Whitetail Montana Map
Explore Whitetail, 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 Whitetail, Montana
How to Use This Whitetail, Montana Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Whitetail, 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 Whitetail.
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 | Whitetail |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Daniels County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 48.895026 |
| Longitude | -105.163316 |
| Population | 9 |
| Density | 25.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 59276 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| County Seat | Scobey |
| School District | Scobey K-12 Schools |
About Whitetail, Montana
Whitetail is a locality in Daniels County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 9. The population density is 25.2 people per km². Whitetail is located at 48.8950°N, 105.1633°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59276.Whitetail emerges from the vast, amber-hued expanse of the high plains as a collection of structures held together by the quiet gravity of the prairie. It lies 87.6 miles northwest of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 307°T), and is situated 59.7 miles north-northeast of Wolf Point. Whitetail Creek carves a thin, vital ribbon through the earth, its banks providing a subtle reprieve from the relentless horizontal reach of the landscape. To the north, the solitary prominence of Square Butte breaks the horizon, a dark, geological anchor in a sky that seems to possess more depth and clarity than anywhere else on earth. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of cured grass and distant dust, especially when the sun dips low and turns the local dirt roads into veins of burning copper, illuminating the stillness of Whitetail Reservoir as it mirrors the fading light of the afternoon.
Whitetail remains a place defined by the slow, deliberate work of the land, where the economy is tethered to the cycles of the seasons and the endurance of those who tend the surrounding fields. The history of the area is written in the sparse architecture of homesteading ambitions and the resilient infrastructure that once linked these remote reaches to the wider world. Visitors often find their way to the Whitetail Reservoir Fishing Access Site, a quiet stretch of ground that offers a rare, grounded perspective on the region's geography. Life in Whitetail moves with the rhythm of the wind moving across the plains and the seasonal shifts in the South Fork Goodale Coulee, reflecting a singular, unadorned way of life that values the immense space between one neighbor and the next.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Whitetail Reservoir Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 0.2 mi, 164° S
- Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 197° S
- Daniels County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 6.4 mi, 191° S
- Monument 538B (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 303° NW
- Sheridan County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mt (Resource Management Area) — 20.2 mi, 078° E
- Sheridan County Agriculture Museum and Civic Center (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 107° E
- Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.3 mi, 133° SE · 63k acres
- Comertown Pothole Prairie Preserve (Conservation Area) — 41.3 mi, 090° E
- Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 41.6 mi, 133° SE · 12k acres
- Brush Lake State Park (State Park) — 51.4 mi, 112° E
- Fort Peck Tribal Museum (Museum) — 53.3 mi, 181° S
- Poplar Museum (Museum) — 54.0 mi, 180° S
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 54.1 mi, 182° S
- Borge Park (Local Park) — 58.9 mi, 202° S
- Lewis and Clark Fishing Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 59.4 mi, 197° S
- Wolf Point Area Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 59.8 mi, 202° S
- Culbertson Museum (Museum) — 60.0 mi, 149° SE
- Fort Peck Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 74.2 mi, 217° SW
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About This Whitetail Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Whitetail, Montana. Coordinates: 48.895026, -105.163316. 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 Whitetail includes the ZIP code (59276), telephone area code (406), county seat of Daniels County (Scobey), and school district assignment (Scobey 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 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. |
