Camas Montana Map

About Camas, Montana

Camas is a locality in Sanders County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 57. The population density is 40.2 people per km². Camas is located at 47.6180°N, 114.6579°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59845.

Camas emerges from the earth as a series of quiet, sun-bleached undulations where the land stretches toward the horizon in shades of sage and pale amber. It lies 43.0 miles south-southwest of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 202°T), and is situated 23.6 miles west-southwest of Polson. Hot Springs Creek carves a persistent, narrow path through the dust and dry grass, its presence marked by the deeper green of willows that crowd the banks. To the west, the distant, jagged teeth of the Rocky Mountains catch the low light of evening, casting long, bruised shadows across the floor of the valley. A few miles away, the stillness of Schmitz Lakes offers a glassy contrast to the moving water, while the expansive Montana State Trust Lands provide a vast, open buffer where the wind hums against the fence lines without interruption.

Camas persists as a place defined by the slow, deliberate work of those who tend to the soil and the livestock that move across the range. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of ranching and the stewardship of the land, drawing a rugged character from the nearby reaches of the Thompson River State Forest. History here is written in the fading paint of old timber structures and the deep, silent ruts of dirt roads that lead toward the mouth of Garcon Gulch. Life in Camas moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, demanding a sturdy patience from its inhabitants, who recognize that the beauty of the region is found in the immense, uncrowded distance between one cluster of light and the next.

About This Camas Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Camas, Montana. Coordinates: 47.617993, -114.657908. 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 Camas includes the ZIP code (59845), telephone area code (406), county seat of Sanders County (Thompson Falls), and school district assignment (Hot Springs K-12).

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.