2024 Map of Smoky Butte

About this map

Smoky Butte dominates the central landscape of this Garfield County survey, rising above a network of drainages that includes Big Dry Creek and Smoky Butte Creek. The terrain is defined by its series of distinct high points, such as Piney Buttes in the northeast, which served as critical landmarks for local navigation in this part of Montana. For genealogists and local historians, The Zion's Lutheran Cem near the southern boundary provides a significant point of record for the area's rural community. A system of local roads, including Barney Murnion Rd and Brusett Rd, connects these remote sections, tracing the paths of earlier ranching and transport routes through the creek valleys and over the rugged breaks.