Big Timber Montana Map

About Big Timber, Montana

Big Timber is a locality in Sweet Grass County, Montana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,650. The population density is 668.5 people per km². Big Timber is located at 45.8349°N, 109.9555°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Big Timber is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59011.

Big Timber stretches across the high, wind-swept plains where the earth opens into a vast, sun-bleached expanse beneath an unrelenting sky. It lies 53.3 miles east-northeast of Bozeman, MT (from Bozeman, MT: bearing 78°T), and is situated 31.5 miles east-northeast of Livingston. The landscape is defined by the sharp, rhythmic descent of Fyfe Coulee and the steady, muscular current of the Yellowstone River, which cuts a deep path through the sagebrush just a mile from the center. To the west, the jagged, snow-dusted edges of the Absaroka Range haunt the horizon like a dream of stone, while closer to home, the stillness of Beley Pond offers a quiet mirror for the shifting clouds. The air here carries the dry, sharp scent of cured grasses and the cooling breath of the high country, creating a clarity of light that makes every fence post and distant ridge stand out with startling, unvarnished precision.

Big Timber serves as a rugged outpost of the ranching life, a place where the economy is tethered to the slow cycles of livestock and the seasonal demands of the soil. The history of the land remains etched in the quiet persistence of the families who manage the sprawling cattle operations, their lives shaped by the same harsh, beautiful cycles that governed the early settlers. Residents often conduct their business through the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks office, which acts as a steward for the expansive, untamed terrain surrounding the town. Daily life moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the weight of distance, where the local character is forged by the intersection of hard work and an enduring, solitary resilience that persists long after the sun dips behind the distant peaks.

About This Big Timber Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Big Timber, Montana. Coordinates: 45.83494, -109.955465. 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 Big Timber includes the ZIP code (59011), telephone area code (406), county seat of Sweet Grass County (Big Timber), and school district assignment (Big Timber 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.