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Toston Montana Map

Explore Toston, 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 Toston, Montana

How to Use This Toston, Montana Map

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

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.

CityToston
StateMontana (MT)
CountyBroadwater County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude46.16078
Longitude-111.447869
Population100
Density14.9 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code59643
Area Code406
County SeatTownsend
School DistrictTownsend K-12 Schools

About Toston, Montana

Toston is a locality in Broadwater County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 100. The population density is 14.9 people per km². Toston is located at 46.1608°N, 111.4479°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59643.

Toston occupies a quiet stretch of high-plains earth where the Missouri River carves a deliberate path through the landscape. It lies 30.2 miles north-northwest of Belgrade, MT (from Belgrade, MT: bearing 335°T), and is situated 34.4 miles southeast of Montana City. {}. The horizon holds the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Big Belt Mountains, standing as silent sentinels against a sky that seems to possess more depth and color than the land itself. To the west, the terrain rises into the modest, parched folds of Dry Hollow, while the immediate surroundings of Toston are defined by the low-slung, golden grasses that shimmer with a metallic sheen under the relentless Montana sun. The air carries a thin, crisp clarity, sharpening the edges of every fence line and weathered barn until the physical world feels stripped of all but its most essential, stoic character.

Toston remains anchored to the rhythms of the earth, its economy tied firmly to the cycles of agriculture and the patient, seasonal demands of the surrounding ranches. At the Toston Fishing Access Site, the water of the Missouri River offers a singular, meditative focus for those passing through, providing a brief respite where the current hums against the gravel banks. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned pace, far removed from the frantic pace of the modern world, as if the residents understand that the true value of the land lies in its ability to endure. While Plunket Lake waits nine miles away in the quiet solitude of the plains, the people of Toston look to the river and the seasons, finding a profound, austere beauty in the simple act of existing where the plains meet the sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Toston Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 0.7 mi, 008° N
  • Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.1 mi, 126° SE
  • Edgewater Farms (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 349° N
  • Fairweather Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 7.8 mi, 171° S
  • Helena National Forest (National Forest) — 7.9 mi, 047° NE · 984k acres
  • Elkhorn Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 8.3 mi, 300° NW
  • Canyon Ferry Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 345° N
  • Missouri Headwaters State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 187° S
  • Gallatin National Forest (National Forest) — 17.7 mi, 117° SE · 1.9M acres
  • Black Sage Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 18.3 mi, 242° SW · 5,963 acres
  • Headwaters Railroad & Trident Heritage Center (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 195° S
  • Headwaters Heritage Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 195° S
  • Manhattan Area Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 165° S
  • Middle Fork Canyon National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 21.8 mi, 098° E · 954 acres
  • Madison Buffalo Jump State Monument (Attraction) — 25.4 mi, 182° S
  • Fly Fishing the Misty Madison River (Public Artwork) — 29.7 mi, 152° SE
  • Lorelei day use area (Attraction) — 33.7 mi, 339° N
  • Fish Hawk Day use Area (Attraction) — 35.1 mi, 339° N
  • Star Theater (Cinema) — 37.1 mi, 237° SW
  • Jefferson Valley Museum (Museum) — 37.3 mi, 237° SW
  • Stageline Pizza and Theater (Cinema) — 37.4 mi, 044° NE
  • Music Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 38.3 mi, 150° SE
  • College 'M' (Viewpoint) — 38.4 mi, 143° SE
  • Rialto (Theatre) — 38.7 mi, 149° SE
  • Mountain Trails Gallery Bozeman (Gallery) — 38.8 mi, 149° SE
  • Michael P. Malone Centennial Mall (Monument) — 39.1 mi, 151° SE
  • American Computer Museum (Museum) — 39.5 mi, 151° SE
  • Highland Glen Trailhead (Nature Reserve) — 39.6 mi, 148° SE
  • Lee Metcalf Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 40.6 mi, 190° S · 6,339 acres
  • Lee Metcalf Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 50.0 mi, 177° S · 238k acres

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About This Toston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Toston, Montana. Coordinates: 46.16078, -111.447869. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Toston includes the ZIP code (59643), telephone area code (406), county seat of Broadwater County (Townsend), and school district assignment (Townsend K-12 Schools).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.