Beaver Creek Montana Map

About Beaver Creek, Montana

Beaver Creek is a locality in Fergus County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 311. The population density is 26.2 people per km². Beaver Creek is located at 48.5437°N, 109.8069°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 59457, 59501.

Beaver Creek stretches across an expansive high-plains geography where the horizon holds a weight of silence, broken only by the persistent, dry whistle of the wind through prairie grasses. It lies 91.8 miles east-southeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 113°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south-southwest of Lewistown. The land here slopes away from the distant, hazy blue silhouette of the Rocky Mountains, which loom nearly one hundred and seventy miles to the west, acting as a jagged, atmospheric boundary for the sky. Closer at hand, the terrain defines itself through the subtle, arid depressions of Crow Coulee, a five-mile stretch of earth that channels the seasonal runoff toward the lowlands. Cottonwood Creek flows just a mile away, its presence marked by the silver-barked trees that cling to the banks like a thin, vital ribbon of life against the tawny, sun-bleached soil. As dusk descends, the light turns a bruised, metallic gold, catching the dust motes and casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the vast, unpopulated reach of the Montana plains.

Beaver Creek exists in a slow, cyclical rhythm dictated by the demands of the soil and the stewardship of the land, with the nearby Montana State Trust Lands offering a quiet expanse of managed wilderness that anchors the local identity. The economy remains tethered to the traditional labors of the region, where the work of ranching and the maintenance of open grazing space define the daily calendar for those who reside here. Residents often look toward the East Fork Reservoir, ten miles distant, as a primary landmark for recreation when the heat of the summer months demands a respite from the dry, unyielding ground. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the endurance of fences and the steady persistence of small clusters of light that define the human footprint against the dark, immense scale of the night. Life in Beaver Creek requires a specific sort of patience, a willingness to exist on terms set by the changing seasons and the vast, open distances that separate one neighbor from the next.

About This Beaver Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Beaver Creek, Montana. Coordinates: 48.543666, -109.806925. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Beaver Creek includes the ZIP code (59457, 59501), telephone area code (406), county seat of Fergus County (Lewistown), and school district assignment (Havre High School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.