors who occupy the vast, open silence together.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.4 mi, 306° NW
Judith Basin County Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 102° E
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 7.4 mi, 198° S · 1.9M acres
Judith River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.3 mi, 175° S
Sod Buster Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 121° SE
Utica Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 140° SE
Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 18.4 mi, 191° S · 81k acres
Square Butte Ona Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 20.0 mi, 010° N
Square Butte Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 20.1 mi, 010° N · 1,953 acres
Paine Gulch Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 20.5 mi, 248° W
Sluice Boxes State Park (State Park) — 27.7 mi, 274° W
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 31.8 mi, 043° NE · 507k acres
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.7 mi, 101° E · 788k acres
Lewistown Art Center (Gallery) — 43.6 mi, 099° E
Cowboy Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 43.6 mi, 099° E
Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 44.0 mi, 016° N · 147k acres
Top Of The World - Chouteau County (Viewpoint) — 46.6 mi, 339° N
Kendra Jayne Romain (Monument) — 46.8 mi, 340° N
Mike Taylor (Monument) — 47.2 mi, 341° N
Fort Benton City Hall (Monument) — 47.2 mi, 341° N
High Water Mark (Attraction) — 47.2 mi, 341° N
Rider Of The Purple Sage (Attraction) — 47.3 mi, 341° N
John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 47.3 mi, 341° N
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 47.4 mi, 341° N
Helena National Forest (National Forest) — 47.4 mi, 244° SW · 984k acres
Cascade County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 49.8 mi, 298° NW
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art (Museum) — 49.8 mi, 298° NW
QGallery Sixteen (Gallery) — 50.4 mi, 298° NW
Stageline Pizza and Theater (Cinema) — 50.5 mi, 212° SW
American Music (Theatre) — 50.7 mi, 297° NW

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