Black Eagle Montana Map

About Black Eagle, Montana

Black Eagle is a locality in Cascade County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 949. The population density is 237.8 people per km². Black Eagle is located at 47.5277°N, 111.2600°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59414.

Black Eagle persists as a sturdy threshold where the relentless Missouri River carves a path through the high, open plains. It lies 2.0 miles north-northeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 32°T), and is situated 4.7 miles west-northwest of Malmstrom AFB. The landscape here is defined by an expansive, wind-swept austerity, where the light at dusk flattens the prairie into long, copper shadows that stretch toward the distant silhouette of the Rocky Mountains. Within the immediate basin, the land yields to the churning power of Black Eagle Falls, a relentless force that has long dictated the rhythm of the surrounding terrain. Residents find a quiet, persistent beauty in the way the air thins and sharpens near the water, and the nearby reaches of Watson Coulee offer a jagged, earthen contrast to the flatter stretches of the river corridor.

Black Eagle maintains a character forged in the furnace of industrial ambition, rising from the necessity of harnessing the river’s strength for the copper and smelting works that once defined its economy. While the heavy machinery has largely fallen silent, the physical remnants of these operations remain part of the local fiber, standing as monuments to a time when the region served as a vital engine for the state. Visitors and locals alike find space for reflection in Black Eagle Park, a green sanctuary that preserves a sliver of the wild prairie amidst the human-made structures. The pace of life here is deliberate and observant, shaped by the immense, cloud-dappled sky and the quiet reach toward the more distant, shimmering expanse of Black Horse Lake.

About This Black Eagle Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Black Eagle, Montana. Coordinates: 47.527748, -111.259956. 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 Black Eagle includes the ZIP code (59414), telephone area code (406), county seat of Cascade County (Great Falls), and school district assignment (Great Falls 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.