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Wisdom Montana Map

Explore Wisdom, 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 Wisdom, Montana

How to Use This Wisdom, Montana Map

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

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

Latitude	45.617979
Longitude	-113.450892
Population	104
Density	39.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	59761
Area Code	406
County Seat	Dillon
School District	Beaverhead County High School District

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About Wisdom, Montana

Wisdom is a locality in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 104. The population density is 39.8 people per km². Wisdom is located at 45.6180°N, 113.4509°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59761.

Wisdom holds a quiet dominion over the high-altitude basin where the Big Hole River bends through frost-rimmed grasses and open, expansive meadows. It lies 51.5 miles west-southwest of Butte, MT (from Butte, MT: bearing 239°T), and is situated 42.9 miles southwest of Anaconda. The landscape here is defined by the thin, sharp clarity of the air, which makes the distant peaks of the Bitterroot Range appear as if they were sketched in charcoal against the pale, vaulted sky. Beyond the immediate reach of the valley floor, the terrain rises into the rugged timber of the Beaverhead National Forest, a vast expanse of lodgepole and spruce that wraps the basin in a deep, enduring silence. To the north, the earth folds into the shadowed crease of Dry Gulch, while the hidden surface of Baldy Lake waits eight miles away, tucked into the high, rocky hollows of the terrain.

Wisdom persists as a place of enduring labor, where the rhythm of the year is dictated by the cycle of haying and the harsh, unforgiving demands of the winter months. The local economy remains tethered to the land, rooted in the hard-won traditions of ranching that have defined these plains since the early settlers first broke the sod. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the frantic pulse of distant urban centers, focusing instead on the seasonal shifts of the cattle and the maintenance of the fence lines that trace the valley. Even as the sun dips behind the ridge, casting long, violet shadows across the fields, the quiet resilience of the people remains palpable, a steady hum of industry that persists long after the light has retreated from the river.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Beaverhead National Forest (National Forest) — 0.3 mi, 180° S · 2.1M acres
Montana State Trust Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 090° E
West Pioneer Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 5.2 mi, 105° E · 154k acres
Steel Creek Recreation Area Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.4 mi, 102° E
Pioneer Loop National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 8.1 mi, 085° E · 225 acres
Skull-Odell Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 10.7 mi, 105° E
Anaconda Pintler Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.8 mi, 342° N · 159k acres
Wise River Snowmobile National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 16.6 mi, 101° E · 172 acres
Salmon National Forest (National Forest) — 16.7 mi, 246° SW · 1.8M acres
Grand Vista Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.5 mi, 103° E
Sapphire Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 26.0 mi, 347° N · 95k acres
Lewis and Clark Monument (Monument) — 28.1 mi, 249° W
Salmon, Idaho Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 30.2 mi, 241° SW · 41k acres
Rams Horn Medicine Tree (Monument) — 36.1 mi, 304° NW
Sacajawea Interpretive Center (Museum) — 37.2 mi, 213° SW
The River Cinemas (Cinema) — 37.3 mi, 215° SW
Fire FIghter Memorial (Monument) — 37.8 mi, 247° SW
Hangmans Gulch (Attraction) — 38.3 mi, 145° SE
John F. Kennedy (Public Artwork) — 42.6 mi, 034° NE
Anaconda Smelter Stack (Attraction) — 42.7 mi, 037° NE
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.7 mi, 293° NW · 1.3M acres
Buffalo Jump (Historic Ruins) — 45.1 mi, 105° E
Mae Werning's Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 49.4 mi, 011° N
Philipsburg Public Library (Museum) — 49.9 mi, 009° N
World Museum of Mining (Museum) — 50.5 mi, 057° NE
Covellite Theater (Theatre) — 51.7 mi, 058° NE
Science Mine (Museum) — 51.9 mi, 058° NE
Hamilton Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 55.0 mi, 323° NW
Art City (Gallery) — 55.2 mi, 322° NW
Milwaukee Road Little Joe (Attraction) — 63.5 mi, 032° NE

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