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Winifred Montana Map

Explore Winifred, 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 Winifred, Montana

How to Use This Winifred, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	47.557759
Longitude	-109.374902
Population	172
Density	126.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	59489
Area Code	406
County Seat	Lewistown
School District	Winifred K-12 Schools

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About Winifred, Montana

Winifred is a locality in Fergus County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 172. The population density is 126.7 people per km². Winifred is located at 47.5578°N, 109.3749°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Winifred is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59489.

Winifred occupies a spare, quiet reach of the high plains where the land tilts toward the sky in long, muted swells of earth. It lies 89.9 miles east of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 87°T), and is situated 34.3 miles north of Lewistown. Dog Creek carves a shallow, wandering path through the sagebrush and prairie grass, carving a vein of moisture that catches the low, amber light of late afternoon. To the west, the distant jagged edge of the Rocky Mountains haunts the horizon, a faint blue serration against the vast, pale dome of the atmosphere. Beyond the immediate grit of the soil, the Sig Larson Coulee creates a sharp, shadowed crease in the terrain, while the quiet water of Stafford Reservoir nearby holds the reflection of passing clouds like a polished mirror. The Montana State Trust Lands offer a sprawling, open expanse that defines the character of the perimeter, marked by the scent of dry earth and the persistent, restless motion of wind through the brush.

Winifred carries the quiet gravity of a place built on the cycles of wheat and the endurance of the rancher, a rhythm governed by the harvest and the changing seasons. The local economy remains tethered to the slow, deliberate work of the fields, where the machinery of agriculture hums against a silence that seems to stretch for miles in every direction. People here move with a careful, measured pace, acknowledging the immense distances that separate the small clusters of light from the rest of the world. There is a distinct, solitary beauty in the way the town holds its own, a settlement that acknowledges the legacy of the homesteaders who looked at this open, unforgiving prairie and saw a place to stay. It is a life shaped by the clarity of the air and the profound solitude of the plains, where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow turning of the soil and the fading of the sun behind the distant, shadowed ridges.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Winifred Museum (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 323° NW
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 150° SE
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (National Monument) — 9.1 mi, 359° N · 507k acres
Upper Missouri National Wild & Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.3 mi, 358° N · 147k acres
Stafford Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 11.5 mi, 349° N · 4,923 acres
Dog Creek South Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 12.8 mi, 334° NW · 5,140 acres
Beckman Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.6 mi, 230° SW
Gilmore Cabin River Stop (Attraction) — 23.9 mi, 045° NE
Cow Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 25.2 mi, 048° NE
Fort Peck Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 27.1 mi, 070° E
Cowboy Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 34.1 mi, 184° S
Lewistown Art Center (Gallery) — 34.1 mi, 184° S
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.0 mi, 185° S · 788k acres
Slippery Ann Elk Viewing area (Viewpoint) — 38.1 mi, 083° E
War Horse National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.3 mi, 125° SE · 5,706 acres
Sod Buster Museum (Museum) — 47.2 mi, 223° SW
Lewis & Clark National Forest (National Forest) — 47.8 mi, 177° S · 1.9M acres
Judith Basin County Museum (Museum) — 48.5 mi, 235° SW
Utica Museum (Museum) — 52.8 mi, 220° SW
Marias River Historical Marker (Attraction) — 58.8 mi, 296° NW
Ul Bend National Wildlife Refuge_Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 60.4 mi, 085° E · 19k acres
Sue Cline (Monument) — 62.4 mi, 288° W
Ron Jovanovich (Monument) — 62.4 mi, 288° W
John Selon (Monument) — 62.4 mi, 288° W
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea Memorial (Attraction) — 62.7 mi, 287° W
John Mullan Trail Marker (Attraction) — 62.7 mi, 287° W
Pictorial Museum (Museum) — 69.8 mi, 024° NE
Cottonwood Cinemas (Cinema) — 70.1 mi, 349° N

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