Explore Vida, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Vida, 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 Vida.
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 | Vida |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | McCone County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 47.831958 |
| Longitude | -105.49305 |
| Population | 24 |
| Density | 105.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59274 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Circle |
| School District | Circle High School District |
Vida occupies a vast, open expanse where the horizon stretches thin and pale against a sky that seems to possess more weight than the earth itself. It lies 89.4 miles west-southwest of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 257°T), and is situated 19.1 miles south-southeast of Wolf Point. Presserville Creek carves a shallow, wandering path through the dry grasses near the settlement, its bed often holding more memory of water than the flow itself. To the southwest, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Bonin Divide provides a jagged interruption to the otherwise relentless flatness of the plains. The air here holds the scent of sagebrush and cured wheat, cooling rapidly as the sun retreats behind the low ridges of the Gady Coulee. A short distance away, the quiet perimeter of Montana State Trust Lands offers a stark, unadorned landscape where the wind carries the silence of the high prairie without apology.
Vida remains tethered to the slow, deliberate pulse of dryland farming and the shifting demands of the cattle trade, industries that have defined the rhythm of these acres for generations. The economy clings to the cycles of harvest and drought, a precarious balance that keeps the pace of life measured and cautious. Residents look toward Beery Reservoir when the heat lingers, though the water serves as a pragmatic resource rather than a destination for leisure. Life in Vida is defined by the immense spaces between neighbors, fostering a quiet self-reliance that is as much a part of the local character as the weathered grain elevators standing sentinel against the gray light of winter. It is a place where the history of the homesteaders is still legible in the fence lines and the rusted machinery resting in the tall weeds, holding fast to a landscape that refuses to be tamed.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Vida, Montana. Coordinates: 47.831958, -105.49305. 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 Vida includes the ZIP code (59274), telephone area code (406), county seat of McCone County (Circle), and school district assignment (Circle High School District).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |