Belt Montana Map

About Belt, Montana

Belt is a locality in Cascade County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 510. The population density is 582.6 people per km². Belt is located at 47.3861°N, 110.9255°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Belt is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59412.

Belt emerges from the undulating plains where the earth yields to the deep, weathered scars of Lewis Coulee. It lies 19.2 miles east-southeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 114°T), and is situated 14.6 miles southeast of Malmstrom AFB. Belt Creek carves a persistent path through the limestone strata, its waters reflecting the vast, pale clarity of a sky that seems to press closer to the ground here than anywhere else. To the west, the distant, serrated silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains anchor the horizon, while the immediate landscape remains defined by the rugged textures of high prairie and the quietude of dry, sun-bleached grasses. Beyond the town limits, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a sprawling expanse of terrain that remains largely undisturbed, save for the occasional shadow of a hawk or the subtle shifts in the wind that carry the scent of sage and cooling stone.

Coal extraction once served as the lifeblood of Belt, drawing laborers into the earth to feed the fires of a growing nation, leaving behind a legacy of endurance that still lingers in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the main thoroughfare. Though the heavy industry of the past has softened into the quiet commerce of a modern ranching center, the rhythm of life remains tethered to the seasons and the cycle of the land. Residents move with a deliberate pace, mindful of the immense distances that separate them from the busier corners of the world, finding a certain grace in the independence required by such isolation. For those seeking a moment of respite, the waters of Pirate Lake wait twelve miles away, offering a still, quiet mirror to the clouds that drift endlessly across the open reach of the high plains.

About This Belt Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Belt, Montana. Coordinates: 47.386077, -110.925513. 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 Belt includes the ZIP code (59412), telephone area code (406), county seat of Cascade County (Great Falls), and school district assignment (Belt Elementary 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.