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The Silos Montana Map

Explore The Silos, 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 The Silos, Montana

How to Use This The Silos, Montana Map

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

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	The Silos
State	Montana (MT)
County	Broadwater County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	46.398457
Longitude	-111.586567
Population	691
Density	52.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59644
Area Code	406
County Seat	Townsend
School District	Townsend K-12 Schools

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About The Silos, Montana

The Silos is a locality in Broadwater County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 691. The population density is 52.0 people per km². The Silos is located at 46.3985°N, 111.5866°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59644.

The Silos emerge from the vast, open expanse of the Montana landscape as a quiet sentinel overlooking the expansive waters of Canyon Ferry Lake. It lies 25.7 miles east-southeast of Helena, MT (from Helena, MT: bearing 123°T), and is situated 19.5 miles east-southeast of Montana City. Sunlight here possesses a distinct, heavy quality, illuminating the tawny grasses and sagebrush that stretch toward the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Big Belt Mountains. To the west, the terrain breaks into the rugged, shadowed folds of Whipcracker Gulch, while the nearby Whitehorse Creek marks the land with a ribbon of persistent, cold moisture. The air carries the scent of dry earth and pine, an ancient stillness that settles over the plains as the shadows lengthen across the dust.

The Silos serve as a functional anchor for those who work the land and the transient travelers drawn to the recreational offerings of the Canyon Ferry Lake. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the seasons, fluctuating between the industrious cycles of local agriculture and the seasonal influx of visitors seeking the solitude of the high plains. History here is written in the utilitarian structures that give the place its name, standing as monuments to a time when grain and harvest defined the local survival. Life moves in accordance with the wind and the water, far removed from the clamor of denser settlements, maintaining a character defined by self-reliance and an intimate, unadorned connection to the surrounding wilderness.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Canyon Ferry Lake (Resource Management Area) — 0.5 mi, 084° E
Canyon Ferry Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 142° SE
Elkhorn Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.4 mi, 321° NW
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 196° S
Helena National Forest (National Forest) — 3.6 mi, 270° W · 984k acres
Yorks Islands Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 10.0 mi, 154° SE
Edgewater Farms (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 154° SE
Deerlodge National Forest (National Forest) — 15.2 mi, 236° SW · 1.2M acres
Lorelei day use area (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 339° N
Fish Hawk Day use Area (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 339° N
Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 18.8 mi, 260° W · 3,567 acres
Muskrat Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 19.1 mi, 253° W · 985 acres
Two Camps Vista (Viewpoint) — 23.4 mi, 333° NW
Pearl Harbor Memorial (Monument) — 24.1 mi, 303° NW
10 Commandments (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 303° NW
Montana Heritage Center (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 303° NW
Thomas Francis Meagher Statue (Public Artwork) — 24.3 mi, 302° NW
Grandstreet Theater Scene Shop (Theatre) — 24.7 mi, 304° NW
Helena Avenue Theater (Theatre) — 24.7 mi, 304° NW
Lime Kiln Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 24.8 mi, 299° NW
Robert and Elizabeth Fisk House (Monument) — 24.9 mi, 302° NW
Mountain Sage Gallery (Gallery) — 25.2 mi, 302° NW
Mountain West Voices (Arts Centre) — 25.3 mi, 301° NW
Reeder's Alley Interpretive And Convention Center (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 301° NW
Four Georgians Mine (Historic Ruins) — 25.3 mi, 301° NW
Omerta Arts (Gallery) — 25.4 mi, 303° NW
Cinemark Helena & XD (Cinema) — 25.4 mi, 302° NW
Black Sage Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 26.8 mi, 201° S · 5,963 acres
Gates Of The Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.0 mi, 346° N · 28k acres
Middle Fork Canyon National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 34.2 mi, 124° SE · 954 acres

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