2020 Map of Big Sandy

About this map

Big Sandy serves as the central hub of this Chouteau County landscape, its grid defined by streets like Railroad St and Broadway. The town's local history is anchored by the Big Sandy Cem and the Big Sandy Airport, reflecting the community's mid-century infrastructure and long-standing roots. The surrounding terrain is heavily dissected by numerous watercourses and drainage features, most notably the winding Big Sandy Creek and several distinct coulees such as Snake Coulee and Lonesome Lake Coulee. The naming conventions of these features, like Coal Mine Coulee and Gorman Cr, point to the area's history of local resource extraction and early landholding. Further south, the elevation rises toward the prominent Rattlesnake Butte, illustrating the transition from the creek bottomlands to the higher breaks characteristic of north-central Montana.