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Valier Montana Map

Explore Valier, 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 Valier, Montana

How to Use This Valier, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	48.307754
Longitude	-112.24976
Population	530
Density	236.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	59486
Area Code	406
County Seat	Conrad
School District	Valier Elementary School District

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About Valier, Montana

Valier is a locality in Pondera County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 530. The population density is 236.6 people per km². Valier is located at 48.3078°N, 112.2498°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Valier is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59486.

Valier commands a vast, open expanse where the horizon stretches toward a distant, jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains. It lies 71.0 miles northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 322°T), and is situated 16.9 miles northwest of Conrad. The landscape around Valier is defined by the high plains, a terrain of short-grass prairie that holds the light of late afternoon like a slow-burning ember, turning the dry stalks into fields of pale copper. Only a mile away, the surface of Lake Frances reflects the immense, cloud-swept sky, its waters providing a quiet anchor for the winds that sweep across the plateau. Beyond the town, the land shifts into the subtle, arid depressions of Laughlin Coulee, while the drainage of Birch Creek cuts a singular, winding path through the earth three miles distant, carving a slow rhythm into the soil that has persisted long before the first homesteaders arrived.

Valier emerged from the ambition of early irrigation projects, which sought to transform the arid prairie into a viable agricultural landscape, and today the economy remains tethered to the cycles of grain and ranching. The presence of Montana State Trust Lands nearby underscores the enduring relationship between the residents and the surrounding wild, where the work of the day is often punctuated by the quiet resilience of those who labor in the fields. Life in Valier follows the steady, predictable pulse of the seasons, marked by the arrival of harvest and the long, cold stillness of the winter months. It is a place where the scale of the environment demands a certain stoicism, leaving the inhabitants to navigate the immense spaces between their neighbors with a practiced, steady patience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 3.0 mi, 271° W
Marias River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 036° NE
Teddy Bear Fence (Public Artwork) — 13.6 mi, 208° SW
Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 22.7 mi, 351° N
Glacier Cinemas (Cinema) — 22.9 mi, 351° N
Blackleaf Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.7 mi, 218° SW
Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 27.5 mi, 229° SW · 198k acres
Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 27.9 mi, 242° SW · 1.1M acres
Blackfeet and Buffalo Historical Marker (Monument) — 30.9 mi, 183° S
Farthest Point West (Monument) — 32.2 mi, 309° NW
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 33.2 mi, 176° S · 1.9M acres
Old Trail Museum (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 175° S
Teton Antique Tractor & Steam Engines (Museum) — 34.6 mi, 174° S
Flathead National Forest (National Forest) — 35.9 mi, 236° SW · 2.4M acres
Great Bear Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.1 mi, 255° W · 287k acres
Flathead, Montana Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 43.1 mi, 240° SW · 50k acres
Glacier National Park (National Park) — 46.1 mi, 279° W · 1.0M acres
Glacier Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 46.2 mi, 280° W · 931k acres
Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.2 mi, 149° SE · 25k acres
Running Eagle Falls (Viewpoint) — 52.2 mi, 285° W
Earle E Heikka Museum (Museum) — 69.2 mi, 143° SE
A. Hooker's Gallery (Gallery) — 69.9 mi, 142° SE
American Music (Theatre) — 70.8 mi, 141° SE
QGallery Sixteen (Gallery) — 70.9 mi, 141° SE
The History Museum (Museum) — 70.9 mi, 142° SE
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art (Museum) — 71.2 mi, 141° SE
Weeping Wall (Attraction) — 75.2 mi, 294° NW
Great Northern Railway Buildings (Attraction) — 76.6 mi, 295° NW

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