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Vaughn Montana Map

Explore Vaughn, 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 Vaughn, Montana

How to Use This Vaughn, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	47.552324
Longitude	-111.560861
Population	737
Density	79.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	59487, 59404
Area Code	406
County Seat	Great Falls
School District	Vaughn Elementary School District

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About Vaughn, Montana

Vaughn is a locality in Cascade County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 737. The population density is 79.6 people per km². Vaughn is located at 47.5523°N, 111.5609°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 59487, 59404.

Vaughn spreads across a vast, sun-bleached expanse of high prairie where the horizon seems to pull the sky down until it brushes the dry earth. It lies 12.2 miles west-northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 290°T), and is situated 17.4 miles west-northwest of Malmstrom AFB. The landscape is carved by the persistent, winding path of Muddy Creek, which cuts a narrow, shadowed channel through the silt and heavy clay of the plains. To the west, the jagged, snow-dusted peaks of the Rocky Mountains remain a distant, violet-hued promise, while the immediate terrain is defined by the steady, unrelenting wind that stirs the golden grasses. Six miles away, the quiet basin of Horseshoe Lake offers a rare, stillness to the land, standing in contrast to the stark, open topography that defines the reach of Vaughn.

Vaughn retains a utilitarian character forged by the demanding rhythms of agriculture and the patient, seasonal labor of the plains. Two miles beyond the main thoroughfare, the Montana State Trust Lands serve as a reminder of the region’s deep commitment to preserving the rugged, uncultivated character of the high country. The local economy remains tethered to the soil and the hard-won yields of the surrounding acreage, a legacy that stretches back to the early settlers who navigated the isolation of Tank Coulee and the surrounding basins to establish a foothold here. Life in Vaughn moves in cadence with the harvest and the changing light, a steady, quiet endurance that persists even as the immense distances between neighboring clusters of light remind every traveler of the scale of the landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 318° NW
First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park (State Park) — 3.0 mi, 170° S
Largent's Bend Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 3.2 mi, 259° W
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (State Park) — 3.2 mi, 258° W
First Peoples Buffalo Jump SP (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 161° S
Cascade County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 5.8 mi, 015° N
Ulm Bridge Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 8.9 mi, 162° S
Earle E Heikka Museum (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 108° E
Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.4 mi, 043° NE · 25k acres
A. Hooker's Gallery (Gallery) — 11.4 mi, 106° E
Kid Russell and Monte Statue (Public Artwork) — 11.8 mi, 105° E
American Music (Theatre) — 12.4 mi, 106° E
The History Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 107° E
QGallery Sixteen (Gallery) — 12.7 mi, 105° E
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 104° E
Cascade County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 104° E
Steamboat Island Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 15.0 mi, 097° E
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 15.0 mi, 096° E · 1.9M acres
Teton Antique Tractor & Steam Engines (Museum) — 33.7 mi, 302° NW
Blackfeet and Buffalo Historical Marker (Monument) — 39.7 mi, 303° NW
Kendra Jayne Romain (Monument) — 44.7 mi, 066° NE
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 44.7 mi, 067° NE · 507k acres
Helena National Forest (National Forest) — 45.1 mi, 189° S · 984k acres
High Water Mark (Attraction) — 45.4 mi, 066° NE
Rider Of The Purple Sage (Attraction) — 45.4 mi, 066° NE
John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 45.6 mi, 066° NE
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 45.6 mi, 066° NE
Scapegoat Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 49.5 mi, 246° SW · 260k acres
Bob Marshall Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 53.6 mi, 281° W · 1.1M acres
Helena Avenue Theater (Theatre) — 69.3 mi, 198° S

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