2017 Map of Smoky Butte

About this map

Smoky Butte and the Piney Buttes dominate this high plains landscape in Garfield County, where the elevation reaches over 2,900 feet in the northern reaches. The terrain is defined by a network of drainage channels including Smoky Butte Cr and Lone Tree Cr, which cut through the open rangeland. A sense of the area's agricultural and social history is grounded by The Zions Lutheran Cem in the southeastern quadrant, a focal point for researchers of local genealogy. The road network, including the eponymous Smokey Butte Rd and Barney Murnion Rd, traces the section lines of the Public Land Survey System, illustrating how land division and ranching access dictated the development of this rural Montana territory.