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Montello Nevada Map

Explore Montello, Nevada, 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 Montello, Nevada

How to Use This Montello, Nevada Map

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

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	Montello
State	Nevada (NV)
County	Elko County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	41.261313
Longitude	-114.194183
Population	66
Density	62.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	89830
Area Code	775
County Seat	Elko
School District	Elko County School District

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About Montello, Nevada

Montello is a locality in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is a small community with a population of 66. The population density is 62.0 people per km². Montello is located at 41.2613°N, 114.1942°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89830.

Montello occupies a wide, arid expanse of the high desert where the horizon pulls away in every direction, leaving the land exposed to the immense, pale blue of the Nevada sky. It lies 81.4 miles east-northeast of Spring Creek, NV (from Spring Creek, NV: bearing 63°T), and is situated 36.6 miles north of West Wendover. Hoppie Creek carves a shallow, intermittent path through the sagebrush, its bed often dry and silvered by the sun, waiting for the infrequent rains that briefly turn the dust to dark, damp earth. Nine miles to the west, the silhouette of Mineral Mountain rises against the light, its slopes holding the long shadows of late afternoon while the air grows thin and sharp. Beyond the immediate scrub, the distant, craggy ridges marking the edge of Hoppie Canyon offer a sense of scale, reminding any visitor that Montello exists within a vast, silent basin where light shifts across the plains with the slow, deliberate grace of a turning tide.

History in Montello persists in the rusted iron and weathered timber of the rail era, a time when the rhythm of the town was dictated by the steel veins of the track. While the economy has softened from its industrial peak, the quiet labor of the region continues, defined by the rugged endurance of those who work the land and the nearby Elko County Grant Lands. Life moves at the pace of the wind sweeping across the plains, an unhurried existence where the most notable events are the subtle transformations of the landscape—the way the sagebrush turns a deep, bruised violet at dusk or the sudden, cold clarity of the stars once the sun retreats. Twenty miles to the north, the water of 23 Mile Reservoir sits as a still, reflective mirror, a rare gathering of moisture in a dry country that remains the quiet anchor of the local geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Elko County Grant Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 289° W
Chicken Hole Base (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 124° SE
Central Pacific Railroad Grade Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 15.6 mi, 065° NE
Donner Creek / Bettridge Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 15.9 mi, 150° SE
Lake Bonneville Guardian (Public Artwork) — 18.4 mi, 107° E
Bluebell Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 29.9 mi, 189° S · 54k acres
Danger Cave State Park (State Park) — 35.9 mi, 165° S
Bonneville Salt Lakes (Attraction) — 36.2 mi, 154° SE
Lincoln Highway Memorial (Monument) — 36.5 mi, 170° S
Wendover Will (Monument) — 36.6 mi, 170° S
Wendover Cinemas (Cinema) — 36.8 mi, 168° S
Enola Gay Memorial (Monument) — 36.9 mi, 169° S
Trail of the 49ers Interpretive Center (Museum) — 41.4 mi, 256° W
Humboldt National Forest (National Forest) — 41.6 mi, 255° W · 2.4M acres
Republic of Zaqistan (Attraction) — 41.6 mi, 072° E
South Pequop Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 41.8 mi, 209° SW · 40k acres
Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 44.1 mi, 186° S
Bonneville Salt Flats (Attraction) — 44.9 mi, 143° SE
Sawtooth National Forest (National Forest) — 47.2 mi, 031° NE · 1.8M acres
East Humboldts Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 47.3 mi, 253° W · 37k acres
Clover Creek Guard Station (Historic Ruins) — 47.7 mi, 255° W
City of Rocks National Reserve (National Conservation Area) — 57.2 mi, 024° NE · 10k acres
Salmon Falls Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 57.5 mi, 332° NW · 12k acres
Jarbidge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 62.7 mi, 307° NW · 111k acres

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