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Westby Montana Map

Explore Westby, 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 Westby, Montana

How to Use This Westby, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	48.870305
Longitude	-104.05188
Population	167
Density	114.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	59275
Area Code	406
County Seat	Plentywood
School District	Westby K-12 Schools

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About Westby, Montana

Westby is a locality in Sheridan County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 167. The population density is 114.7 people per km². Westby is located at 48.8703°N, 104.0519°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Westby is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59275.

Westby occupies a vast expanse of high, open prairie where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by anything but the subtle shift of clouds. It lies 53.8 miles north-northwest of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 338°T), and is situated 79.9 miles north of Sidney. The earth here is defined by a rigorous, horizontal geometry, a landscape of golden grasses and shallow depressions that catch the pale, thin light of late afternoon with a startling, quiet clarity. To the south, the expansive Montana State Trust Lands offer a quiet refuge of rugged terrain, while the nearby waters of Flat Lake provide a reflective counterpoint to the dry, sun-bleached stalks of wheat that dominate the surrounding fields. Even from a distance, the presence of Barr Butte serves as a solitary, distant anchor for the eye, grounding the immense scale of the sky against the earth.

Westby persists as a quiet outpost of agricultural endurance, shaped by the cycles of harvest and the slow, deliberate pace of rural commerce. History here is written in the steel of grain elevators and the weathered siding of homesteads that have weathered the biting winters and the intense, dry warmth of summer. While Lake Creek runs eleven miles away, its influence is felt in the way the local economy leans into the patience of dryland farming and the care of livestock. The rhythm of daily life in Westby is dictated not by the clock, but by the shifting seasons and the profound, heavy silence that settles over the plains when the wind finally ceases its restless movement through the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 332° NW
Divide County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 007° N
Sheridan County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mt (Resource Management Area) — 1.6 mi, 354° N
Comertown Pothole Prairie Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 282° W
Brush Lake State Park (State Park) — 18.4 mi, 187° S
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.9 mi, 195° S · 63k acres
Sheridan County Agriculture Museum and Civic Center (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 253° W
Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.6 mi, 141° SE · 6,424 acres
Blue Ridge (State Conservation Area) — 27.5 mi, 125° SE
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 29.4 mi, 207° SW · 12k acres
Sakakawea Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 47.4 mi, 152° SE
Sloulin Field International Airport (historic) (Historic Ruins) — 51.5 mi, 158° S
Culbertson Museum (Museum) — 53.8 mi, 202° S
Gn 3059 (Attraction) — 54.0 mi, 158° S
Monument 538B (Attraction) — 62.2 mi, 279° W
Daniels County Museum (Museum) — 63.0 mi, 265° W
Lewis And Clark State Park (State Park) — 63.8 mi, 145° SE
Little Missouri National Grassland (National Grassland) — 70.0 mi, 176° S · 1.0M acres
Fort Peck Tribal Museum (Museum) — 73.1 mi, 226° SW
Poplar Museum (Museum) — 73.2 mi, 225° SW

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