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Rapelje, Montana Map Art
Building by building, with labeled streets and shaded relief.
12" x 18" Archival Matte Print
A Map of Home. A Work of Art.
Explore Rapelje, Montana from a whole new perspective. Created using aerial imagery and detailed geographic data, this map captures Rapelje building by building, with labeled streets, familiar landmarks, and shaded topographical relief that highlights the natural contours of the landscape.
Combining modern data with the timeless character of a vintage atlas, this map is just as interesting up close as it is beautiful on the wall. Whether you grew up in Rapelje, spent memorable years there, or call it home today, this unique map is a great way to celebrate a place that means something to you. Zoom in on the preview to look for your street, and then order a print to put your memories on the wall.
Three ways to hang it
Unframed archival matte, a black wood frame or a white wood frame.
Up close
Geography Worth Displaying
This map was created using accurate cartographic data and authoritative geographic sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey and the Census Bureau. The map brings together terrain, waterways, roads, and building detail. The majority of the streets are labeled, houses are accurately depicted, and the topography is derived from government sources. Combining local data with carefully composed color and shading leads to this beautifully detailed Rapelje artwork for your wall.
Rather than simply showing street outlines, we’ve included as many of the street names as we could reasonably fit on the map while keeping their names legible. Zoom in on the high resolution preview to see exactly what’s on the map. We truly set out to create a statement piece for anyone who loves Rapelje. So whether it’s for you, or a gift for someone you love, we hope this map of Rapelje brings back fond memories.
Read the story behind this map of Rapelje, Montana from 2026.
Find your street
Names on the Rapelje map
Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.
Places and landmarks1
- Rapelje Track and Field
Streets and roads14
- Molt Rapelje Road
- Fourth Street
- Big Timber Road
- Dallman Street
- Secord Street
- Nineth Street
- Ninth Street
- Christensen Street
- Main Street
- Rapelje Road
- Third Street
- Eighth Street
- Fifth Street
- Seventh Street
Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.
About Rapelje, Montana
Rapelje is a community of 88 people in northern Stillwater County, 24 miles north of Columbus, reached by Montana Secondary Highway 306. It took the place of Lake Basin, an earlier town a little to the east. Surveyors laid out the townsite in 1917, and the new town took the name of John M. Rapelje. He had worked as a train master in Glendive before rising to vice president and general manager of the Northern Pacific.
Railroad jobs drew people, and the town grew to include a hotel, a grocery store, a town hall and a school for kindergarten through 12th grade. Over time it also had a cafe, an evangelical church, and later a clothing business and a violin shop. The railroad pulled out in 1980, and over the following decades many residents and businesses left. The hotel burned, the town hall came down and the grocery closed.
“Situated at the end of a Northern Pacific branch line from the main line west of Laurel, Rapelje today is a large grain-shipping center, with several elevators and other businesses.”
- Four grain towersA post office opened in 1913, and the town's four grain towers went into business. Farmers' grain moved out by rail from here for decades, and the towers still stand over Rapelje today.
- Said RAP-el-jayThe town's name is pronounced RAP-el-jay. It honors the railroad man John M. Rapelje, whose Northern Pacific line gave the town its reason to exist.
- 24 Hours of RapeljeEach June, on the weekend nearest the summer solstice, local volunteers put on the 24 Hours of Rapelje, an endurance mountain bike race sanctioned by USA Cycling.
- Home of the RenegadesRapelje School District still teaches students from kindergarten through 12th grade, and Rapelje High School's teams compete as the Renegades.
Keep exploring Montana
Rapelje is one of 526 Montana towns we've mapped. Every dot on the map is a print of its own.
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Near Rapelje
Order 2 or more town maps and save 10%. Shown in the size and finish you picked above, so they hang as a set.
- Molt 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
- Golden Valley Colony 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
- Broadview 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
More maps nearby: Ryegate, Reed Point, Columbus, Mountain View Colony and Lavina.
The art of mapping a place
How This Map Was Made
Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.
The view from above
Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.
The shape of the land
Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.
The details of home
Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.
Geography becomes art
Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.
Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.
The Details
About This Print
Choose an archival matte print, or a black or white Ayous wood frame. The archival matte print is unframed.
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Materials & Craftsmanship
A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.
Your printed map does not include the watermark shown in the full-map preview.
Shipping & Delivery
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Returns and damaged prints
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