Belknap Montana Map
Belknap, Montana — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Belknap, Sanders County.
Interactive Map of Belknap, Montana
| City | Belknap |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Sanders |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 47.662157 |
| Longitude | -115.408769 |
| Population | 32 |
| Density | 4.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Belknap, Montana
Belknap is a locality in Sanders County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 32. The population density is 4.9 people per km². Belknap is located at 47.6622°N, 115.4088°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59873.
Belknap sits where the Clark Fork River begins to widen, its broad shoulders pushing against the flanks of mountains that rise in jagged, timbered waves toward a sky that often holds a bruised, magnificent twilight. It lies 62.7 miles south-west of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 234°T), and is situated 5.4 miles north-north-west of Thompson Falls. The land here is a study in deep greens and shadowed blues, the river a silken ribbon unwinding through a valley floor that, in places, flattens into meadows where the wind whispers through tall grasses. The air itself carries a clean, sharp scent of pine and damp earth, a constant reminder of the wild country that presses in on all sides, a quiet dominion of granite and evergreen. There’s a stillness to Belknap, a patience born of enduring seasons, where the slow crawl of the sun across the sky dictates the rhythm of the day. This stretch of Montana's valley floor was once a different kind of place, shaped by the relentless pursuit of silver and other buried riches, the echoes of pickaxes and straining carts still seeming to resonate in the quiet hum of the present. The local economy, now more reliant on the bounty of the land and the steady flow of the river, retains a grounded practicality, a connection to the earth that feels ancient. The Clark Fork, a lifeblood for generations, still carries the sediment of distant peaks and the memory of its own powerful journey, a constant, murmuring presence in the life of Belknap. The few structures that comprise Belknap seem to hold their ground with a quiet resilience, weathered by wind and sun, bearing witness to the enduring spirit of those who have called this place home.
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About This Belknap Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Belknap, Montana with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Belknap and Sanders County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Belknap is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Belknap is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
